I have been watching the papers and searching online checking out puppies.. and along came this picture of a puppy named "PERDITA". She was listed on the Lab Rescue website. SO I looked for more info on her.. This is what I found:I heard you are interested in the Lab puppy Perdita from Lab Rescue.
I am her foster mommy.
This little girl would make a wonderful family companion.
I have had her for 2 weeks now and she is a very good little girl.
She has only had 1 accident in the house.
She goes right outside to potty. My 5 year old daughter carries her around like a babydoll and the puppy doesn’t mind it at all.
She’s been playing a lot with our 1 year old lab.
I am very set on crate training until they are at least 3-4 months old. I did this with my Labby and although it was very hard to hear her cry at times, I am so thankful now.
Here is our basic layout of the day with her….
6 AM I let her out of her crate…she’s been crying every morning right at 6.
I feed her 1 cup of food and she goes back out approx. 30 minutes later to go poo.
She has a lot of energy in the mornings so this is the time I let her run around and play outside.
I work full time. She goes in her crate at 8:30 AM and I come home at 12 to let her out. She’s been holding it for approx 4 hours max at a time.
5 PM I get home, let her out, feed her ½ cup of food, go on walk with leash (she’s very good) and play.
She’s tuckered out by 9 PM and this is when she will let you snuggle her.
She has not chewed on anything (yet) except for her bones and chew toys. She loves the squeaky toys & the nylon bones.
I have been very impressed with her. She has not bitten anyone nor nipped. She is a bit timid towards my husband. I think it might be his deep voice.
She does love her crate very much. She feels safe in it. We’ve caught her a few times when she’s tired just walking right into the crate and laying down.
I haven’t noticed any “issues” with her. The only thing I would recommend is having her front dew claws removed when she is spayed.
They really scratch and are sharp.
Come out and meet this little girl. You will fall in love with her. I will be sad to see her go, but I want her to go to the best family possible.
You are more than welcome to come out to my house on Sat or Sun to meet her.
I noticed you are in Coweta? I am in Coweta every Thursday night at Gymnastics if you would rather meet me there to see the puppy. Let me know, and any questions please ask.
I was told by Lab Rescue that she does in fact have papers. I have not seen the papers, so I would be sure and ask them for sure. She looks full bred to me. Her little puppy face looks exactly like my full bred black female Lab.
The story I received was there was a guy who was breeding Labs and selling them. Perdita didn’t sell at 6 weeks old and through the grapevine a nearby neighbor hood the man was going to shoot her. So the neighbor took Perdita in when she was 6 weeks old and she called Lab Rescue.
I got her when she was 8 weeks old.
I know she went to the Vet the day before I got her and she checked out okay, had her 1st round of shots & de-wormer.
She weighed 14 lbs at 8 weeks. My guess is she was the runt of the liter.
The lab we have was the runt of her liter and weighed the same as Perdita at that age. She now weighs right at 50 lbs.
As far as your 3 year old…I have a 3 year old son as well so Perdita is use to being around little ones. She is a puppy and jumps up when she’s excited. She loves him and licks both my kids all the time. I’ve been telling her “down” when she tries to jump up, but that just takes time & repetition and is usually resolved by the time they are 6-12 months. She’s not big enough to knock him down, but the dew claw on the front does scratch the little ones, so that is why I would for sure have it removed.
I will be at Gymnastics tonight from 6:15-7. You can meet me there at 6:30 or 7, whichever works for you and I can bring the puppy.
