I met a splendid fellow today at the park.

[Duncanpup]

A fourteen month old yellow lab Dunc the golden chonk and pup played in the stream . So far he’s cost his family around $5000 in emergency vet surgery as he ate a dad sock that needed removed and pup destroyed a sectional by destuffing it.
His other hobbies are.
Stick collecting
Eating rabbit poop
Rolling in anything dead
Loves mud
Mud puddles
Baths grooming definitely a NO.
Defending his hooomans car at automatic car wash they mentioned pup loses it.

And as i sat and chatted with the young couple I could see how much they loved their pup. And i started thinking of my menace Boog the chocolate lab.
We are fortunate that dogs chose us thousands of years ago. Probably a Boog or Dunc the chonk type wolf in personality that wandered into humans camp looking for snacks.

[elleng]

1. OH GEE!! Sounds like my families lab pup, socks GET them!

EXPENSIVE socks!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

[SheltieLover]

2. We are very fortunate they chose us, Dunc.

[Diamond_Dog]

3. That's a Lab, all right.

Doesn’t take long for them to steal our hearts. ❤️

[the nelm]

6. Or lab mixes - been there. n/t

[AllaN01Bear]

4. mom, havu seen my socks . bandit buried them in the back yard.!

one time bandit took my moms falsies and destroyed them. mom was able to find the teeth and the dentist reuilt them.

[Red Mountain]

5. We owe a lot to our dogs

and all the other domesticated animals. They changed us as we changed them.

When I see a person who has none around them....I wonder.......are they more evolved or a throwback to the time before we formed bonds with wild animals?

I tend to think they're less evolved.

[KT2000]

7. Neighbor's dog is a sock eater too

They work hard to keep them hidden. He is also able to eat a banana without chewing the skin. Talented fella!