Hello From Charlie Brown (and me!)

[parseraisin]

Hello Labrador Friends, this is Charlie Brown, who joined our family last September at 10 weeks old.

He is coming up on 14 months, and is a rambunctious, silly, sweet, chewing handful. He has brought so much energy and life into our household and my children adore him, but if I am honest, the first year with him was much, much more difficult than I anticipated.

This and other fora have been incredibly helpful in providing me with information and tips so I thought I would step out of crowd and be more active as we navigate the challenges and joys of the coming year.

Hello to you all from sunny Berlin!

 

[kateincornwall]

Hello to you from me , almost five year old black Labrador Reuben and Nelly , our little scruffball rescue !Charlie Brown looks lovely , and yes, they can be a challenge ( to put it mildly ! ) So pleased that you have joined our happy gang x

 

[Cath]

Hello Parseraisin and Charlie Brown welcome to the forum from Fred, Annie and me. Love his name

 

[Granca]

Welcome @parseraisin and Charlie Brown from Wispa, Tuppence and me - and congratulations on surviving the first year!

 

[edzbird]

Hello & welcome @parseraisin & the lovely Charlie Brown from me, Coco & Meg (cross breeds with Lab in them) on the currently sunny Isle of Man. Still full of rambunctiousness at 9 & 7 respectively.

 

[Stacia]

Welcome @parseraisin, lovely to have a new face. My Lab Rourke is 11 1/2 now so I have forgotten those rumbustious early months

 

[SwampDonkey]

Hi and welcome from me Rory and Iver

 

[Naya]

Hi and welcome from me and 10 year old girl, Harley

 

[HAH]

Hi @parseraisin great to see you and Charlie Brown here! He’s a beautiful boy. And entirely feel you - those early years (?) are haard at times. Welcome from me, Kipper our nearly-6 year old lab and Stilton our nearly-16 week old lab

 

[Candy]

Hello @parseraisin and a Warm and Waggy Welcome to you and Charlie Brown from me and Joy (aka GGJ, which stands for GoodGirlJoy, due to her long standing belief that she is the Goodest dog on the forum )
It's been a little while since we had a new member and it's lovely to have you with us. As others have said, the first few months with a Labrador pup are really, really hard work. It's all SO well worth it in the end though, and you're in the right place to find people to support you through it. Stick with us and we'll show you a good time!

 

[Jacqui-S]

Welcome to you both!
Those teenage years are a hard gig.
It's definitely worth it.

From me and wise old girl Lilly up in Scotlandshire.

 

[Lab_adore]

A huge welcome @parseraisin from myself and mad Maxx who will be 6 in October and is still nutty and naughty but also loving and smart. We are down here in what the dogs call UpsidedownLand aka Australia

 

[M.F.]

Welcome from me and Snowie in sunny Cape Town (we’re hoping the winter weather will come back this weekend!). Snowie is now an old timer at 11.5 years old but is so patient with puppies.

Just yesterday I gave away his remaining puppy toys. Lots of ropes and chew toys. Can’t believe how many I had kept all these years. We needed them then!!

 

[Atemas]

Welcome to the forum @parseraisin from me and 6 year old Red

 

[MellowYellow]

Hello and welcome from me, Poppy, and Merlin, in Germany!

 

[Anne123]

Hallo and welcome from me and Finn in the Netherlands

 

[Loraseal]

Love the name Charlie Brown! Welcome @parseraisin and yes the first year is not easy but the rewards we get back are utterly amazing. Hi from me and my wonderful chocco idiot boy Hunter.

 

[Selina27]

@parseraisin a big welcome to you and Charlie Brown, lovely to have new members.

I have Cassie who is aged 7 now. She too was once the archetypal rambunctious young Labrador!

Look forward to hearing more about him.

 

[Kelsey]

Officially welcome from me and my cat, Gizmo! In 6 weeks I’ll have a chocolate puppy again, life sure is quiet and boring without a Labrador! (Or any breed of course)

I will soon be reminded of the difficult first year with a puppy. It sure becomes a distant memory though when they reach adulthood and you can look back and laugh at the struggles. Charlie Brown is very handsome!

 

[parseraisin]

Wow, I've had a crazy weekend and only just managed to pop back in. Thank you all for the warm welcome, and for the compliments to Charlie Brown. We also think he is a handsome guy, if a bit stinky - he is a typical adolescent and has decided that baths are not his thing at the moment!

Your messages are a balm after a walk yesterday in which he wrapped me in the long lead and pulled me over! Thank you, thank you, I look forward to participating more.