Best in Show

[emilyB]

The American Kennel Club have just voted the Labrador retriever Best in Show again.  Just take a look at this adorable puppy - they really are wonderful dogs.


http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-2549861/Best-American-Kennel-Club-says-Labrador-retrievers-popular-US-breed-record-23rd-straight-year.html

[takncarabizniz]

Yes adorable as a puppy...but that's where it ends.  The moment they start to grow...ugh.
 
I have never been a lab fan...ever...sorry...

[pacifica]

He's adorable Em!! Ever?Tkn? Can't think of a dog I don't like. Read po oz gets yelled at for stepping foot in the kitchen. ;_:

Heart stealer lol


We were brought up with a black lab, (years later a golden lab when we were mid/late teens)
Dad brought blk lab home in a hat : ) (parents have that pic)
Here he is a couple/few years later:

[emilyB]

Oh that's so cute Pacifica............you were raised with a lab, no wonder you have fondness for them.  I love the chocolate brown labs - my friend has one and he is adorable.   It seems as if we have mostly had terriers but there was a time in California when we had two English mastiffs and they were wonderful dogs but their life span is 6-9 years and it is so sad to love them and lose them in such a short time.

[pacifica]

Oh I looked up English Mastiffs..lol Magnificent!
just adorable! Aw, wish they lived longer:





We had a neighbor once who had a Bullmastiff.
Similar but a little different then the English Mastiff. I guess the bullmastiff might have bulldog in it..?

And when I was looking up English Mastiff....something called Thunderbolt? or Thunder something mastiff...came up.




I've never seen a chocolate brown lab in person before... Adorable.
I had to do a double take at pup's picture above that won best in show...
I thought....well could he be a dark brown lab..? but think he's black.

Found this cutie brown pup on youtube : )
<a href="http://www.youtube.com/v/M80WYCQcSdM" target="_blank">http://www.youtube.com/v/M80WYCQcSdM</a>

[takncarabizniz]

I think Neapolitan Mastiffs are fascinating creatures...
 
I would still like to have another peaches and cream Tibetan Terrier...absolutely loyal, loving, protective, playful and most of all nearly hypoallergenic...
 
I miss our buddy, Hobo...
 
 

[emilyB]

Love Hobo - it is so sad to lose them.  I will have to find a picture of our Mastiff "Duke" and scan it.  He was 250 pounds and had flying slobber that when he shook his head it landed on walls and lampshades.  The kids loved him.  Our daughter got her first little car and took him to the beach.  She spread out her towel and Duke jumped on it and wouldn't get off.  You don't shift 250 pounds easily!   I was stuck in our neighborhood with him on a walk for about 20 minutes while he planted himself firmly on the ground and watched 2 attack Yorkies hurling themselves at a window when they saw him walk by.    I tied him to the bike stands outside of Thrifty Drug to go in and get an ice-cream which he liked to share the last bite.  A fellow came in and said "Do you know the bike stands are dragged out into the middle of the parking lot by what looks like a horse".  I will have to find those pics!