r/labrador

Daddy will love & remember you forever my handsome boy

Thor chillin in a chair, watching the neighborhood, acting like the king.

My 5 year old has always been the healthiest, happiest, sweetest girl. We have been through so much together. School, exams, my husband and I getting married, becoming parents. A few days ago I found a firm movable lump under her right armpit. I spiraled thinking it was lymphoma. The vet did a fine needle aspiration and found mast cells in what they believe is the axillary lymph node, so now they are concerned about metastatic mast cell disease.

I am honestly devastated and barely functioning. She is completely normal otherwise.. eating, playing, energetic, happy, acting like herself. You would never know anything was wrong.

What makes this harder is that we had a growth removed from her belly about 5 months ago, but we did not send it for pathology because vet said he was 99.99% sure it was benign. so now I’m terrified it may have been related.

Either way We are waiting for next steps/staging and I feel sick with fear reading stories online. I know this is serious, but I would really appreciate hearing from anyone whose dog had dealt with similar situation and still did well or lived meaningful happy years after treatment.

Please share positive stories if you have them because my heart is honestly broken right now. I can’t take it.

His last picture as a four year old 🥺
Fun fact: it’s my birthday, too!

Dixie 2015-2026

11 year old black lab does the swim out and fetch, then the 11 month old choccy pup promptly steals the stick and brings it to shore. Pup won't swim yet, regardless of whether or not her sister is present. Any tips on getting the puppy to swim or is it just a matter of time and confidence?

she also ate a frog

We bought the Labrador 3000 late last year to assist in floor cleaning. It has done an excellent job, yet still leaves tongue-shaped marks on the kitchen tiles.

Does anyone have a remedy for this?

Leo was supposed to learn Rudi's good qualities. Well, it's only working out so-so 😅

Rosie is 11 months old now and we are putting a lot of work into all aspects of training. She is progressing well at everything except loose lead walking…

We have a few local paths which we normally take her down for her first walk of the day and we can do 45 mins+ of fairly nice walking, with good engagement (plenty of positive reinforcement too). In these places she is familiar with, I am very happy with the progress and can imagine her getting even better.

However, if we take her anywhere new, even just further along the pathway she is familiar with, she turns into a totally different dog… her nose goes to the ground and she just sniffs everything, pulling all over the place. If I am able to get her attention back, it’s only for a brief second and then she is off again. It’s like all training we have done just goes out the window!

Do other people find this with their Labs in unfamiliar places? Any tips that may help?

Thanks!!

Must always be touching if nearby. Anyone else?

Imo burning is the only way to deal with ticks when you find them or remove them from your dog.

Where has the time gone? My Eris is just growing & growing & ... GROWING! He was such a little peanut. Now (at 13 weeks old) he's a big ol' boy. Still my baby, but wow! I should've cradled him more when he was lighter to carry. So heavy now. 💔

I guess the pillow wasn’t comfortable enough