One of the best dogs for children of all ages, Labrador Retrievers are kindly, good-natured, and take most things in stride.
Most Labrador Retrievers are very friendly with everyone, though compared to Golden Retrievers, many Labs are just a bit more conservative with their affections.
It’s been often said that dogs are the only creatures on earth that love you more than they love themselves. Well, Labrador Retrievers are no exception!
But sometimes, we take our furry friends and wonderful companions for granted. There are important life lessons that are sometimes easy to forget in our hectic lives, that all Lab owners must never forget.
If we want to pay back the favor and give them the best life possible, these 20 important reminders should serve you well as awesome Labrador owners. The last one (#20) brought me to tears…
Check out the 20 Things All Labrador Owners Must Never Forget on the next page:
Maddie Bedford
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Beautiful
Maggie Bolton
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Agree with it all, but it shouldn’t really need saying should it?
Cheryl Young
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Lynsey Danielle McHugh I already knew all these but was very sweet reading. One of the pics looks like axel and one like my bella x
Julie Ferguson Burrows
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Amy Burrows Sarah Burrows look at number 5 in this article…
Julie Ferguson Burrows
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John Ferguson ann Ann Ferguson look at number 5 in this article …
Kelly Harper
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This is chocolate lab chip love him so much 🙂
Mike Stein
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Heather Sheipline Shroyer Shirley Short Cathy Link
Ann Ferguson
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I cried at number 20 could hardly read it through my tears x
Bill Kramer
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Wow! With our boy Reno being 12 this is hard to read! Love him so much
Libby Clements
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Amie Amie Clements
Matt Bigler
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Very true. They are family, they deserve everything we can do for them. Even being with them when they cross the rainbow bridge.
Cathy Fuller
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Austin Hosentfeld
Helen Hughes Coyle
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I lost my wonderful choc.lab.Saffron – 12 years old- on april 12 this year. It was so sudden..probably a heart attack. I heard a rustling in my back yard and got to her within 20 secs. but she was gone. Twelve days later we had to say goodbye to our almost 16 year old choc…her sister Krypton. The loss is overwhelming. I miss them every day.
Dan Spencer
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Heidi Connors
Lorraine Grant
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Mike Grant that last one made me cry. I know you will too. Labs for us forever.
Jane Wells
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Hayley Wells
Karen Williams Eckart
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Kaitlyn
Mick Cordwell
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Remember no 20 , having a vet who understands makes a difference. Laid with Rufus for an hour before we were ready to say goodbye ,laid with him till he passed and for what seemed like forever afterwards. Lost my friend that day but now (mad )Max has eased the pain
Rhonda Todd
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Here is my boy Beau… we lost him a year ago April 12. Preparing to pick up another yellow lab pup at the end of the summer. I miss him everyday!
Carol Bradford Abruzzo
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Absolutely….
Donna Jones
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I loved these twenty things as they are so true meanings. The last one got to me as we went on that last journey with our last lab of 15 years ( our handsome prince). Now we have a 4 year old gorgeous boy and I hope that journey won’t be taken for a long long while yet
Tim Boes
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Cathryn Williams Robert Williams
Robert Williams
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So true!
George Swanson
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we lost our boy on 12/12/12 … he was born on 2/2/02, and passed at 10 years, 10 months and 10 days….he was very special, I still miss him terribly…
George Swanson
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but now I have this guy! Love love love him!!
George Swanson
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Michael Hayden thanks a lot for that! :'( (sniff)
George Swanson
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handsome boy!
Veronica Varela Rigby
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My Murphy girl! She is awesome!
Sheri Wright Fassett
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This post stops me dead in my tracks every time I see it! It looks just like Sadie!!!!!
Simon Pedretti
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10 years……. It reminds you how precious life is
Dustin Dane
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Caitlin Jade. Check out #10
Heather Woolley
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Reading through these comment’s of love,adoration and memories once again.Each one a tribute,a declaration of love and each one full of the special bond between us and these most amazing Souls.Thank you all for sharing with me and thank you for the love you give them. So many Animals are treated cruelly and it warms my heart to know all these boys and girls are getting the best ,they deserve it!xx
Don Cooper
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#20 is the one NONE of us want to dwell on, but we know going into the “deal” that, barring some calamity along the way, that heartbreaking day will likely arrive.
The highest honor we can give our furkids is to make every day the best for them it can be….in turn, they will reciprocate
No purer love in the world than that of a dogs.
Gods finest creation!
Anita Blaker
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Our Buddy lived to be 16 – miss that friend every day!
Harry Parker
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Same thing happened to me. Never forget our yellow lab, Budzy.
Gail Sweatt Staples
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20 gave me chills.
John Cunningham
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Maria Garcia Cunningham
Rachel Shaffner
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Had me in tears love findley so much
Donald Greene
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I lost my Loni (she looked a lot like the pic I use) 24 years ago. I still miss here EVERY day.
Sarah Whittingham
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Pamela Riley Shona Crichton xx
Pamela Riley
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OMG crying my eyes out!!!!!!!!!!!
Mark Oram
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4year old shankly
Kealy Fairest
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Kay Fairest
Robyn Jayne Banbury
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This was our dear Bella. 9/22/04 to 5/30/16. Only four days since she’s been gone. Still so raw, but we’re so grateful for every second we had with her. Labs DO rule!
Tina Zieher
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I will always be there for you my Blackjack…….
Diana Schnitkey
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Not a happy picture, but we wanted a family picture before we said goodbye forever.
Sandy Hogan
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These items apply to all dogs not just Labradors.
Junior Quinonez
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Melissa Marie Quinonez
Jeff Tilley
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Love this.
Thomas O Connell
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Deirdre Spillane