please see my comments on no.130, i entered mail address wrong send any replies via this link, many thanks

Hi, firstly i just want to say thankyou very much, I had my chocolate lab puppy, Lottie 2 weeks ago and this was the best site I went on when researching everything about having one. She is absolutely fab and as fitted in perfectly with our family. I have a question though and i'm wondering if anyone can help me. She has a lighter brown coat, but over the last few days I've noticed some darker brown fur coming through on her back and this is feeling coarser than the rest of her fur. is this normal?

hi, i just got a 9wk old choc lab dog and he is fantastic with our two kids,he slept through the night after only 4 days and is very lovable. At present he is sleeping in our utility room and while this is fine for now i would like to introduce him to a dog run out for when we are not at home. I had a 12ft run built on part the garden and played with him in it today, i tried to leave him for a few mins just to see how he would get on and he began to bark.Does anyone have any advice on introducing a lab to a run ? i don't want to put him off and want to do it gradually, also what the best age? I know he is too young now.
Thanks for you help

hi, came on this site as looking to get a new choc lab quite soon and see what tips and advice on offer. sadly lost my last choco 1 year ago and said never again would get a dog as too much pain when they go but missing dogs and now ready for another - heart going out to messages on here about losing dogs - i am now one year on and finally ready to get and need to get another lab. never thought i would say that i was so against it when lost my dog but life isnt the same without and for all those out there going through the same it will get easier you wont forget but having all that lovin in your heart you have to share with someone who will love you over and over again a lab

Hi

I always wonder if people with 'problems' with their Labs, find the advice given on the Message Board useful or not. It would be great to get feedback on this.

Regards Jan

id like to thank you for your website. after reading all your information. i have now got my new addistion too the family, and he is a 9week old chocolate labrador. i followed your advice about the hip and eye scoring, and he is fantastic. and we share lots of happy times together.

What a great web page we are looking to find a choc lab to join our family and will use this site as a point of reference to start our search for the right breeder and to find we hope the perfect dog .
We have searched on the web for some time and i again must say well done all the information you would need all on the one site.

thank you for this website. Although I don't own a dog , I surfed net to know more about this species. Also I like the naming for this website "chocolatelab". I am from Malaysia. Again many thanks.

My doggie luvs this sight she is a choc lab
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I was on this web site trying to find information about my mix lab I am not sure what she is mixed with but I do know she is part c lab.

i come on this site to read messaes on guest book and forum and pick up hints and tips but did not no how much this site would help me until now when i really need it as my girl bella has sadly passed over and i am in much loss and sadness and pain and reading about sasha and the kind messages for her and her loss millie has helping in ways as i see others understand as well and its not just me been a sad crazy dog woman who loves animals to much. i thank you

hello :) !

really missing monte and denver today for some reason, so came on here for a look at them. im gonna try pop round in the next few weeks! so tell monte to prepare for some biug cuddles

tell heather hello, and sorry i didnt ring her back, totally forgot!

see you all soon x

sory to hear about millie i think a page for what to do and some sor of dedicaton memorial would be good when you loose your pets it is hard andhope it is getting bit better for you

My heart goes to you Sasha I hope you are ok and things are getting a little easier for you. When I lost Chloe I made up a little box and put in her food bowl and collar and a book with photos in - it was upsetting but now I can open it and have fond wonderful loving memories of her. Your pet gives you their heart and you in turn give yours so when gone it is a bereavement. Things will get easier for you. Take care. Ruth

Sasha a message of hope for you as I lost my best friend Jake 4 months ago and he was the life and soul of my home. Yes I do still miss him desparetly and deeply and yes I do still think about him all of the time and yes I do still cry at the slightest thing and sometimes without no reason but last night I had a full nights sleep which was the first since my poor boy had gone. I thinkthe saying of time is a healer is right in a way in that you can and do get back to your normal day to day life and even though the dark nights are long and never ending I think it is starting to get a bit better. That doesnt mean you forget or miss your pet but each day one at a time we will get there together. Remember all suffering and pain has gone, you were very brave you made the decision and that was not the decision for you and what ou wanted but the decision you had to make. Wake up tomorrow and start a new day, wake up the next day and start a new day - don't forget but let peace come into your life and enjoy the many happy memories that you have

Hello Russell,
Thank you, so much for your kind words - and for the other kind messages that have been left for me. I am taking one day at a time, some days are better than others but the hardest is that first moment when you wake up and everything is okay and then you are properly awake and it's not - my home just feels so very empty and the soul has gone out of it. A tribute page is a very nice idea as the only people who really truly know how you feel are people who are animal lovers and owners. It is like losing part of yourself. I would also say that (if you do decide to do the page) something with some practical advice would be good as everything came as a shock to me and I didn't know which way to turn and what to do, with Millie. Fortunately I had a very good vet who kept Millie over night whilst I could think (or try) on what to do. I decided against burying her in the garden because if I moved what would happen to her - in the end Millie was cremated and I picked up her ashes and took them to Holkham beach and scattered when the sun was going down - it was a place that we went to many times (the first time Millie was in drink-water heaven and drank gallons of the sea - only for it all to come out, both ends, within seconds!) she didn't learn the first time though. But we have wonderful memories there and I truly hope I did the right thing - still think maybe not but at the time I couldn't really think properly. I know people don't want to think of these things now but if you had a page about it then it would at least get into their sub concious. I would urge anyone to plan what they would do. Coming back from the vets with just Millie's collar when I left home to take her to be made well, is shocking and allher toys and bed and food, awful. I know, lots have been through the same but when it is yourself and your pet is your best friend and family, it is truly truly sad. Anyway, sorry for rambling on so much, thank you again. Sasha

So sad to read the other messages and the loss to sasha, i cant even think about how she must feel and dont really no what to say other than it is sad and i think the tribute page mentioned would be nice

so sorry sasha. you wont want to hear right now and it wont help you right now but it will get easier with time you wont forget but you wont have such a heavy heart when you wake
a memorium page would be lovely
this is the one part of owning our wonderful pets that we dont think about or acknowledge until it is too late
good on you montes dad

Hi Russell, I think that is a fab thing to do and as said before a real nice tribute for Millie and her Mum Sasha. Having gone through myself just 1 year ago, the things that would have helped me then are
think now about what you would like to do with your loved one - do you want the vet to take care of, do you want to take the body home, do you want the ashes - simple things i had no idea of when the time came as had not thoght about it and now after all this time dont know if made the right choice
Thinking of you sasha

Hi Russell - what a lovely idea and a perfect tribute to Millie - Sasha I am so sorry to hear of your sad loss - my thoughts are with you - please remember all the good times you both had - from experience - the long dark days will slowly get less - even though you will never forget you will find the strength and take one day at a time

Hello Sasha..



This is Russell from Chocolate Labs (Monte and Denvers dad)

I’m a little stuck for words ! having just read your message in the Forum, I’m so very sorry to hear of the sad loss of Millie, especially at such a young age, I can't begin immagine how you must be feeling.

Perhaps we should have a memorium page on the site, for all the very much loved Labs, that have left their owners with such fond memories, “What do you think”?





Take very good care….



Russell

Sadly my Millie has died - I am so very very sad - this web site has seen me through all the ups and downs - Millie even shared the same birthday as Monte and they always said Happy Birthday and Christmas to each other and both loved the pilchards. She was just too young to die, only 6 and a half but she got cancer and then secondary tumours, lost so much weight and in the end just too miserable that I had to do the best thing for her even though it hurt like hell and still does. Please everyone, love your pets for all the good (and naughty) things - the peeing on the floor, chewing bits of furniture, barking (at nothing), nicking socks out of the laundry bin/washing machine/tumble dryer and running round and round the dining room table after her to get them back - I would have it all back in a second. Our precious animals are not just pets, but our special friends who are there every day and with a bounce and a smile and wagging tail (even if you've only left them in the room for 10 minutes) I really don't know how to go on without my one and only friend - rest in peace Millie and see you at Rainbow Bridge xxx

we need more pics - 18 months since last update - how is monte and toffee and denver

Hello, I just wanted to say that I passed through East Midlands Airport late in July this year, and was delighted to see you all there with some of your lovely Labs! Keep up the good work! I'll keep lookig ar your website!

Here is a video of my chocolate Lab Colt's first day at home with us. I hope you enjoy it.


http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uD0hNJNglMs