Caring for your Labrador

Cold Winter Safety Tips for Your Labrador Love!

It’s the most wonderful time of the year!!  To be a lab that is… Labradors LOVE the snow!  They will play, play, play all day long in this fluffy white stuff if you let them! With that thick undercoat–they...

CHECK YOUR PET FOOD BAG TODAY!!! (WARNING!)

Hartford Animal Hospital ***Note: “Veterinary conference almost over so I will be heading home and back to work tomorrow. Sorry but I won’t be able to answer any more questions, but I refer you to the Tufts Vet Nutrition...

More research warns dog owners about early spay/neuter

DOES MY LAB FEEL GUILT WHEN I CORRECT THEM?

I was so surprised the other day when my puppy had made yet another puddle (new to housetraining) and I told her ‘no no’ and wagged her finger at her. Her response was a sit down and hang her...

Why does my Lab roll in anything STINKY???? (ewwwww!!)

I’ve lived with a lot of dogs in my life, from hounds to labradors and even a terrier. All of them seem to have one thing in common about the enjoyment of rolling in something that smells disgusting. It...

Why does my dog “scrabble” up the earth after he eliminates? (What’s he really saying??)

Question: I have an intact male who is five years old and we live in the countryside so he mostly walks off-leash. When we go out for our first morning walk, one of his first jobs is to find...

Help for Geriatric (Senior) Labs: From Senior back to puppy again!!!

What if I can no longer care for my Labrador? What are my choices?

There are many reasons an individual may feel they can no longer care for their pet, whether it be a disability, aging, change in housing or jobs, or even death. Many of us have not made provisions in our...

Puppy Training Camp at Endless Mt. Labradors

Puppy Training Camp at Endless Mt. Labradors—generations of knowledge!!! (Our trainer, Lindy Packard, above!) Many people, these days, are too busy to train a puppy, work long hours, or have never done it before and would love a professional...

Is his tail broken??? ‘Limp Tail,’ ‘Limber tail,’ ‘Dead tail,’ ‘Swimmers tail”, and ‘Cold tail’ in Labradors

Question: My 5-year-old Labrador roughhoused with a younger dog all afternoon. Tonight his tail is limp, and he can’t move. I think he may have broken his tail. It hurts because he walks away from me when I touch...