[Sgt_Schultze]

I don’t know about labs, but my golden is a furry goldfish.

[glasseye]

Dogs want food.
How much did this discovery cost some tax payer?

[liberalh8ter]

I have a yellow lab that would eat all day if I let her. She gets fed in the morning and night and maintains a healthy weight. I wouldn't say she's genetically predisposed to anything other than insisting on greeting me with something in her mouth after I've been out. It's like she says, “oh hey, you're home! I brought this for you”. Sadly, she is living out her last days, having just had a malignant tumor removed and many more still inside her. We've decided to feed her, love her and fulfill her bucket list rather than put her through chemo and radiation. Smartest dog I've ever owned. It seems like she was trained in 10 minutes. If you've never had one and thought about getting one, I'd highly recommend it......and pick up a good vacuum when you get the dog, LOL.

[goodnesswins]

We lived on an orchard for a couple years. Our lab (I kid you not) would go and pic low hanging fruit from the trees...she grew to 75lbs....we moved and started working lots of hours....but still had the weight. Had to give her to someone who had more time to walk her...they got her down to 50 lbs!

[yawningotter]

I know a Lab at the lake that comes by sometimes while making his rounds. I don’t feed him, but I threw a stick in the water once, so now I have a friend for life. He really loves to swim. He will just swim laps around the pier just for the heck of it, and never show signs of being tired. I’m sure he would eat us out of house and home if given a chance, but Labs don’t need food to be your friend.

[43north]

What a nice fun thread this is! Finally, something besides politics.

My Labrador history: black Duke, yellow Daisy, chocolate Nessie, and black Titus have all crossed the Rainbow Bridge to doggie heaven. Yellow Jewel and chocolate Nugget are our two food storage units now. Jewel is 12 and starting to show her age. Nugget just turned one and is helping Jewel to stay a puppy. Poor Jewel...

[AlaskaErik]

My chocolate lab has had a tower feeder and unrestricted access to her food for her entire life, over 10 years now. She weighs 57 pounds and has never had a weight problem. The vet says she is at the perfect weight and is in great shape.

[MagnoliaB]

When other family dogs come to our house our lab goes over to his bowl, lays down with both front legs around his bowl until it’s snug against his chest and snarls until you say ‘squirrel!’ and he goes flying out the door.

[Drawsing]

A coworker told me about his golden lab who is a counter surfer. He got into some Gorilla glue. That stuff expands. The vet had to do surgery to remove a grapefruit sized ball of glue from his stomach.