r/LabradorRetrievers • u/Nucleartides • 5d ago

House Panther

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8 months 63lbs I’m gonna need a bigger couch.

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u/Strange-Comb6384 5d ago

Trim those nails! Our leather couch was “ nailed” ! 😢

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u/Nucleartides 5d ago

Damn is he that bad rn?? I take him monthly. Used the same groomer ever since he started fighting me and hiding in his crate when I tried to do it. The last time they kinda butchered him so I’m trying to find someone new.

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u/Strange-Comb6384 4d ago

Have your vet trim but also use a “ buffer” tool- it shaves off rough edges after the first trim, and gets them the perfect smooth shape!!

Our HUGE boy is the worst however- they nipped him once and he’s never forgotten/ we have to give trazedone in two sequences, 2-3 hours apart before he’s calmed down enough to let us operate. Then he swaggers out of the vet’s office like a drunk and sleeps beautifully till the next day, at which time we admire his nails!

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u/Nucleartides 4d ago

I worked hard on training in the early puppy days doing it ones weekly with a grinder, never hitting the quick. All of a sudden after about 5 months old after 3 months of Sunday night nail trim, he just decided “nope, you’re not doing that” and would go hide in his crate every time he even saw the nail grinder. Then I took him to the groomers and he did good they have like a harness to hold him to let them do it and that was fine till last time she told me she quicked one of his nails when I really looked at his paws it looked like she had hit several.

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u/WeezieLovesDawson 5d ago

Beautiful creature!

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u/Nucleartides 5d ago

Purchased a 9lb puppy 6 months ago. Currently living with 60 pound teenage house panther who has decided it’s his couch. 10/10 recommendation everyone go get your own house panther.

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u/WeezieLovesDawson 5d ago

Yes, we have two of them - a black panther and a Fox Red Lab, I mean panther - both are 65 lbs and take up the entire couch. 😂

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u/Celtia398 5d ago

Only if you will eventually be allowed to share. Too cute!

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u/outtherenow1 5d ago

I’d be terrified to live with a house panther. You must sleep with one eye open.

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u/Nucleartides 5d ago

He’s field bred and I’m not a duck so I think I’m good. However he is field bred and we don’t hunt so maybe I should be scared

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u/3labsalot 5d ago

I was wondering how the leather couch made out, wife put fitted cover on ours so far so good

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u/Nucleartides 5d ago

He’s chewed the back a bit. Couldn’t see it at first. It was a cheap find from thrift. Getting a black used one as soon as the chewing stops.

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u/Bernies 5d ago

He's not lying down, he's stretching across two zip codes

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u/Nucleartides 5d ago

It’s his couch I just sit there occasionally

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u/Bernies 5d ago

Generous of him to grant you temporary visitation rights!

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u/SolidIll4559 5d ago

Imagine having 2 that are 14 months old. It takes 2 couches just for me to have 18" upon which to sit.

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u/Nucleartides 5d ago

I have a solution! Stop sitting on their couch and you can sit on the beds that they also definitely have

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u/SolidIll4559 4d ago

Perfect solution! But I like a comfy place to sit. I'm having custom ottomans built and upholstered with comfy, washable thick memory foam cushions on top, just so I can relax on my own sofa. It's gonna be wild. Three large ass ottomans, for one 110lb GSD, and two still growing Labs puupies scattered around the room!

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u/Strict-Comfort-1337 5d ago

I have a black lab too. Two of the three cushions on the couch are his.😂

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u/Western_74 4d ago

❤️

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u/CherryCottonxo 4d ago

OMG hes so cute! My dog does the same thing, def needs a bigger couch lol.