Comments on: Is Your Lab Obsessed With Food? Here’s Why (And Why That’s A Good Thing!)

By: AmandaMason

AmandaMason — Wed, 08 Dec 2021 01:51:51 +0000

I’m in the same position I have a 6 month old lab and she is constantly looking for food..counter tops, hands, stove, tables,…she seems to be constantly hungry…I’ve tried fresh vegetables and little chicken..changing her food…I’ve tried giving her more water less food…I don’t know what to do she’s seems to think she’s starving and She’s not…she’s 65 lbs now and healthy but she keeps this up she’ll be overweight before 9months..help someone I don’t know what to do and I feel so bad for her..

By: Michael

Michael — Sat, 06 Nov 2021 13:53:03 +0000

Our Lab is 6 months old and he is crazy and Lazer focused on everything food, he suspects that other non food items may also contain food. I try the leave it routine with little success and it seems to be more noticeable around my wife. My question is, does it affect labs mentally. I love my Rocky but he is off the chain. My third black male and the most challenging.

By: shane taylor

shane taylor — Sun, 04 Apr 2021 19:44:31 +0000

the last 52 years we have had 4 purebred labs 2 lab chessy crosses 1 lab malamute cross .1 pure bred chesapeake. the first dog was a lab chessy cross and was always hungry we stopprd that by throwing out all the rules and vet ideas on how to feed the dog 1.5 cups 2 times a day we just filled it up when it was empty and kept doing that after about 4 full dishes he got sick. after that i we just kept the dish full and he seemed to know that there was always food in his dish and he cut back on his own. since then every dog we have ever got has always had a full dish and when there hungry they eat and when they are not they wont even our lab malamute cross on her hungriest time only ate a dish full in 1 day and a full dish was 3 cups. we never used food as a training tool just kept repeating with praise it seemed to work just fine and the dogs were not looking for a treat afterwards. we dont have any dogs left any more cause we are getting to old but we sure miss our labs the best friends and dogs anyone could ask for

By: Kristina Leach

Kristina Leach — Fri, 01 May 2020 05:32:38 +0000

My male black lab is always hungry. I Can’t cut his food anymore he only gets 1 3/4 cups a day. I will give him no salt green beans, apple slices, raw asparagus and carrots from time to time. He also has diabetes insidious and takes meds twice a day. He just turned 7 and its become more difficult to keep the weight off. I’m considering a treadmill. I told my vet I feel awful because he always seems to be starving…he was not much help. His reply was… He probably is. Really? Thanks Dr. Obvious. When he was a puppy he craved water due to his kidney issue. Thousands of dollars, several years and three vet clinics later they figured it out. Now this food craving thing seems to keep getting worse. And one of the side effects of his meds is weight gain. I’m open to suggestions. I want him to live a long, healthy happy life but the odds keep stacking up against him.

By: Debra Seigel

Debra Seigel — Thu, 26 Mar 2020 03:29:47 +0000

My laboratory is always hungry. She has been from the puppy stage. This is our third black lab and this dog is different. She sweet, loving, is a good dog in training but steals food off of kitchen counters, dining tables and out of our hands. No amount of training has For this has helped. We feel so bad for her. She is always searching for food.

By: Annette Tolputt

Annette Tolputt — Mon, 27 Jan 2020 15:07:29 +0000

Is there any way of choosing a lab without this gene?