I took both my girls to the vet on Saturday. I was a bit worried about taking a big pup and a kitty (yes, we are a multi-racial family) to the vet at the same time all by myself. However, it went well and both girls were very well-behaved. I put Lucy in a down-stay as we waited in the lobby for our exam room. She was praised for her good manners by several people and for her good looks by others. Once we were in the exam room, she sat nicely and stayed. (The key here is that I took Lucy to the dog park earlier in the day, let her swim for an hour, and she had no energy left to cause trouble at the vet!) Maggie, the kitty, sat on the table very calmly for her exam. Everyone was on their best behavior. I was proud of them.Here's the shocking part. Lucy weighs 88 pounds! I knew she was a big girl, but I had no idea she was that big. I shouldn't be surprised though. We were last at the vet in April when she had an eye infection. She weighed 75 pounds then and was 10 months old. I don't know why I thought she'd reached her full size. We've been told Labs can take up to two years to be fully-grown. So why did I assume her 10-month-old size was it? I guess it is harder to notice a big dog get even bigger. In contrast, when she was a puppy, you could look at her and realize she was bigger than she was a few days earlier.
I am still amazed that I have an 88-pound dog living in my house. But she's a mighty cute 88 pounds!
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Lucy is a pretty girl! Glad the vet trip went well. Sad about the doctor toy but at least it wasn't the real vet. :)
Aww.. 88 still isn't that big! ;-) She carries it well!
I love the statement she made with the Vet toy.
My biggest is 85 pounds, but with all eleven together we have 610 pounds of dogflesh.
She is cute. Thor is 265, and his female mastiff predecessor was, to use the vet's terminology, "a dainty 162." Lucy has a sweet face. We were once a multiracial family, but all of our cats went to the great climbing tower in the sky, and our old male mastiff was so depressed when he had no more kittens to care for that it wasn't funny! Dogs and cats together are a comedy team; maybe kittycat will be pictured with Lucy soon?
Oh, Lucy, that's too funny. You ate the vet before you went for your visit. Shame on you.
And, Kathy, you're braver than I am taking a dog and a kitty at the same time. Can you imagine the chaos that would have ensued if I'd tried that with a Jack Russell? People in the next county would probably have been able to hear Roscoe's shrieks as he tried to maul the poor cat.
If I don't have too many more interruptions, I should have my blog post up about the swap box later tonight. Thank you again for being a great partner.
Great post. I loved the pictures. That as funny about the toy doctor LOL
Yes, she is very cute. I wish I could get my Lab to "down stay"
LOL...I guess that "play vet" had it coming...I mean they don't always do the nicest things to our furbabies...so pay backs seem justified!
She's a beautiful girl.
yep she is a mighty cute 88 lbs!
LOL! Love the vet doll!
Kathy...I agree that Lucy is a cute 88 lb.er I sure would not be as brave as you to take to vet more than 2 of a different kind.
I'm sure glad that they behaved!
Too bad about te vet's head!!& having to be squeeker less! Dogs do that!!! Mine love the squeeks but how come they always want to chew it out of there and then give up playing with it...without the squeek! oh well...beautiful lab!
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