Feeding your Labrador

Since 1991, Americans have favored Labradors. What’s behind the appeal?

CHART-TOPPING LABRADORS!!! They can’t fit in your purse, their coats are short–nothing fancy.  Their overall appearance is balanced and low-maintenance when it comes to grooming. They can’t help themselves if they see a mud puddle–its a swimming pool to...

Are You Enabling Your Overweight Dog?

Fish Oil Supplement–Why does my dog need this supplement in all stages of life?

Fish Oils/ Omega 3’s/Essential Fatty Acids: For Key Stages in Your Dog’s Life Puppyhood: According to Dr. Stacey Oke (DVM) essential fatty acids play an important role in your puppy’s training because DHA plays an important role in brain...

Why is my Lab Hyperactive?

I have met too many hyper labradors in my lifetime—enough that it impressed on me, at a young age, how much genetics and socialization can make a HUGE difference. And in 1988 I discovered the difference between American Field...

Top Causes of Death in Labradors

TOP CAUSES OF DEATH IN LABRADORS CAUSES, TREATMENTS, AND PREVENTION MEASURES After surveying cause of death in a survey (hundreds responded) on my Facebook page a few weeks ago, I have reviewed the answers– if cause of death was CLEAR...

De-Mystifying LIFE STAGE dog foods: Should you feed it to your Lab?

Hip & Elbow Dysplasia–genetic or environmental? THINGS TO PONDER…

Facts & Thoughts on Canine Hip Dysplasia – Things to Ponder After reading this article, I wanted to jump up and down and scream, “I’ve been saying this for years!” Now we have the research to back it up....

How to transition your dog onto a new food

What kind of Over-exercise can harm my Labrador?

     This blog is SO overdue. I’m sad to say, I hate to witness situations where clients over-exercised their dogs to the point of injury to see how important this is. I cannot stress enough how important it...

How Large is a Labrador?

As we’ve talked about in our blog before, there are two types or styles of Labrador: American (or Field) and English.  We only breed the English style Labrador, which is also what you would see at an AKC show,...