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Hello all…been following some of the sad news lately on Facebook and feeling deeply for you all. We’ve had a rough year with several lumps on Quinn, who is now 7 and Primrose enduring a bilateral TPLO for two torn cruciate ligaments. She turned two last week and that coincided with her 4 month...

Primrose has now turned to destroying blankets (all types). As a result, her crate is now bare as she has chewed every option (thin mat, crate mat, dog beds, blankets, towels). However, she is not comfortable and now waking up overnight and very early mornings multiple times. It's not bathroom...

The wasps here have been out of control and Prim has been on a mission to catch one...well she did and paid the price. Her whole face swelled up like a balloon and her eyes puffed up and went red. Off the the emerg vet we went! She stayed for a few hours and had shots of antihistamine and...

So far today (and we are just past lunchtime), Primrose has chewed through a macbook charger (I'm sure she got a little zap from that) and the piano pedal cord. Both happened in seconds - while she had a tendon chew!! I can't keep her crated all the time, but honestly - she just goes around...

Sooo this morning was our second training class and I wasn’t overly impressed by week one. It’s an outdoor class and dogs are very close together and allowed to meet/say hello to other dogs and the whole thing is just an adolescent Labrador nightmare. Anyway, Primrose is not too bad really - but...

The last 3 mornings, Primrose has been up early sounding like she's throwing up, but not, and kind of coughing/hacking like there is something in her throat. She did it once or twice yesterday evening, but that's it. I'm thinking it's either she has something bugging her in her throat (like a...

I was googling around re Labrador stuff and I stumbled on another forum. If anyone remembers "Snowshoe" from the other place, it seems her black lab Oban crossed the rainbow bridge just last week. RIP

Following in @Natalie footsteps, starting a new thread to document/troubleshoot progress and training now that Primrose has been with us for a full week! Today is day 1 of implementing a schedule for daytime crating - she has already settled for her morning nap in there. I’ve spent the past week...

I'm having trouble figuring out how to manage two dogs and our common space and sleeping set up. Things were easy with Quinn - her crate was in our bedroom and we had gates up in the kitchen/living space, and everything was on one floor. In this house, we want the crate in our main living area -...

One of these chunks is Quinn's new sister. I'm posting this now, because that means it can't fall through if it's in writing!! Still nervous based on previous disappointments, but we met them via zoom (due to covid we can't meet them in person). They are 4 weeks old. There are 7 girls in a...

Quinn’s best friend in the world and cousin was pts yesterday. Mack was only 6.5 years old and it happened very quickly - he was looking a lot thinner the past 6 weeks and calmed down a lot. Turns out he had liver cancer and went downhill very fast. If it wasn’t for covid, they would have seen a...

I've been noticing Quinn being a bit smelly, so I checked her ears and one ear seems fairly gunky/dirty. She typically has very clean ears...does anyone clean their dogs ears? Could it be a mild infection? I've already made several pointless vet visits this year, and with the restrictions due to...

Out of nowhere, I noticed a hard little lump on Quinn’s paw. It must be new, because I didn’t see it yesterday. It’s hard and is not a tick. Has anyone seen anything like this?

I swear I learn of some new dog-related worry each season. Last week I took Quinn to swim at the lake for the first time this year since parks opened. Something kept popping up right beside her every time she went in the water, and finally it was close enough that we saw it was a beaver. The...

My best friend's dog, Duke, is being put to sleep this morning. Duke is almost 10, and they found out riddled with cancer and a tumour against his wind pipe. He has gotten very skinny and is in pain. Duke spent his first night with me, and kept me up all night coughing. Poor tiny guy had kennel...

I’m very unhappy with Quinn tonight...I had to work a bit late, so got home later than usual. We were doing our usual routine - she gets a toy and runs upstairs and jumps on the bed where we have a little play and I get changed for our walk. She was extra hyper and was digging up the made...

OH's brother has a 'shepadoodle' (sheepdog X poodle) who was born with some visual defects. He previously shared this dog with an ex, who has now asked him to take her back after about 6 months of being solely hers (prior they had joint care for her). He told me that she has been food aggressive...

We are just back from a road trip down to South Carolina, about a straight 16 hour drive from us. We didn’t bring Quinn because we didn’t plan anything in advance, but we definitely should have! Everywhere was super dog friendly, people had their dogs at bars/clubs and restaurants and most...

This morning we said goodbye to our cousin Murphy, age 15, gently at home. He is out of pain and his brother (5 year old Mack) laid beside him as he left. A very good, gentle boy. He tolerated all the younger dogs for years and watched them play from a shady area. He calmly accepted twin human...

Upon our return from vacation, Quinn's allergies had flared up and are really bothering her bum (bright red, itchy, scooting). I stopped by to chat to my neighbour, who is a vet and she suggested putting diaper rash cream to soothe until I get to the vet to calm down her allergies. Well, there...