New pup!

[hornadylnl]

I asked awhile back about lab breeders and found this one on the net. It's a family just outside of Hoopeston, IL. She's 5 weeks old now and we get to pick her up in 2 weeks. My daughter is really excited and was a little heartbroken that we couldn't take her home with us today.

The lady said this was their 3rd litter and all 30 pups have been chocolate.

 

[Que]

Man, I am so jealous! So, what's her name?

 

[Dogman]

Cute!

 

[MarkM]

Congrats on the lab! They are great dogs. I have a yellow and he is the best dog ive ever owned.

 

[kboom524]

Very cute. Had a black till 2 years ago, best dog I ever had.

 

[hornadylnl]

Man, I am so jealous! So, what's her name?

Hollie. We already have a Jack Russel mix named Harley and a pug named Hannah. My wife wanted to stick with H names. Not a whole lot out there for girl names starting in H. This one shouldn't get too big. Her mom is about 65-70# and her dad was around 75-80# I guess. The lady said this one was basically the runt but she's pretty much caught up with the others. She also said she's got the most personality out of all of them and is sassy. I hope we didn't shoot ourselves in the foot!

 

[Turn Key]

Beautiful pup right there bro.

Holly is gonna grow into those big paws quickly!

I really wish I did the research you did in finding Holly. My 6 year old male English Springer Spaniel that I bought from a nasty old lady in Kokomo was surely not weaned and cared for properly. We went through 3 years of biting with him and still have to keep him on Prozac to be safe. He is the very best guard dog I've ever own though.

TK

 

[cornfused]

Congratulations, That's one beautiful puppy right there!

 

[nalees]

CUTIE!

 

[hornadylnl]

It's been a long time since I've smelled puppy breath. Both of my other dogs are 12 years old. This is my daughter's first pup. We are kind of hoping this lab will run interference for our other 2 dogs. They're old enough that they don't want an 8 year old doting on them.

 

[ironjaw]

congrats on the new pup! We are wanting another dog too! I think it's a tossup between the choco. lab and the english springer like we had b4. My wife about melted when she seen the pic of hollie.

 

[E'villeGunner]

Cute puppy!! Good choice.

 

[Benny]

Absolutely adorable.

I bet hornadylnl Jr. is just a little bit excited to bring her new puppy home, huh?

 

[hornadylnl]

Absolutely adorable.

I bet hornadylnl Jr. is just a little bit excited to bring her new puppy home, huh?

I don't think she stopped talking about her until she went to bed. It's going to be a long 2 weeks for her.

 

[Benny]

I don't think she stopped talking about her until she went to bed. It's going to be a long 2 weeks for her.

LOL, it would be a long to weeks for ME...I can only imagine how grueling it's going to be for a 10(I think?) year old.

 

[hornadylnl]

LOL, it would be a long to weeks for ME...I can only imagine how grueling it's going to be for a 10(I think?) year old.

She's 8. I don't really want to have 3 dogs at one time but she starts regular 4H next year and I thought a dog would be a great project for her. Our other 2 are much too old for that. Plus with the new place, we'll have plenty of room to let it run.

When we got there, all 8 pups were going nuts wanting attention. Here's how they looked when we left.
Ours

The rest of them.

I think my daughter will keep her well exercised.

 

[FWP9MM]

Cute pup.

I just got a puppy a few months ago and I we are in puppy training classes. Well worth the money if you have time. I have had dogs in the past, but each one is a new expierence.

 

[Knife Lady]

CUTE CUTE CUTE is all I can say. I love the chocolate labs.

 

[HandK]

Great looking pup! congrats on the new addition to your home.

 

[Benny]

She's 8. I don't really want to have 3 dogs at one time but she starts regular 4H next year and I thought a dog would be a great project for her. Our other 2 are much too old for that. Plus with the new place, we'll have plenty of room to let it run.

When we got there, all 8 pups were going nuts wanting attention. Here's how they looked when we left.
Ours

The rest of them.

I think my daughter will keep her well exercised.

Haha, that's just too dang adorable.

Yeah, three dogs could be pretty overwhelming, especially if they are all indoor dogs; heck, my 10 month old GSD is a lot to handle sometimes.

I'd like to get one more after Leo is a few years old. He's completely balanced and well-behaved, I just don't want two GSDs the same age(~14 years down the road I don't want to have to deal with two dogs passing at the same time).

Luckily for you and your daughter, labs are fetching machines, so that's a perfect way to keep your sanity by running that energy out of her