Anonymous
Post 09/17/2017 23:05     Subject: Re:Anyone own a Labradinger?
Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote:I had three mutt dogs as a kid and I love mixed breed dogs. I won't get a rescue, though. It's hard to find a puppy and the older dogs at rescue agencies are poorly socialized and trained. They're broken, mostly.

I want a good dog, not a project.


The rescue where I got my dog has had puppies at every adoption event I've been to.


Rescues are very competitive - you see a dog you like and they already have 6 applications. We applied for several dogs, they weren't available. So, we're on the short list finally and the gals calls and says this cute puppy is ours... I said what is it? She said it's a 'Korelian Bear Hunting dog mix' - I kid you not. We had two small children and two small animals/other pets and I said I was looking for a small -medium sized little kid friendly dog and she comes up with an 85 lb bear hunting dog. She told me that if the dog gets out of control I should say 'no!'. Right...

I gave up and started fostering instead and stopped getting foster dogs when I said the 60 lb pit bull mix with issues (he loved women and was scared and jealous of men at the same time- well, guess what? Men live here too...) was too much for me. Another dog that I loved was given to these people who don't pay her any attention (I had wanted her but I had wanted to see if she fit into my family first - wavering is bad!!!) but hey, she's in her 'forever home' so all is good.

These are both well known local foster organizations.

I'm seriously thinking of becoming a dog breeder now.
Anonymous
Post 09/17/2017 23:04     Subject: Anyone own a Labradinger?
Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote:Just got this message in my FB feed and am passing it along if it's helpful to anyone!

"'Sunshine and Shelter Dogs

"$20 adoption fee on all dogs and puppies.

"To kick off this week, we have 26 available dogs. Some of the breeds to choose from include Chihuahua, Jindo, Bichon, Maltese, Cocker Spaniel, Staffordshire Terrier, Labrador Retriever, Shepherd mix and more!"


DUH -- I should mention that this is from the Fairfax County Animal Shelter!


6 of the 14 dogs are pits or mixes. 1 0r 2 are jack russells or mixes. 1 is a mastiff mix. That leaves 5 dogs:
Charlie-the 2 year old unneutered collie -photo looks like a real collie
Riley-a young male marketed as GSD/lab mix -definitely shepherd or malinois but lab part ?. Adopted and returned.
Toby-pom/yorkie
Lucky-white GSD mix. Shy and needs to be only dog.
Bailey-9 old pug/beagle

So there you have it. A few looked promising at Lab rescue and sheltie rescue has a pair whose owner went into assisted living. Some of those really nice dogs from owners entring assisted living never make the ads at big rescues/shelters because regulars go in and check intake at least weekly.


This has been my experience. We got a wonderful (mostly?) lab from Friends of Homeless Animals 15 years ago, but most of the adoption events I've been to locally were almost all "Staffordshire Terriers/mixes." The good (relatively young, not neurotic, friendly, not pit bull) dogs seem to go fast.


Lot of the foster groups get hunting dog cast offs. A-holes in some states use the dogs for hunting for the season and then they're too cheap to care for them over the winter so they release them to the woods or to the shelters. Rescues then pick them up and drive them here.

Or you get the backyard breeder special. Susie thinks she's going to make money breeding her dog with whatever her neighbors got. But when she tries to sell them in the Walmart parking lot one day people don't buy them all so off to the shelter those dogs go.

I've seen people in this area try to breed dogs with what should be a good mix (two pleasant breeds) and they create Frankendogs from hell.

Some of these creations just don't fit that well with every family situation.
Anonymous
Post 09/17/2017 23:01     Subject: Anyone own a Labradinger?
Several springers I know have wacky neurotic prey drives. Just pay attention to temperament.
Anonymous
Post 09/17/2017 22:54     Subject: Re:Anyone own a Labradinger?
Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote:I had three mutt dogs as a kid and I love mixed breed dogs. I won't get a rescue, though. It's hard to find a puppy and the older dogs at rescue agencies are poorly socialized and trained. They're broken, mostly.

I want a good dog, not a project.


The rescue where I got my dog has had puppies at every adoption event I've been to.


Rescues are very competitive - you see a dog you like and they already have 6 applications. We applied for several dogs, they weren't available. So, we're on the short list finally and the gals calls and says this cute puppy is ours... I said what is it? She said it's a 'Korelian Bear Hunting dog mix' - I kid you not. We had two small children and two small children and I said I was looking for a small -medium sized little kid friendly dog and she comes up with an 85 lb bear hunting dog. She told me that if the dog gets out of control I should say 'no!'. Right...

I gave up and started fostering instead and stopped getting foster dogs when I said the 60 lb pit bull mix with issues (he loved women and was scared and jealous of men at the same time- well, guess what? Men live here too...) was too much for me. Another dog that I loved was given to these people who don't pay her any attention (I had wanted her but I had wanted to see if she fit into my family first - wavering is bad!!!) but hey, she's in her 'forever home' so all is good.

These are both well known local foster organizations.

I'm seriously thinking of becoming a dog breeder now.
Anonymous
Post 09/17/2017 22:14     Subject: Anyone own a Labradinger?
Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote:Just got this message in my FB feed and am passing it along if it's helpful to anyone!

"'Sunshine and Shelter Dogs

"$20 adoption fee on all dogs and puppies.

"To kick off this week, we have 26 available dogs. Some of the breeds to choose from include Chihuahua, Jindo, Bichon, Maltese, Cocker Spaniel, Staffordshire Terrier, Labrador Retriever, Shepherd mix and more!"


DUH -- I should mention that this is from the Fairfax County Animal Shelter!


6 of the 14 dogs are pits or mixes. 1 0r 2 are jack russells or mixes. 1 is a mastiff mix. That leaves 5 dogs:
Charlie-the 2 year old unneutered collie -photo looks like a real collie
Riley-a young male marketed as GSD/lab mix -definitely shepherd or malinois but lab part ?. Adopted and returned.
Toby-pom/yorkie
Lucky-white GSD mix. Shy and needs to be only dog.
Bailey-9 old pug/beagle

So there you have it. A few looked promising at Lab rescue and sheltie rescue has a pair whose owner went into assisted living. Some of those really nice dogs from owners entring assisted living never make the ads at big rescues/shelters because regulars go in and check intake at least weekly.


This has been my experience. We got a wonderful (mostly?) lab from Friends of Homeless Animals 15 years ago, but most of the adoption events I've been to locally were almost all "Staffordshire Terriers/mixes." The good (relatively young, not neurotic, friendly, not pit bull) dogs seem to go fast.
Anonymous
Post 09/16/2017 18:02     Subject: Re:Anyone own a Labradinger?
Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote:I had three mutt dogs as a kid and I love mixed breed dogs. I won't get a rescue, though. It's hard to find a puppy and the older dogs at rescue agencies are poorly socialized and trained. They're broken, mostly.

I want a good dog, not a project.


You are ridiculous. Every single dog I know is a rescue dog and none of them is a "project."


We had one who went back. She was far more of a project than we could handle.

Wouldn't a lab/springer spaniel be very high energy?
Anonymous
Post 09/16/2017 17:49     Subject: Anyone own a Labradinger?
Anonymous wrote:We have a sproodle - springer and poodle and she is the sweetest, chillest puppy ever. Super easy to train, great with our kids, not a big chewer and doesn't need a ton of exercise. Just happy to be where we are.


Both poodles and sprinters are high energy dogs your puppy is just a fluke it isn't a breed characteristic.
Anonymous
Post 09/11/2017 14:02     Subject: Anyone own a Labradinger?
We have a sproodle - springer and poodle and she is the sweetest, chillest puppy ever. Super easy to train, great with our kids, not a big chewer and doesn't need a ton of exercise. Just happy to be where we are.
Anonymous
Post 09/10/2017 16:35     Subject: Re:Anyone own a Labradinger?
Anonymous wrote:Stop with the inbreeding and get a rescue dog.


Isn't inbreeding when you mate with someone too closely related to you? So crossing breeds would be the opposite?

Anonymous
Post 09/10/2017 16:30     Subject: Anyone own a Labradinger?
ive owned a number of dogs from pure breds to mutts, but my springer/lab mix was special. She was the size of lab with a wavy brown coat. Extremely smart and so very sweet. She wasn't much of a watch dog but she could win over even the a non dog lovers heart. Sadly, she passed away recently. In time, I'd like to have another.

Anyone know where I can get one?
Anonymous
Post 11/09/2015 13:55     Subject: Re:Anyone own a Labradinger?
Anonymous wrote:I'm the pp that posted the link to greenfield; I agree there are amish puppy mills going on. The whole Lancaster puppy website has terrible looking puppies for sale. But I did read through many good reviews of the greenfield site. I'm not approving of raising tons if litters for profit, but the reviews I read all stated good conditions and heathy mama dogs and puppies. Of course there maybe a lot going on behind the scenes.

Again, I totally recommend petfinder for adopting a puppy; but the OP asked for breeders so I supplied the link


A reputable breeder would not mix breeds. Any person selling designer dogs is a backyard breeder/puppy mill. If OP does not want to contribute to such activities, the only way to get a lab/springer spaniel mix is to adopt one from a shelter.
Anonymous
Post 11/09/2015 11:08     Subject: Anyone own a Labradinger?
Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote:Just got this message in my FB feed and am passing it along if it's helpful to anyone!

"'Sunshine and Shelter Dogs

"$20 adoption fee on all dogs and puppies.

"To kick off this week, we have 26 available dogs. Some of the breeds to choose from include Chihuahua, Jindo, Bichon, Maltese, Cocker Spaniel, Staffordshire Terrier, Labrador Retriever, Shepherd mix and more!"


DUH -- I should mention that this is from the Fairfax County Animal Shelter!


6 of the 14 dogs are pits or mixes. 1 0r 2 are jack russells or mixes. 1 is a mastiff mix. That leaves 5 dogs:
Charlie-the 2 year old unneutered collie -photo looks like a real collie
Riley-a young male marketed as GSD/lab mix -definitely shepherd or malinois but lab part ?. Adopted and returned.
Toby-pom/yorkie
Lucky-white GSD mix. Shy and needs to be only dog.
Bailey-9 old pug/beagle

So there you have it. A few looked promising at Lab rescue and sheltie rescue has a pair whose owner went into assisted living. Some of those really nice dogs from owners entring assisted living never make the ads at big rescues/shelters because regulars go in and check intake at least weekly.
Anonymous
Post 11/09/2015 08:54     Subject: Re:Anyone own a Labradinger?
Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote:Stop with the inbreeding and get a rescue dog.


+1



You do know this post is almost two and a half years old, right?
Anonymous
Post 11/09/2015 08:52     Subject: Re:Anyone own a Labradinger?
Anonymous wrote:Stop with the inbreeding and get a rescue dog.


+1

Anonymous
Post 11/03/2015 20:25     Subject: Re:Anyone own a Labradinger?
Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote:Stop with the inbreeding and get a rescue dog.


Thanks for the suggestion. We would consider obtaining a dog through a rescue organization, but are interested only in certain breeds. I am not interested in a mutt from the local pound.


What the f**k do you think a labradinger is?