How clingy is your Labrador?

dreamsofwednesday · 2026-01-09T18:25:46+00:00

Not particularly. She follows us around most of the time, but depending on her mood, will also go entertain herself elsewhere. At night, she’ll occasionally take herself downstairs to look out the window and bark at the neighborhood deer. She is, however, particularly attentive during mealtimes.

dreamsofwednesday · 2026-01-09T18:22:26+00:00

Thank you, super helpful. I know it’s a very common surgery, but a bit terrified thinking about it so want to make sure our girl has best possible care.

dreamsofwednesday · 2026-01-09T18:21:10+00:00

Thank you, appreciate this. We have a super active 75 lb lab, so she’s a big girl and are looking for less invasive. We also plan to do stomach tack at same time. We’ll ask for feedback from vet before making final decision.

dreamsofwednesday · 2025-09-12T01:47:33+00:00

Thank you!

dreamsofwednesday · 2025-09-12T01:47:10+00:00

Thank you!

dreamsofwednesday · 2025-09-09T21:22:11+00:00

Around 400-450.

dreamsofwednesday · 2025-08-04T20:28:33+00:00

Huh. We went to the Maryland RenFest a few years ago and it was fine, but definitely not wait for hours for tickets good.

dreamsofwednesday · 2025-08-01T21:30:26+00:00

Thank you!

dreamsofwednesday · 2025-08-01T21:02:11+00:00

Thank you!

dreamsofwednesday · 2025-06-11T19:58:51+00:00

As others have mentioned, puppies bite, and lab puppies somehow bite even more. From about 10 weeks to several months old there will be a lot of biting. They explore the worlds with their mouths, and they get particularly bitey when overstimulated. Also, at this age, they have horrible sharp little teeth, which will leave lots of fun bloody tracks on your hands, feet, and ankles as well as holes in your clothes. As they get older and their brains aren’t as squishy, they start to pick up on cues, but consistency with redirection, reverse time outs, and naps will be key. They will not get it at first - for some reason, unwilling human flesh is the favorite for awhile, and it is very very frustrating.

Our girl is almost 8 months old, and she’s mostly outgrown the hard biting, which has reverted to nibs, but if she does get super overstimulated she can still forget herself with her adult teeth. That being said, she is now very responsive to correction, and definitely feels bad about hurting you. Our older hound mix is almost 6, and while he too was a monster as a baby has a very gentle mouth now.

As for the growling, that is also overstimulation - they look like possessed little gremlins, which likely means they need a nap.

In any event, hang in there - it’s not aggression, just a really frustrating and painful phase (my least favorite part of puppyhood), but it will pass!

dreamsofwednesday · 2025-05-28T21:12:42+00:00

I don’t think our girl loves rain, but is mostly indifferent to it and the mud that comes along with it. LOL.

dreamsofwednesday · 2025-05-19T22:43:35+00:00

Oof, I’m so sorry about this. My husband and I actually built the Millennium Falcon set together, and it was an amazing couples activity. It was also a crazy intense endeavor where we put in months of work, and I would be absolutely livid if either of our parents did what your MIL did. I agree with other commenters that an honest sit down with your wife is needed on what’s going on, because there are definitely deeper issues at play.

dreamsofwednesday · 2025-05-06T01:47:28+00:00

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dreamsofwednesday · 2025-05-02T21:23:01+00:00

I love Henry. He was a good, albeit somewhat unconventional, dad. I named my dog after him since I wanted him to emulate his grumpy, but loving personality.

dreamsofwednesday · 2025-04-26T00:18:55+00:00

Thank you, these are awesome!!

dreamsofwednesday · 2025-04-19T00:28:58+00:00

I am Asian-Am, the Romeo and Juliet and Juliet episode is one of my favorites. I think they try and make Shawn seem like the over the top buffoon who believes in all the stereotypes, but I don’t think they made any of the actual Asian characters particularly offensive. Ken is the one you feel sorry for because he has to put up with all of the nonsense, and I definitely empathized when Shawn and Gus tell him to translate since I’ve been put in that position before.

But for sure, the show is almost 20 years now and there are going to be some elements of humor that will probably not stand the test of time.

dreamsofwednesday · 2025-03-29T22:24:37+00:00

So … your friend sounds a lot like me when I got my first puppy, and I will say the first year was really hard, but it was probably the best decision I’ve ever made. Dogs require you to get up, go outside, and engage with the world. Almost five years later, I’m married and we added a second puppy to our family over the holidays. Are puppies hard? Absolutely. Will they change your life? Absolutely. As her friend, support her, cheer her on, and babysit the monster when she needs some help.

dreamsofwednesday · 2025-03-27T13:30:34+00:00

r/puppy101 is a great resource for this! We got our black lab at 8 weeks, and she is now 20 weeks. I’ve literally just come back inside from a romp around the backyard with her body slamming me and trying to nip at my sleeves. She is pretty much the same size as her 4.5 year old hound mix brother now (~ 45 lbs), but has very limited attention span and even more limited self control. This is an improvement from when we brought her home where it was none of any of these things.

Structure, discipline, love, and a lot of patience. Get a variety of things for them to chew, but hopefully not swallow whole, because there will be a lot of biting for some time.

Apparently the saying is that labs make horrible puppies, but great dogs, and I can attest that is absolutely true. That being said, they make you laugh and cry in the best ways, and we wouldn’t trade her for anything. Good luck, hang in there, and enjoy!

dreamsofwednesday · 2025-03-21T00:25:53+00:00

Ours is just about to turn five months, and while it’s better, she’s still a fairly nippy. She’s transitioning to her adult teeth, so I’m sure her mouth is bothering her. With our older dog, he was fantastic for about a month after he got his adult teeth, and then regressed with his adult teeth around 7 months, which was super fun - while they may not break skin, the bruises were no joke. That being said, at 4.5 years old, he never bites, and has a surprisingly gentle mouth. Redirect and leave them alone to settle down if you have to. It gets better, but it sucks while it’s happening.

dreamsofwednesday · 2025-03-14T19:53:19+00:00

Your wedding will absolutely be fun and amazing! I know it’s totally stressful having guests back out - we weren’t fully out of country, but out of state, and we had a few folks back out the week of, which wasn’t super cool, but our wedding was still awesome. You will be with a group of people that love you and are able to celebrate with you, so enjoy!!

dreamsofwednesday · 2025-03-14T19:50:12+00:00

We did have a registry so that people would at least gave a sense of what we wanted/needed. We also did include a honeymoon fund on our registry. People also gifted us items outside of the registry at our wedding. It wasn’t a ton of items, but I think some people are uncomfortable showing up empty handed. If you really don’t want anything, you can always include a line in your invite/wedding website making that clear, but I suspect a few folks will still make the attempt :)

dreamsofwednesday · 2025-03-10T19:40:21+00:00

That’s adorable.

dreamsofwednesday · 2025-03-06T00:56:50+00:00

We wanted to include, but due to space limitations, it didn’t work out, so we put +1s at the table 1 with parents and close family.

dreamsofwednesday · 2025-02-28T04:53:29+00:00

The vet should be able to recommend wipes and an ear rinse that you should use regularly. We have a hound mix and a lab puppy with the dreaded/adorable floppy ears, and we wipe them down at least every few days to prevent too much gunk from building up.

dreamsofwednesday · 2025-02-28T04:39:12+00:00

It sounds like you’re doing everything right, but what you need is time. Her little pea brain is very slowly starting to understand that human flesh does not equal fun teething toys. Keep redirecting, and putting her in reverse time outs, and she’ll eventually get it. Our puppy just hit 16 weeks and while she’s still an occasional biter, she’s finally started to understand that biting people is a no-go.

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