I used to throw a ball over a cliff to get rid of my friend’s GSD, but the damn dog would find the ball every time and bring it back. It was amazing.
2
Gotta love puppers. They are amazing…
8
100 tu
5
That’s a good bird dog. His talents are being wasted.
When our city purchased their first drug dog years ago I was fortunate enough to know the trainer. He invited me to experience the talent of this dog at his work. At the police station, he gave me a tiny sample of cocaine the size of a match head sealed in plastic that they used for training the dog. He instructed me to hide the sample anywhere in the building while he waited outside with the dog. I thought I had it hidden pretty well in a location six feet off the floor. That dog found it in under five minutes.
15
I trained that dog.
In fact, I invented dog training.
23
the last 52 years I’ve had many Labs.
40 years ago the city/county built a very big (many acres) park near. It had a “Par course ~2.5 miles” it also had some ponds. I was into fitness stuff then so I went twice to run the course a few times.
The ponds had ducks. One of my dogs refused to hear me (right!) when I told him only ducks I shot. He went into the pond after the ducks. Totally disobedient!
After the second trip with such results wife said stay away or “Grey Bars” for you. Took that woman’s advice.
Angus my blonde Lab is almost a year. Titanium knees; no more hunt.
7
That was amazing. He’s smarter than most people. 🙂
10
Years ago I used to call my buddy down in the test Laboratory to find out if he was going to lunch. The traditional way they answered the phone was: “Lab”. I’d say German Shepherd here, you ready for some dog food yet?
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So what, that is what a lab does. It has a nose and is a natural retriever. This is not anything unusual. Her scent is all over that tiny chunk of wood.
5
I had one that would swim out twenty yards then swim around in circles, then dive down eight feet and bring back a solid rubber bone or other object tossed in a lake in water you couldn’t see five inches through.
10
an ol exjarhead,
“Angus my blonde Lab is almost a year. Titanium knees; no more hunt.”
Titanium knees as well, in 2013. Isn’t it amazing to not be in constant pain anymore?!
8
My golden used to drop chew bones in a corn field we walked through in the fall and two months later, under 14 inches of snow, he would be walking along on the frozen crust, and dig down, in the direct spot, through the snow to retrieve them with no signs of them on the surface. I miss that guy.
7
I had a half lab, half Doberman that would point pheasant and quail. She also would retrieve snowballs from snow drifts that were over her head…..Her name was Jemima!….HEH!….Plus some goats that could find a beer in either of my hands….
6
Who’s the good boy?
6
CCVN
YES! YES! I gave up handball and running 21 years ago. In ’14 I could not stand without pain. Love my new knees! Zippers are sexy!
I’ll put my Boykin up against any lab any day. She’ll chase a winged Woodduck to the end of the earth & dig a hole to china chasing a mole.
3
What sweet eyes! Fur portrait puppy eyes!
2
I had a dachshund – if I threw his toy he looked at me seeming to say “why’d you throw that. . .well, are you going to go get it and bring it back to me?”
Loved that dog!
5
The sense of smell on a dog is amazing! I’ve thrown rocks into a gravel pit and my Golden would bring back the same rock I threw.
3
The nose always knows.
3
My little Maltese loves to fetch but, then she changes the game. Once she fetches her toy, she brings it halfway back then you are expected to tackle her and try to get the toy back. She fights like it’s the Super Bowl to keep the toy but If someone gets it from her she starts to run out for the next pass. She makes up all her own games and trains us to play her way.
I used to throw a ball over a cliff to get rid of my friend’s GSD, but the damn dog would find the ball every time and bring it back. It was amazing.
Gotta love puppers. They are amazing…
100 tu
That’s a good bird dog. His talents are being wasted.
When our city purchased their first drug dog years ago I was fortunate enough to know the trainer. He invited me to experience the talent of this dog at his work. At the police station, he gave me a tiny sample of cocaine the size of a match head sealed in plastic that they used for training the dog. He instructed me to hide the sample anywhere in the building while he waited outside with the dog. I thought I had it hidden pretty well in a location six feet off the floor. That dog found it in under five minutes.
I trained that dog.
In fact, I invented dog training.
the last 52 years I’ve had many Labs.
40 years ago the city/county built a very big (many acres) park near. It had a “Par course ~2.5 miles” it also had some ponds. I was into fitness stuff then so I went twice to run the course a few times.
The ponds had ducks. One of my dogs refused to hear me (right!) when I told him only ducks I shot. He went into the pond after the ducks. Totally disobedient!
After the second trip with such results wife said stay away or “Grey Bars” for you. Took that woman’s advice.
Angus my blonde Lab is almost a year. Titanium knees; no more hunt.
That was amazing. He’s smarter than most people. 🙂
Years ago I used to call my buddy down in the test Laboratory to find out if he was going to lunch. The traditional way they answered the phone was: “Lab”. I’d say German Shepherd here, you ready for some dog food yet?
So what, that is what a lab does. It has a nose and is a natural retriever. This is not anything unusual. Her scent is all over that tiny chunk of wood.
I had one that would swim out twenty yards then swim around in circles, then dive down eight feet and bring back a solid rubber bone or other object tossed in a lake in water you couldn’t see five inches through.
an ol exjarhead,
“Angus my blonde Lab is almost a year. Titanium knees; no more hunt.”
Titanium knees as well, in 2013. Isn’t it amazing to not be in constant pain anymore?!
My golden used to drop chew bones in a corn field we walked through in the fall and two months later, under 14 inches of snow, he would be walking along on the frozen crust, and dig down, in the direct spot, through the snow to retrieve them with no signs of them on the surface. I miss that guy.
I had a half lab, half Doberman that would point pheasant and quail. She also would retrieve snowballs from snow drifts that were over her head…..Her name was Jemima!….HEH!….Plus some goats that could find a beer in either of my hands….
Who’s the good boy?
CCVN
YES! YES! I gave up handball and running 21 years ago. In ’14 I could not stand without pain. Love my new knees! Zippers are sexy!
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Black Labs matter!
I’ll put my Boykin up against any lab any day. She’ll chase a winged Woodduck to the end of the earth & dig a hole to china chasing a mole.
What sweet eyes! Fur portrait puppy eyes!
I had a dachshund – if I threw his toy he looked at me seeming to say “why’d you throw that. . .well, are you going to go get it and bring it back to me?”
Loved that dog!
The sense of smell on a dog is amazing! I’ve thrown rocks into a gravel pit and my Golden would bring back the same rock I threw.
The nose always knows.
My little Maltese loves to fetch but, then she changes the game. Once she fetches her toy, she brings it halfway back then you are expected to tackle her and try to get the toy back. She fights like it’s the Super Bowl to keep the toy but If someone gets it from her she starts to run out for the next pass. She makes up all her own games and trains us to play her way.