These are our two dogs, Tyler, (the red Lab/Chow/Sheppard Mix....90lbs), and Gracie, (55lb Yellow Lab/Crack Monkey).
I got Tyler at the APA as a 3 month old puppy,he is now almost 4 years old. We just got Gracie in December at 3 months old.
Gracie is crate trained, (Tyler wasnt going for it, he outlasted me and I just got used to replacing things that got destroyed. The two of them are in Gracie's crate. I dont know why...he just kinda digs being in there when the doors open. Tyler is frightened of the camera for some dumb reason, so good pics of him are scarce. Gracie on the other hand is a total camera ham.
When Tyler was about a year old he tore BOTH his Anterior Cruciate Ligaments in his knees. Before I had Tyler, I would have scoffed at any one who spent vast sums of money on some sort of reconstructive surgery on a dog...especially a 75$ pound puppy. Fast forward acouple of years, and the vet was kind enough to let me make payments on the $1800 for replacing his ACL's w/ synthetic ligaments. Because of Tylers weight, the vet had to use industrial sized ligaments. So now I have a bionic dog.
His range of motion is back to normal, and in fact he spent 2 hours in a lake in Forest Park swimming/chasing/annoying the canadian geese that live there last night. Here is a photo of Tyler looking pathetic and helpless after one of his surgeries.
Nick