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RESPONSIBLE DOG OWNERSHIP

Please spay and neuter your pet! Lorien Labradors encourages all pet owners who are not planning on showing their dogs to spay or neuter their pets. While ALL labradors are wonderful family pets, they are not all breeding quality. Only those dogs of exceptional soundness, temperament and conformation should be bred. Spaying and neutering your pet affords you and your pet numerous health and social benefits. Breeding a litter is an enormous responsibility if done correctly. It will take a toll on your dog and on you and your time. Please leave breeding to those who have chosen to accept the responsibilty and make the committment necessary to try to improve the breed.

Please tattoo your pet! A tattoo is a painless, permanent means of identifying your dog. Your social security or other identifying number is tattooed on your dog's right inner thigh and provides a means to trace your dog back to you no matter where he might be lost. Tattoos are also excellent deterrents to dog theft. Quick, painless and permanent. Show them you love them, and tattoo!

Please supervise your pet! Lorien Labradors requires that all pupy buyers either have a fenced yard or supervise their puppy's outdoor activities. Dogs running at large are becoming a serious problem in today's society and this is resulting in anti-dog legislation popping up everywhere. While some owners think that dogs need "room to run," dogs at large are simply a nuisance. They are hit by cars, get in the neighbors garbage, chase the neighbors cats, scare the neighbors, or their children, torment joggers and cyclists, impregnate the neighbors bitches, leave unwanted "deposits," make your neighbors dogs bark, and risk getting into poison, traps, getting stolen etc. Allowing your dog to free roam is pure and simple irresponsible behavior. Please be a responsible dog owner!

Please see that your dog receives regular scheduled grooming care, immunizations and heart worm prevention treatment.

Never carry your dog in the bed of a pick up truck! While some may think this is cool or macho - the fact is it is simply irresponsible. Dogs in the beds of pick up trucks run the risk of jumping out or being thrown out in a sudden stop or maneuver, are at great risk of eye and ear injuries due to flying road debris, quickly become chilled or overheated depending on the weather, get scorced paw pads in the hot summer time, are at risk of being stolen. Image simply isn't worth your pets health and safety. If you love your dog, let him ride in the cab with you!

Please obedience train your pet! With anti-dog legislation everywhere, every dog becomes a good will ambassador for the entire canine population. An obedience trained dog, with good manners and under the control of his master is priceless. For more info, check our our link to the AKC's Canine Good Citizen Program, and Lorien's obedience classes.