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6 females, 2 males. We bring her home Saturday. She was born 3/17/26 🍀
Healthy little girl! We are naming her Rylee. 💕
Any tips are appreciated!!!!!!
My english lab is going to be 12 this summer. I've had her since she was 8 weeks old. She looks great for her age and the vet thinks so too and i've had multiple people who meet her be surprised when I tell them she is almost 12.
Anyways, I got a puppy last year (another english lab and her 1/2 great nephew). And in the past year it feels like she has gotten much older. She doesnt always want to walk (we just go 1/3 mile around the block, 2-3x a day). Sometimes she lays down, but if i drop her leash she immediate gets up, puts the leash in her mouth and follows me. So its hard to tell if she is just tired, or if she's trying to get me to give her a treat or what? If I take her for a long walk at the park, so will be off-leash and walk the entire time and not stop. So it seems like she may just be sick of her leash?
She was recently put on 75mg of Carprofen 2x a day (as-needed). I feel like its helping her.
My new puppy is now 17 months old, weighs 80 pounds and likes to bother her by humping her, and instigating wrestling matches, etc...She's too nice to really put him in his place. She does bark at him and make "leave me alone" noises. I usually try to interfere so he will leave her be.
Also she recently got diagnosed with a soft-tissue sarcoma on her front leg. I had it removed and the vet said they got clean margins.
Anyways, just seeing whats "normal". Its hard to tell if she's in pain because like I said she walks just fine when she's not leashed and keeps up. But when going around the block on a leash she often stops moving or lays down. Sometimes I am unsure if I should leave her at home and only walk the younger dog. Because she seems sad to not go? but at the same time if she is laying down, maybe she isnt wanting to walk? Also I sometimes bring treats and I've noticed when i go bring treats she lays down more and its like she does it purposely so that I will give her a treat to get her to move. lol.
She still runs when she sees something she wants to get, like a cat or a squirrel. I would say i usually go around the block about 4x a day but I bring her maybe 50%-75% of the time.
Just hoping to hear from others and how much walking they do with their older dogs.