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No, I haven't seen that going around the internet—the difference between Labs and Goldens. I'll have to look for it. And YES...unfortunately I know every sound imaginable that squirrs make—I had baby ones in my ceiling and got schooled in how to capture them (and reunite them all with their trollop mommy,) and one fell down inside the walls. Another fell to the ground from the ingress hole and was trapped trying to climb back up, and the other one was a lazy couch-potato-ne'er-do-well that didn't want to leave the nest.... It's a funny, long story full of valuable squirr hands-on learning experiences that's pretty unbelievable. I have a TIGHT relationship with the Squirr Community and am fluent in "Squirr." LOL.

OK! Let me consult with you then.

I have squirrel-sized Hav-a-Hart traps that I have been using to trap chipmunks in the yard. Caught four chipmunks and a baby possum . . . and relocated them to an industrial area on the other side of the railroad tracks.

But now something is getting into the trap, eating the bait, and springing the trap but somehow getting out (or never going in in the first place). Trap door is down, bait is gone, trap is empty.

What do you think I've got going on? A chipmunk with long, skinny arms? Something smaller like a mole or mouse?

You need to write down your Squirr Lore for the rest of us!

Here's the difference between Labs and Goldens:

Subject: Goldens vs Labs

Goldens: NEED attention
Labs: WANT attention

Goldens: MUST be touching you at all times
Labs: WANT to touch you all the time

Goldens: They must be Catholics (They understand the need to confess their guilt)
Labs: They must be Protestants (What guilt?)

Goldens: If they had a job they would be Social Workers
Labs: If they had a job they would be standup comedians

Goldens: If they could speak, they’d constantly say “I love you” And if you come home to find that the lamp is broken they’d say “broken lamp? I must have done it. I know I was outside the whole time, but I must have done it, oh no. Someone’s unhappy”
Labs: If they could speak, they’d say “love me” And if you come home to find that the lamp is broken they’d say “broken lamp? I did it. I was having tons of fun. Want to see me break the other one?”

Goldens: hang on you
Labs: body slam you

Goldens: Long hair in your food, on your clothes, on your couch.
Labs: Shorter hair in your food, on your clothes, on your couch.

Goldens: Brush daily
Labs: Wash and wear!

- Karen & Dick Kennedy
Pleasant Pine Labrador Retrievers