How much retrieving should a Labrador Retriever have to do before the owner seeks a refund?

[Amerigo Vespucci]

Is there a set limit?

Do they get a day off, or are they expected to basically retrieve 24/7?

Say for instance that your next door neighbor has a Labrador Retriever, and you do as well, and his Labrador is a retrieving DYNAMO, just retrieving anything and everything, tail wagging the whole time, while yours hangs out by his water dish in the shade, doing a whole lot of nothing.

Could you take him / her back for a refund? How do they calculate mileage? If the Labrador actually retrieved SOMETHING during your brief ownership, is the refund pro-rated?

These are the kinds of questions all serious pet owners / animal lovers SHOULD ask before taking that step. I feel like I'm "giving back" to DU by posting this, because, well...I'm just the giving kind.



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[Skittles]

1. LOL

is that a picture of the dog in question? Because if it is, he is getting by on his looks :D

[petronius]

2. Is it mileage that matters, or the speed of the retrieve?

You'd probably also have to account for the average length of the retrieve, and the mass/unwieldiness of the object being retrieved. And, of course, times when he retrieved something you didn't actually want retrieved would be deducted...

[UndertheOcean]

3. I find Labs to be the sweetest kind of dog out there.

[jobycom]

4. Really, if you don't give him some access to Labrador, he can't retrieve it for you.

And any other retrieving is really not in his job description.

[Critters2]

14. True that! Chesapeake Bay Retrievers have similar restrictions.

You should always read the owners' manual, to know what the retriever can reasonably be expected to do.

[Missy Vixen]

5. Our Labrador Retriever specializes in getting us to retrieve things for him

He's really a water dog. He has problems with retrieval on land, but throw a ball into the slough, and he's all over that.

Our Moose is eighteen months old, spoiled rotten, and we wouldn't have it any other way.

If that's your dog in the OP, I think I just fell in love.

[murielm99]

6. Thirty years ago, I had a Lab who looked like yours.

He retrieved the ball the neighbor kids were using to play catch. I had to bring it back.

He retrieved my neighbor's laundry off her clothes line. I had to bring it back.

My neighbors loved him in spite of his behavior. In fact, one day while I was at work, my neighbor lady got drunk and stole my dog. I came home and found him missing from his kennel, so I called the cops. The neighbor said he was barking quite a lot, so I understood why she took him to her house. I just preferred that she be sober when she took him home for a visit. She did that once in awhile, and we remained friends. I guess my neighbor was a better retriever than my dog.

[Phentex]

7. I get pissed every time I see the neighbor's dog get the paper...

our lab won't retrieve a damn thing unless it's something SHE wants!

She's s good kitchen dog, however, so I let the paper thing slide. :)

[Gidney N Cloyd]

8. My yellow lab can't get enough retrieving.

If I'm busy he grabs a toy, goes out in the back yard and works the fences like a politician working a rope line until he gets one of the neighbors to play.

[nolabear]

9. You mean, like woodchucks and wood?

I mean, how much would SHOULD a woodchuck chuck before you ask for a refund? And should he stack the chucked wood or just chuck it any old where? Hardwood, or will pine do? And if you get the extended warranty against chucking failures does that include labor costs to repair damage from poorly chucked wood?

[smirkymonkey]

10. All my siblings have labs, but pretty much the only thing they

retrieve is food. Actually, they don't even technically "retrieve" it. They just go after it and inhale it in one gulp.

[mitchum]

11. When they can't find Labrador on the map is the deal breaker for me

I don't care about retrieving or not retrieving- who the hell wants to touch something covered in dog slobber?

[WCIL]

12. The only thing our Lab Brandy (RIP) would retrieve

was the parakeet. That dog couldn't find her food if we put it on the wrong side of her water dish, but she could always find a way to get into the bird cage. We had to start keeping the bird in the bathroom at night.

[Blue Diadem]

13. Ever known a lab that didn't like water?

Ours hates water. Doesn't retrieve either.

He is really good at sleeping on the couch with his own pillow though. Oh and he likes to be chased around the table while he's carrying one of our shoes, wearing that doggie smile that says HA, you caaaan't catch me.