[flyingartichokes]

Hi there,
Here with Mac (short for Macaroon) who is nearly four, a lovely, friendly black lab. We're in Scotland. Mac is a "shop" dog, ie we live above our shop and Mac comes and goes as he pleases. He's a firm favourite with the shop regulars and there are a lot of people here who come in just to see him rather than buy things . He has a few behavioural issues I don't understand, so I've joined the forum to try to find out a little bit more about them (I'll post in the appropriate forum)

 

[HarveysMum]

Hi and welcome to the forum!

 

[flyingartichokes]

Thank you for the welcome HarveysMum What a lovely profile pic!

 

[HarveysMum]

Thank you for the welcome HarveysMum What a lovely profile pic!

Thank you! I look forward to seeing pics of Mac (if i remember correctly, you need to make a minimum of 6 posts before you can post pics).

 

[dek]

Hello and welcome!

 

[flyingartichokes]

Thank you for letting me know! I'm such a newbie to all of this I'll post up pics of Mac shortly. I'm terribly rude, I forgot to say, I'm Catriona, from the East coast of Scotland. Thankyou for the lovely welcome.

 

[HarveysMum]

Thank you for letting me know! I'm such a newbie to all of this I'll post up pics of Mac shortly. I'm terribly rude, I forgot to say, I'm Catriona, from the East coast of Scotland. Thankyou for the lovely welcome.

East coast of Scotland, lovely place to live, beautiful area, i havent been up there in about 25 yrs. I am down on the south east coast of England.

if you havent seen it already here is a link to the 'loading pictures' info - http://www.justlabradors.com/forum/introductions/112053-how-upload-pictures-photobucket.html

 

[flyingartichokes]

Thank you Dek! I've joined because I don't think we're doing our best by Mac. He's not well socialised around other dogs (although when it comes to humans, he's superb) I'll let you know a little bit more about our situation:
Mac is nearly 4. I work from home, my husband works in our shop which is beneath our apartment in a small town in Scotland. We have four children. E. our eldest daughter, who is 23 years old and vanishes off to another city for University- Mac sulks when she gets back but gradually forgives her, J. our eldest son, who, at 18 seems to be Mac's intellectual equal (in a good way.... ie they both love goofing off) K. our youngest daughter who is 13 and desperate to "do it properly" as far as Mac is concerned and S. our youngest son, who is clearly at the bottom of the pile and to whom Mac doesn't listen to at all.... he can't even take him for a walk.
Mac pulls at lead a lot, and, in the shop, has some socialisation issues with other dogs. I've posted on the behavioural/training board about it. But..... goodness me, he's a sweetie. He's one of those Labs that is really driven by scent. He'll spend an hour at an open window just sniffing the air to see what's going on. Any time any one of us is ill, he seems to know it the day before and that person gets preferential pup time! He picks up on things quickly too. The bits and pieces of training I've done with him, he remembers very very well.

 

[flyingartichokes]

Harveysmum, I stayed in Bournemouth (ok not quite South East, but one of the best summer weather places I've ever been) in 1987 very shortly before the huge storm. (we stayed in Boscombe in Bournemouth and Christchurch a wee bit along from there) It is lovely here. I'm in Perthshire, but I was brought up by the coast, and do miss the sea! (and Mac loves it when we drive to Broughty Ferry!)

 

[deidra]

Welcome!

 

[Dogman]

Welcome aboard,fairly new here myself.Nice website.
I'm no behavior expert on dogs but I have experience with my own trio of pooches in my home.My lab is a big friendly curious dog.He's fine,never starts anything with the others.My daughter moved in with us for a while and she brought her two dogs with her,a Pembroke Corgi and a mix breed,part Corgi and part German Shepard(picture a sawed off Shepard).The dog that presented a problem was the Pembroke Corgi,he likes to be dominant and is prone to nipping/biting the other dogs.He never gets aggressive with people,just dogs.
I overcame this with him by establishing a pack pecking order.He is last to be fed,last one in or out of the door,last one to get attention and if he acts up on the other dogs he gets disciplined and sent to another part of the house or yard.He actions if they are good keeps him in,otherwise he gets put out and isolated.It might also help if you hold him down while another dog checks him out with his nose.This is easy with a 35 pound Corgi.A Labrador might be a bit of a challege though so thats up to you.
Again,I'm not an expert.Just passing on some personal experience.

Good luck

 

[Samson]

Och aye the noo Catriona

and welcome !

 

[Garth]

Och aye the noo Catriona

and welcome !

Go away show off. :wacko:

:welcome: