My Mercedes is almost 5 yrs old and as of lately she seems to be really attached to me 24/7,,I love dearly but I almost step on her because she stays to close to me..like when i am cooking or doing dishes she is lying down right at my heels...had a check up when i got her rabies booster last month and she checked out fine.I am a widow so we are the only ones is the house. She was always a very hyper dog from day one and still is. When I have company over she has to always have something in her mouth and carries it around the whole time they are here. When I leave to do errands, etc she goes right to her crate and goes to sleep..when I return sometime she greets me and then goes back in the crate to sleep again!!! eats good , bowel and pee normal..what can be the problem if there is one? I love her to be by me but just worry that something is wrong and not being addressed.
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Hehe, what Kelli said!! Except Sammi avoids poop at all cost, even her own!!
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I concur.
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Since her eating, pottying, etc. is normal I don't think I would be worried. Has something changed with you recently? Are you home more (or less)? Did you recently return from a trip? If those things have stayed consistent, then maybe she is just mellowing a little as she gets older.
I have a 16 month old velco dog. He follows me everywhere except the bathroom (where he lays outside the door until I come out).
I have a 16 month old velco dog. He follows me everywhere except the bathroom (where he lays outside the door until I come out).
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You think that's bad ...try a Golden
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Aren´t all labs like that? My Brownie used to be like that, lying right beside me. If I moved two steps, she moved two steps also. Homer is just the way you describe your dog also. He´s always lying besides me. As long as they don´t start having separation anxiety (which poor Brownie did develop after my other dogs passed away) then I say it´s just normal lab behavior.
They are lap dogs! or at least that´s what they think
They are lap dogs! or at least that´s what they think
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MOST DEFINATELY.
All three of mine are velcro...try pottying with THREE in a small bathroom.
Just a lab thing...
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So true.. the instant i can walk a clear path from the living room to the kitchen, i know something is wrong and someone is gonna get in trouble.
My boy was the ultimate lap dog. He'd always be laying on top of me while I was watching tv or sleeping on top of me on the bed. Try moving in your sleep & you can't because you have a 35kg dog laying on top of you.
I used to think he thought he was a lapdog because he was brought up in a house with small dogs until I found this site.
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My boy was the ultimate lap dog. He'd always be laying on top of me while I was watching tv or sleeping on top of me on the bed. Try moving in your sleep & you can't because you have a 35kg dog laying on top of you.
I used to think he thought he was a lapdog because he was brought up in a house with small dogs until I found this site.
Try moving in your sleep with THREE Garth.
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Could you tell Happy and Lucky that for me?
Like i said this is my first lab.got her after I was widowed 4yrs and the dog my late husband and I had passed on..I was62 at the time and a lot of people told me they were a lot to handle...i did it and love her like my own child. That is why I was worried that something might be wrong...a vet told me a long while back with one of our dogs who was following all the time that when their hearing or eyes go bad , they look to you for direction..so that was making me a bit anxious about my girl....so now ,come Mercedes follow on for many years to come!!!!
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Both of mine have been velcro dog since the day they came home. I gave up having any pricavy a long time ago..lol
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