Your Questions About Labrador Retriever

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Don’t use hot water, just tepid. Use a shampoo made for puppies or a dog shampoo with oatmeal in it. Those will be gentle on his skin. If he hasn’t had a bath in two years you might want to shampoo and rinse twice. Towel dry afterwards. If it is cold where you are, don’t let him outside until he is dry. Labs have short hair, so it should dry pretty quickly. If he uses a crate, but some towels in there and let him lie on them to soak up the water. Make sure to put dry bedding down when he is dry.

Have fun….”splish splash I was taken a bath”…..sing along because most dogs get you wet when you bathe them!

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I know the standard only mentions height and weight – not length. But the dog should be in proportion – read the standard for the description of the back/body.

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Not as much as the lab thinks it needs. *cough garbage cans*
There is a simple formula. Basically it relates to weight, activity level, weather, health and a few other factors.

Then compare the caloric requirement to the calories put cup listed on the dog food.

Good luck

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First off, DON’T go to WalMart or anyplace else and buy that over-the-counter stuff. Some of it is very dangerous to the animals it’s supposed to help. Second, don’t waste your money on flea collars. Most of them are totally worthless and some can cause irritation around your dog’s neck.
That leaves 2 options. Check out eBay for a good deal on Advantage. It’s much cheaper than PetMeds. Or–and this is gonna get me some thumbs down–give your dog a bath in Head and Shoulders shampoo with the conditioner in it. Most of my dogs were rescued off the streets or from out in the country, and some have been so wrapped up in fleas that I have to give them baths before I’d let them into the house. I always used the Head and Shoulders because it worked better than any of the flea shampoos I got from the vet or pet shops. Just be very, very careful not to get it into your dog’s eyes.
And ignore the lecturer who said you shouldn’t have a dog if you can’t afford it. If you’re like most of the poor dog lovers I know, your dog eats better than you and certainly doesn’t lack love and attention.
I tried fleafighters on eBay, too. And I have a whole drawer full of their stuff, which didn’t do anything for my dogs. I’d be happy to send it to anybody who wants it.

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Slowly introduce them hold both of them and let them sniff nose to nose and watch the lab (I have one) you can tell when they are un happy (which isn’t often) if you see her hair stand on end or ears drop down take it slower other wise if she seems fine let go of the pug while holding the lab then if everything is still fine let the lab go, if they seem to play fight a little let it go and don’t get in between as they need to work out there dominance issues with out you other wise they will always fight, but being a Lab I’m sure you will be fine my pup loves every other dog we take her by all she wants to do is run and play no matter what size to dog is and if you dog has been around other dogs im sure you will have no issues, keep in mind dogs a pac animals and the work on a social chain and the lab is going to want to be the dominate animal in the situation as she should be due to size and amount of time she has been with the family, she will also want Attn every time you give it to the pug so just be sure you are ready for the two dog experience.