Labrador Retriever Review

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Labrador Retriever
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Terence Wass's Review of Labrador Retriever

14th Feb 2007

Overall Rating

5 stars
  • Value for money
    5 stars
Good Points

Faithful. Freindly. Good with children.


Bad Points

Appetite. Flatulence (see appetite). Pulling on the lead.


General Comments

Why would you even think about buying a different breed?
I don't think that a labrador would bite your child, they don't even bark much.
Buster (I didn't name him) is nothing short of fantastic. He cost us 350 quid as a pup from breeders who didn't want him because he has a wonky set of teeth - not that this stops him eating or chewing things.

He follows me around in the hope that I will drop some morsel of food. He sleeps at my feet. When I'm sat watching TV, he lies on my feet to ensure that if I get up and he's fallen asleep, he'll notice and can continue to follow me around.

He is a smart dog. When there is a breakfast tray next to my bed with toast on (he likes toast, and tea come to that) he will stick his head under the duvet and prod his cold wet nose against mine.
Blearily I will say to him "What do you want?" and he will then stare at the slice of toast for a few seconds.

If I'm wide awake and say "What do you want?" in that slightly sarcastic and knowing way, he will glance fleetingly at the toast as if to say "You KNOW what I want, the toast, give it to me, give it to me, give it to me"

He's black. Very black. Sometimes I've tripped over him in the dark to muffled doggy complaints and he has a habit of lying at the top of the stairs. The lovely animal is apologetic after the event, lying there with a boot print on his chest.

I will leave him alone with my two young children safe in the knowledge that he will not only tolerate their ear pulling, eye poking fun and games but also defend them from anything that might pose a threat.
When we go out for a walk, he geometrically works out the exact centre of us all regardless of our positions and stays there so that he can keep an eye on us.

His love is as unending as his appetite.

He licks in between my toes. He sniffs my wifes crotch and grins at her when she shouts at him for doing so.



He naturally plays hide and seek, chase and fetch and turns into crazy legs on a tiled floor when he gets exited.
He produces a lot of poo, but he will stick his rear end through the fence or the hedge bottom to avoid fouling the pavement.
I didn't teach him this.
He gently nibbles my ankles or clothes when he wants a walk and then grins at me.
I usually take him too, which is why I have lost weight and gained fitness.

We've been together for two years and I would gladly have paid 3,500 pounds for him.

There are other breeds available and sometimes you hear about them on the news.
Labs. Their the most popular for a reason.

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