You're half right. I've had several labs. Got one right now. They're smart dogs and rank high on the dog intelligence list.
But they will chew on and swallow just about anything. Beer cans, bricks, wood, shop rags, razor blades, etc.
My former lab, as a puppy, ate two flipflops. It was ugly coming out.
My American Bulldog is very intelligent, but same thing- any object, no matter what, living, dead, inanimate, whatever, is a candidate for consumption. His poop is like a box of chocolates- you never know what you’re going to get! (sorry for the gross metaphor lol)
> But they will chew on and swallow just about anything. Beer cans, bricks, wood, shop rags, razor blades, etc.
Sounds like a real character!
Haven’t had a black lab, but had a golden lab years ago. Her claim-to-fame was jalepeno peppers: she loved ‘em, but couldn’t figure out that what goes down hot often comes out hot. She used to steal them out of the garden and eat ‘em raw when nobody was looking. And then wonder why her bum was hot.
I train German Shepherds now.
Yep. I've had labs and or retrievers all my life. I have three Labs now. The three I have come from prime field trial stock and are, by far, the smartest dogs I've ever owned or ever been around. However, I've also come to the conclusion over the years that Labradors seem to operate on a universal theory of "eat it now and decide if it's food later".....