Your Lab's Life: Your Complete Guide to Raising Your Pet from Puppy to Companion (Your Pet's Life) [Paperback]

Virginia Parker Guidry (Author)

Book Description

Series: Your Pet's Life | Publication Date: March 16, 2000

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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Give Your Lab the Best Possible Care—for Life!

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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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Product Details

• Paperback: 352 pages
• Publisher: Three Rivers Press (March 16, 2000)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0761520465
• ISBN-13: 978-0761520467
• Product Dimensions: 7.4 x 0.8 x 9.1 inches
• Shipping Weight: 1.4 pounds (View shipping rates and policies)
• Average Customer Review: 4.1 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (13 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #972,548 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

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24 of 25 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars The BEST Lab Book, April 8, 2002

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Rebecca Mckenzie (Central Coast, CA) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Your Lab's Life: Your Complete Guide to Raising Your Pet from Puppy to Companion (Your Pet's Life) (Paperback)

I just recently got a Yellow Lab Puppy and was given this book as a present. It is absolutely the best book on Labs. I have found answers to all the questions I have had about him and learned so much about the breed. I was able to take him to the vet with lots of intelligent questions about Lab specific diseases and problems. My vet was so impressed that she got a copy for herself.

26 of 28 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars A great book!, June 22, 2000

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Alessa - See all my reviews

This review is from: Your Lab's Life: Your Complete Guide to Raising Your Pet from Puppy to Companion (Your Pet's Life) (Paperback)

I think this is a great book! I got a puppy about 2 months ago. I didnt know what to do with my little lab until I got this book. this is information you can really trust. If you have a lab or are planning on getting one you'll see that you and your puppy will really benifit from this book! There isn't a better book out there about raising a Lab!

19 of 21 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars Nice Compendium Of Information On Labradors!, May 31, 2004

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Barron Laycock "Labradorman" (Temple, New Hampshire United States) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Your Lab's Life: Your Complete Guide to Raising Your Pet from Puppy to Companion (Your Pet's Life) (Paperback)

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!