Labrador Retriever Dogs Blog

Benefits of Microchipping Your Dog

Again the thread came up about microchipping your dog and it's something that I have blogged about a few times already. Microchipping is like placing a barcode scanner under your dogs skin. Our dog Cooper has been chipped since the day we brought him home. With anything there are pros and cons to putting a [...]

Strange Things Your Dog Has Eaten

We are all good dog owners but sometimes our labrador retrievers have that special power to find something totally odd and eat it or chew it and you find yourself asking yourself how did they get that or where did they find that? This was a hot topic on the forums recently and you wouldn't [...]

Dogs in Costumes

There was goofy post on the chatboard recently about how a guy hated people that dressed their dogs up in costumes. Halloween is a few days away so I imagine that he will have to lock himself in the basement Night of the Living Dead style because I think he is going to see a few [...]

Shopping for Dog Supplies

Do you have a fav place where you shop for your dog toys and dog supplies? We don't have anything that close that offers much of a selection so we have to try different places to shop for our dog. There are lots of generic type box stores in town but they don't offere much [...]

Keeping Your Dog Dishes Clean

We feed Cooper three times a day. We also give him filtered water from the fridge. We go through a couple of refrigerator water filters in a year. With three feedings a day and constantly filling up his water dish it doesn't take them long to get dirty. It's important for your dogs health to [...]

Dog Acne Cures

I still see many questions regarding dog acne, it seems to be something that many labador retriever owners have to deal with. While I am no health expert and can't really say what the causes of it are I can offer a couple of solutions that members of the forum have found to work. While [...]

Deskunking a Dog

Last night old Cooper got sprayed by a skunk. He has three distinct wet, oily spray marks along his side and boy did he smell something awful. I was out and my wife called me on my cell phone to ask what to do. The smell was so bad she was gagging over the phone. [...]

Labour Day Means Cleaning Day

I finally figured out a good little tip for planning big projects around the house. Today was labour day which means it's the day my other half pulls out the industrial equipment supplies and gives the house a once over. Well it's not that bad but pretty close. It's full laundry, dishes, mopping, bathroom cleaning [...]

Careful When Working Around Your Dog

It's bad enough that I have to be around when working with tools. I am a bit of a clutz sometimes and have been known to cut myself or get the odd electric shock from changing outlets or plugs around the house. The last time I cut myself I probably should have had stitches but fought [...]

Building a Dog House

Have you ever built a dog house? I was at a party last night after a charity golf tournament and the owners had a lovely dog house for their labrador retriever puppy and he really seemed to enjoy it. Here are some tips I found on how to build a neat doghouse. You should begin [...]