Your Lab's Life: Your Complete Guide to Raising Your Pet from Puppy to Companion (Your Pet's Life) | 
 enlarge | Author: Virginia Parker Guidry
Publisher: Three Rivers Press
Category: Book
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Avg. Customer Rating:  11 reviews
Sales Rank: 244734
Media: Paperback
Number Of Items: 1
Pages: 352
Shipping Weight (lbs): 1.3
Dimensions (in): 8.9 x 7.4 x 0.8
ISBN: 0761520465
Dewey Decimal Number: 636.7527
UPC: 086874520462
EAN: 9780761520467
ASIN: 0761520465
Publication Date: March 16, 2000
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Product Description
Give Your Lab the Best Possible Care—for Life!
As a caring Labrador Retriever owner, you want the best for your dog. But you may not know all the special steps you need to take to raise a happy, healthy Lab. Your Lab's Life was written with one purpose in mind: to give you the most up-to-date information and guidance you need about the health, nutrition, training, and care of your dog. Reviewed by a nationally known veterinarian, this book shows you how to give your Lab the best life possible—whether you've just welcomed a new puppy into your family or adopted an older dog.
Inside—what every Labrador Retriever owner wants to know:
Is a Labrador Retriever the right dog for me?
How much exercise does my Lab need?
Can my Lab stay home all day without me?
How do I choose the best food for all stages of my Lab's life?
What's the best way to house-train my dog?
What do I do with my Lab when I go on vacation?
How do I teach my Lab not to jump up on people?
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 Just OK, Not Quite What Was Expected. August 11, 2008
This book was well written and had great content, but I do not feel as though it was an all-in-one book. A lot of the information is common sense, and after reading the book, I felt as though I still needed to read another. Good book as an introduction into the breed.
 Great Book for Lab Owners! September 13, 2007
2 out of 2 found this review helpful
Gives you a great insight into this wonderful breed and excellent hints at both home, obedience and field training!
 Nice Compendium Of Information On Labradors! June 1, 2004
22 out of 26 found this review helpful
Here is an attractive entry by author Virginia Parker Guidry, abook that takes a loving look at America's singular and by far most popular wonder dog, the Labrador Retriever. As Berger points out so well, there are few other animals who draw such love from humans as a dog, and surely the Lab is the most loveable of the breeds. Here she presents the Labrador Retriever in all its wonder and does a yeoman service to the rest of us by enumerating all of the superb qualities the dog has to offer potential human enthusiasts. They are by reputation excellent working dogs, both as field dogs and as guide dogs for the disabled. They are also incredibly loyal, and the news services are often filled with wonderful and heartwarming stories of Labs crawling out on the ice to save their masters, often at considerable danger to themselves. Nonetheless, they stand by our sides. Therefore, this book, "Your Lab's Life", is the ultimate tribute to the breed, and is chock-full with stories and photos that actively serve to substantiate what might otherwise seem as idle boasts and overethusiastic praise. In fact, for anyone who spends any time around Labs, like me, it is hard nto to use superlatives when describing them. More than one of the stories herein will bring a smile to your face, a tear to your eye, and the idea in your noggin perhaps it is time to consider getting one of these incredible creatures into you rlife, and that of your extended family. they boost the energy level in any room they enter, are incredible chick-magnets, and have been shown to reduce high blood pressure and dissipate depression through their mere presence. This is a wonderful book about what I believe to be the world's most nearly perfect living creature, the Labrador Retriever! Enjoy!
Recommended reading for new owners. March 22, 2004
7 out of 7 found this review helpful
My lab is recently acquired and is 4 years old and is a family pet. I found the book to be very informative in caring and for training. The book covers just about anything you would want to know and would work for puppies also.
 Nothing here that you won't find elsewhere September 24, 2003
7 out of 10 found this review helpful
It was a good book to read, but it had NOTHING on training a lab how to retrieve. It gave a few instructions on basic dog commands, but I found similar tips in many other books. If you are looking for a guide to training your lab, this isn't for you.
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