Feeling blue

Jacqui-S

Jacqui-S

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Fife, Scotland
I remember around the time my now sensible girl Lilly was jumping up at us and had ripped my favourite cardigan with her teeth, I could barely go on a walk without bawling my eyes out and hating that I had ever agreed to get a dog.
Thank goodness for all my forum doggy friends, their good advice, and the passage of time.
We ❤ Lilly.
 
Selina27

Selina27

Location
Herefordshire, UK
MellowYellow said:
Luckily time blunts the awful memories of puppydom, it's like forgetting what giving birth is like - if you remembered you'd never willingly do it again!!!
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Yes, this absolutely!
It's only reading this thread that makes me recall the state of my arms post walk five years ago! Was that really caused by the snoring black girl curled up next to me right now on my bed ??
And how it was impossible to have a civilised evening !!

@Lab_adore l think it's a very gradual ending, one that you don't appear to notice 😆
 
SwampDonkey

SwampDonkey

I went through a stage of having my bum bitten with each boy. Doug was a well know bum nipper right up until his last days. Rory as a adolescent was a a bum biter but he got bored with it at about 3. Iver is deeply committed to butt cheek bitting at 2 1/2 we had it this morning on the way back from our walk. Iver had a glorious puppy hood he was a great pup. Minimum bitting and chewing but at 2 1/2 he's having his adolescent kn*b head phase. He's doing stuff that he's never done before.
 
Loraseal

Loraseal

Location
The Hague, The Netherlands
@Parodius I remember puppy classes as bitter sweet. It was all Lab pupsters apart from Max the wonder dog Labradoodle. I felt like a failure after every class. I remember one dark cold night being in tears in the car. I was just so exhausted due to lack of sleep and Max the wonder dog had done everything so well. Hunter not so much! What happened with your finger could happen to any of us. I do think the chocolate cake is a gold star idea. For me hindsight is a good thing as puppy classes felt like a chore but without realising it I took away with me a good toolkit of training methods. I think you are doing an outstanding job.
 
MrChew

MrChew

I hope you're feeling a bitlt better by now @Parodius!

My beautiful, gentle Chewie was an absolute PITA at his adolescent training classes. Was always top of the class in terms of learning skills but also barked and jumped around like an idiot ALL the time because he wanted to play, wanted to go with the teacher etc etc. Basically, adolescent Labradors are monsters until one day they aren't, and then they are the very best dogs. (They're still the best when they are monsters... But just different)
 
Parodius

Parodius

Thanks all for your kind comments and support, it’s good to know I am not alone! I was granted a lie in this morning which has helped (no thanks to Neo I should point out, little so and so was up at 5:30 again!) and Neo has apparently had a lovely walk with L and bumped into his pal Tucker, the very amorous Labradoodle.
I think like others have mentioned that I have just casually blanked out what this stage can be like. I keep thinking Billie was never like this but I’m sure she was and I’ve just forgotten, plus it was nearly 15 years ago and my younger self was probably better equipped to deal with the late nights and early rises 🙂
 
Lab_adore

Lab_adore

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Sydney, Australia
Selina27 said:
@Lab_adore l think it's a very gradual ending, one that you don't appear to notice 😆
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Do you know, we went out last night and when I got home I thoughtlessly left my eye-wateringly expensive handbag that I bought in Florence on the kitchen bench with the long strap hanging down. Not so long ago that would have been WAAAAAY too tempting but my good boy didn't touch it. You are 100% right @Selina27 - the good creeps up on you :nod:
 
Candy

Candy

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Location
West Yorkshire, UK
Lab_adore said:
Do you know, we went out last night and when I got home I thoughtlessly left my eye-wateringly expensive handbag that I bought in Florence on the kitchen bench with the long strap hanging down. Not so long ago that would have been WAAAAAY too tempting but my good boy didn't touch it. You are 100% right @Selina27 - the good creeps up on you :nod:
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Wow!!! Even the famous Maxx with two kisses is getting there! There's hope for Labradors' hoomans everywhere!:clap::giggl::partyhat::highfive::celebrate::fistbump::star::tail:
 
kateincornwall

kateincornwall

Location
Cornwall , UK
@Parodius , Keep the faith :happy: I was 71 years old when we had Reuben who is now three and a half . I was convinced that puppyhood wasnt that bad ( memories fail from past experiences ! ) but it was a shock to the system . My previous boy had not been a bitey lad , Reuben was a shocker so I ended up looking like I had been self harming and convinced that this stage would never end . We have all been there , would I do it again ? A resounding NO from me but mainly due to advancing years . All things pass , I look at my lovely lad now and wonder how I coped, but we do , and come through it all still loving them so much x
 
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