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To: Secret Agent Man

I grew up with Black Labs. I don’t remember them ever getting hostile with anyone. Visitors got the benefit of the doubt.


3 posted on 06/09/2023 6:19:15 PM PDT by nickcarraway
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To: nickcarraway

They can sense problem people. They protect their families. We had one as a neighborhood dog, taken care of by an older woman. He watched out for all the kids in the neighborhood.


5 posted on 06/09/2023 6:21:55 PM PDT by Secret Agent Man (Gone Galt; not averse to Going Bronson.)
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To: nickcarraway

My black lab will bark but that’s all he will do. He LOOOOOVES people and goes up to everybody to beg for pets and belly rubs.

That one looked like a lab mix. His ears were not as droopy as lab’s ears are and his muzzle looked a little thinner than a purebreed lab.


15 posted on 06/09/2023 6:34:51 PM PDT by FLT-bird
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My old next door neighbor had a damn mean black lab.
The damn thing cornered me in my own garage.
I hit it in the head with a shovel, full swing.
They gave the dog away.


18 posted on 06/09/2023 7:22:13 PM PDT by joe fonebone (And the people said NO! The End)
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To: nickcarraway
"I grew up with Black Labs. I don’t remember them ever getting hostile with anyone. Visitors got the benefit of the doubt."

That is my experience as well. A couple I know went out to eat. When they got home they noticed that the dog's food bowl was half full when it should be empty. They checked their house and they had been burglarized. The crooks fed the black lab. Needless to say, that incident became a constant joke: "If I feed your dog a steak, will it show me where the guns are hidden?"

20 posted on 06/10/2023 11:50:17 AM PDT by fini
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