[Titan Magroyne]

Ah. So you gave her a J-O-B! Very good.

My first lab, likely mixed mixed from something smaller, was the best natured lil thing. Very empathetic. I never understood tho why she developed resentment toward other dogs getting into her face (except for her ‘sissy’). She would have been a great one for nursing home & child ward visits. I just never took the time.

The current lab is a total switch. A gallumping oaf of a dog, only bright at sneaking people food or kitty crunchies from the litter box. I wish I had pics of what she did to the cornbread cakes (plural) left on a friend’s counter to cool. No sense of shame. As another FReeper termed it recently, she’s a Laborador Deceiver!

[AnAmericanMother]

Labs do seem to come in two varieties - empathetic and hard-headed. I have one that's both empathetic and VERY good at stealing food. Shelley the chocolate. She jumped up, hooked her elbows in the sink, and pulled herself up far enough to eat a big bite out of a cake layer (one of 3) cooling right up against the backsplash. I caught her in the act and she looked rather proud of herself than otherwise.

Katy just steals socks out of the laundry and brings them to me.

Ruby steals kleenex out of the trash cans. And Puppy Roca out of the cat box.

Labs are weird.