Man it is awesome watching a good lab fetch ducks but good lord how yall survive them getting out of the puppy chew stage ?

Mine ate the entire 6 ft bench off of a kid's plastic picnic table between 6 and 9 mths old. Then from 9-12 months she decided to eat about 160 sq. ft. of wood lattice off the patio area in the back yard. She just chewed it all into splinters and ate it all, including the staples. I figured that the staples might cause her problems but nope, she just passed them like they were nothing. Right after she finished off the lattice, my son came in one afternoon telling me that the dog was dragging a lot of wire around the backyard. She'd gone in the garage and ripped/pulled the entire wiring harness out from under my bass boat's trailer and was dragging it around. She never was bad to dig and after that first year of chewing, has been the best working dog and family dog you could ever want. She's 11 now and the best companion I've ever had.

I've found when they are puppy stage (up to 1.5 years or so) it doesn't matter how much exercise they get, they have to CHEW. It's just part of their DNA.

I love every single one I've had, but dang they frustrate me sometimes.

I got my first lab five years ago.....she has never destroyed anything except what we gave her to chew.....she goes thru antlers fairly regularly and will have an all out chew session about three times a day.....I have never had a dog as smart or well behaved as her

Kong toys are your friend. They are all gonna chew, you just have to give them things they can chew on.

Male Lab pups breathe through their teeth.

Yeah I gave mine the Kong, deer horns, tug o war things, rawhide etc. It ate the garage, the wall, sheet rock, the gutters, extension cords, the porch, carpet, trees, the pool, 30 outdoor lights, patio chairs, grill brush and some I cant recall

Sounds like you need to keep a better eye on it lol

No doubt.

Figured I would add a picture of the devil yall are speaking of. This pic was from last week a few days shy of his 3 month birthday.

Good looking pup there Crocker

Yeah,definitely looking for trouble.He'll grow out of it...

We’ve got a black lab and he has never chewed anything. Four years old still has most all of his toys and the only ones missing finally wore out from the wife washing them. He has the softest mouth of any dog I’ve ever had the pleasure of being a partner with. Now days I’m only good for walks in the yard and him riding along in the boat doing a little fishing.

Had one that chewed everything in sight including the wall! Never in my life seen anything like it!

Thankfully, I don't have any stories that compare to y'alls! Best I can do was when one of mine somehow closed himself in a bedroom, when we were gone, and chewed a hole in the door to get out. Great looking pup crocker.

Weims are just as bad. When mine was a puppy we kept her in the spare bedroom when we went to work. Well for one day anyway. She ate half a mattress and managed to eat/pull half of the door casing off the wall.

I ran her in agility for several years. Unfortunately she was bad gunshy and really doesn’t like water other than to wade in. She can swim great but I would have to throw her off the dock.

She will be 15 in A couple weeks. Probably won’t replace her when she’s gone. She is almost completely deaf but I taught her hand signals early on and I can tell her to do just about anything with the signals. I have to pick her up now when she rides in the truck but she’s actually in really good health. Her blood work is absolutely perfect. She ran a mile and a half with me earlier this week then came in, ate a bowl of food and puked a whole bowl of food so no more long runs anymore.

I'm pretty lucky I guess, only 1 puppy out 4 chew a lot of stuff up. The 3 males didn't chew much at all and 1 did not chew up anything. He's the one in my avatar.

One day it here the next it’s gone

I love him to death but I could kill him some days. I find stuff all the time he’s chewed up.