Hank's 8 Month Update
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On January 14, 2019, I wrote a post titled,"My Name is Hank". That was four days after our youngest son bought Hank, the yellow male Labrador Retriever. Hank was the off spring of the sister of our other black lab, Penny.In that post I promised to give an update on Hank. At Hank's first veterinarian visit the Doctor advised he thought when Hank is fully grown he should weigh between 90 and 100 pounds. Well, he was right. At 8 months old he is now around 75 pounds and has outgrown his "sister aunt", Penny.
Hank has proven to be a very loving puppy and is very loyal to all of us in the Harris family. The only thing he has problems with is eating absolutely everything he finds on the ground. I"m afraid one day that habit may cause some real issues.
Penny and Hank are pretty much attached at the hip and are inseparable. I guess one day neither will be living with my wife and me since both boys own them individually.
Thanks for reading this short update about Hank. If you have time, drop a comment and let the community know what kind of dog(s) you have and let's see how many different breeds everyone own.
Cal
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I have a stowaway pug mixed with chihuahua and datsun... my Julie decided she had to sell Blue a blue retriever trained for hearing impairment because he started biting after the neighbor kid tortured him. That family is finally moving out thank goodness.
So Stormy gets a little lonely sometimes without Blue
Hi NnurseBecca, we get so attached to these creatures sometimes. One thing I've noticed all my life. They provide unconditional love and never ever talk back.
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Cal
Thanks Laura, yeah he is a BIG boy, kind of runs and jumps like a deer.
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Cal
I have had dogs all my life, thankfully. My first memories are of two Boxers (Major and Captain).
One day, Major dashed after me and two sisters walking in our valley--sister on both sides holding my hands. He went under my legs at seemingly 90 mph and sent me airborne into a complete flip. Thanks to devoted sisters continuing to keep hold of my hands, I landed safely on my two feet.
Being too young (I think about three) to understand the possible ramifications of what could have happened, I was thrilled and became quite a fan of these loyal and amazing creatures for life.
Unaware of what I was doing or why, I have instinctively trained almost every dog I've had to perfection; sometimes, all I had to do was look at them, and they read my mind and complied.
I am now on my second hearing dog from Hearing Dog International. These dogs are astonding, and have saved my life more than once.
Okay, I'll stop now...
Wow, thanks for sharing...dogs show us, unconditional love, all their lives.
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Cal
My wife had a cat when I met her. I hate cats and that thing was the devil. One minute he ( "Snow" ) would be your friend and the next he would be bitting you.
I think Labs are the best. We had a Smooth Fox Terrier and he was the devil dog for sure.
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Cal
Hank is a very beautiful young man, and both of your children are very lovely,I love animals and especially dogs.
By the way my friend, I used to have a lab his name was little Warlock. He was the one of the best dogs I have ever owned. So very very smart, we let him out in the backyard and when he was ready to come in he will hop the fence, come to the front door and knock on the door with his paw. We could leave him on the front porch go away for the whole day warlock would be there when we came back. He only bark if he failed he was threatened or we were threatened. I miss worlock so much.
Hi Cal - Your buddies are both lovely. Hank is a big beauty and looks loved which is key to a balanced and happy dog.
My dog is called Bertie, he is a cocker spaniel, he will be 2 at the end of Oct.
Just like Hank Bertie eats ANY item of food he finds when out on a walk, his latest attempt at foraging was a chocolate coated waffle. It took me ages to get the gunk out of his clamped teeth, the waffle removal happened next to a queue of rush hour traffic.
On the plus side the look on the queuing drivers faces as they watched me wrestle brown gunk from my dogs mouth was priceless, especially when I wiped the brown on my old dirty dog walking jeans!
Dogs = Love = Happy days.
Mike
Funny story about Bertie Mike. Hank tends to eat anything on the ground, sticks, plastic, leaves, and especially bugs. I don't know how many bees he's eaten.
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Cal
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Great post Cal. So, Labradors eat anything and everything ? I can attest to that. We came home many years ago to find the remnants of a 2lb bag of flour. 'Bournville', our black lab, was lay sprawled on the floor, groaning as his stomach grew, making weird noises along the way. Best thing about him was that he couldn't help 'owning up' to things he did. You'd get home and his back end and tail were going like a jack-knifed lorry, so you just knew he'd done something, it was just a question of what.
That's funny Twack, yeah, I've noticed a correlation between the tail wagging and some sort of trouble a well.
Hank is a four-legged garbage disposal. I just hope it doesn't cause a serious issue one day.
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Cal
No worries. It brought back good memories.