Comments on: 10 Ways To Tell Your Labrador Is Happy Through Body Language

By: Dennis Sharpe Jr

Dennis Sharpe Jr — Mon, 06 Jul 2020 08:59:43 +0000

We have a black lab with unknown mix from a rescue. She is such the light of our lives. When she is interested in something she will stare in its direction and her tail will go straight up and wag at the tip but, she is not upset or scared. We know this because she will turn her attention quickly to us and spread her two front feet straight legged and duck the front of her body with her head breifly and then immediately back to what ever had her attention. Like she is pointing with her nose. This is her way of saying hey guys take me over there or, I want to see that closer. If we don’t get her attention back on something different she will pull us in that direction while on her leash. If we start walking in the direction she was pointing she will go into hunt mode and start sniffing the ground quickly. On the ground and then up in the air smelling and looking around intently to try and gather information. She does not bark unless she feels threatened. Rarely does she bark even if it is another dog is barking at her. She is overly friendly most of the time until it is time not to be. That is usually if a dog lunges at her. If another owner approaches slowly she is very playful but, never instgates a fight. However, she can be super intrusive and will want to smell the other dog really well and or the owner. She is very easy to get along with in the presence of other dogs or cats. She is friendly with animals in general and super curious unless, it is small game like a squirrel or rabbit. Then it is game on.(No pun intended) She loves animals much bigher than her. Even cows and I assume horses. I can definately see why this breed is great to hunt with by foot or horseback. She always has so much energy and loves to march in a direction that she choses or that we dictate. Then darting all the way behind us using her entire leash to have a deliberate smell maybe pause for a moment and then catch back up to us. She will pass us and start pulling and marching in the direction we continued walking in. Usually she will pass us and take the lead again marching off pulling all the while. The energy level and playfulness shows us how happy she is. We go on great jaunts into a trail wth trees that arch over top just feet from my head or, down into a creek with open sky by the water or, in it. Absolutely fearless. Although, she hates being startled by a loud sharp noise like a firecrackers unless you hold her close and prepare her for it. With reassurance she can handle most anything. She is our best friend and is so very compassionate.
The family dog a Shelty 13 yo passed away the other day and she was cued by the whole families emotions. She was confused and tried to console everyone or, maybe she was just looking for reassurance herself. Either way she wanted to be close by our side and pressed us for affection. It was very comforting and today we are back to marching and hunting down sights and smells. I know hounds hunt happily with their tongues out and she seems to mimic that type of example.
Sorry, for sharing such a long story. I do think this is helping in some of the grieving from our loss while sharing something very dear about our wonderful black labrador mix Zeena the all powerful and ever playful. God Bless thank you for reading.

By: Dennis Sharpe Jr

Dennis Sharpe Jr — Mon, 06 Jul 2020 08:31:50 +0000

So, my spelling is off on tail, a comma is needed after the word or as well as insert the word “is” in the part where “dog is barking”. Again with the spelling for the word instigates. Remove the k and n from kncurious to get curious. I meant to say pressed us for affection not attention. Remove the O from OIt for It. As well as meaning to say ” back to hunting for sights and smells”. Last but not least playful is misspelled at the very end. Being able to edit for grammar and spelling after the post would be helpful . I do think you can figure out what I was trying to portray though. I may want to edit this reply to my own post lol I hate sounding uneducated. I think the idea gets lost in traslation if you do not edit before you post finally. I apologise and will try harder. I hope that the moderator will fix theese issues before allowing this post or allows me to fix it myself by resubmitting this. .

By: Dennis Sharpe Jr

Dennis Sharpe Jr — Mon, 06 Jul 2020 08:06:58 +0000

We have a black lab with unknown mix from a rescue. She is such the light if our lives. When she is interested she will stare in a direction and her tale will go straight up and wag at the tip but, she is not upset or scared. We know because she will turn her attention quickly to us and spread her two front feet and duck the front of her body with her head breifly and then immediately back to what ever had her attention to. Like she is pointing with her nose. This is her way of saying hey guys take me over there or I want to see that closer. If we don’t get her attention back on something different she will pull us in that direction while on her leash. If we start walking in the direction she was pointing she will go into hunt mode and start sniffing the ground quickly. On the ground and then up in the air smelling and looking intently to try and gather information. She does not bark unless she feels threatened. Rarely does she bark even if it is another dog barking at her. She is too friendly most of the time until it is time not to be.That is usually if a dog lunges at her. If another owner approaches slowly she is very playful but, never instgates a fight. However, she can be super intrusive and want to smell the other dog really well or the owner. She is very easy to get along with other dogs or cats. She is friendly with animals in general and super kncurious unless, it is small game like a squirrel or rabbit. Then it is game on.(No pun intended) She loves animals much bigher than her. Even cows and I assume horses maybe. I can definately see why this breed is great to hunt with by foot or horseback. She always has so much energy and loves to march in a direction that she choses or that we dictate. Then darting all the way behind us using her entire leash to have a deliberate smell maybe pause for a moment and then catch back up to us. She will pass us and start pulling and marching in the direction we continued walking in. Usually she will pass us and take the lead again. The energy level and playfulness shows us how happy she is. We go on great jaunts into a trail wth trees that arch over top just feet from my head or down into a creek with open sky by the water or in it. Absolutely fearless. She hates being startled by a loud sharp noise like a firecracker. Unless you hold her close and prepare her for it. With reassurance she can handle most anything. She is our best friend and is so very compassionate.
The family dog a Shelty 13yo passed away the other day and she was cued by the whole families emotions. She was confused and tried to console everyone or maybe she was just looking for reassurance herself. Either way she wanted to be close by our side and pressed us for attention. OIt was very comforting and today we are back to marching and hunting smells. I know hounds hunt happily with their tongues out and she seems to mimic that type of example.
Sorry, for sharing such a long story but, I think this is helping with some of the grieving. While sharing something very dear about our wonderful black labrador mix Zeena the all powerful and ever pkayful.

By: Mary

Mary — Wed, 11 Jan 2017 00:22:46 +0000

Hi I have a lab chow mix she is my baby ,I couldn’t ask for a better furrbaby but she does like to paw for attention,I have tried pushing her paw down when she paws at me,and others,but she don’t get why I’m doing that I guess,other than that she is wonderful,

By: Lucy

Lucy — Tue, 13 Sep 2016 14:56:24 +0000

In reply to Rupa.

Hi Rupa, You might find this training technique helpful: https://www.thelabradorsite.com/click-for-quiet/ Best wishes, Lucy.

By: Rupa

Rupa — Tue, 13 Sep 2016 02:39:34 +0000

Hi! My 4 month old lab puppy barks like crazy in car. He loves going for walks, but till we reach the destination he barks at everything and everyone and is restlessin the car. Its making me panic and a not able to concentrate on driving.

By: gunny

gunny — Wed, 06 May 2015 10:21:46 +0000

In reply to Rajendra. I got a choc lab @ 4 months,,we do good,, but then I had to take another 2 month ,unloved dog ,,kinda looks bulldog but is not, so hes smaller than lab,, did it hurt to take another dog in and try nd love them both ???

By: Rajendra

Rajendra — Sun, 12 Apr 2015 18:24:05 +0000

Hello!

Thank you so much for the valuable inputs. We can easily co relate all the ten steps with our Lab whose name is Mylo. He has a very powerful amazing memory which baffles us.

By: Pippa

Pippa — Fri, 30 Jan 2015 14:40:26 +0000

In reply to Annemarie. Hi Annemarie, some labrador do have a naturally high tail carriage and lack the otter tail. This is more common in dogs from working lines. But as long as your boy is happy, that's all that matters :)

By: Annemarie

Annemarie — Fri, 30 Jan 2015 13:36:03 +0000

Btw, it is a happy dog!