by way of a 2018 12 Months for Dogs Introduction:

Lotus is 13 years old now, yellow labrador that was once upon a time not a very successful working dog (scent detection).

She was very keen on water sports, and ball play but in her older years is a little nervy when the younger ones dance around her, and is happy to just have a little play in the mornings if nobody bothers her, or just mozy about the yard.

She is the sweetest girl.
She is also a bit mad (still) when I pull out the clicker for a bit of keeping-her-mind-active training, she does whirly-birds without listening to what I'm actually asking, but that's fine, sometimes we get something achieved hahaha
And she is the biggest whinger! Not a fan of the whinge ... she whinges for dinner, fine, but she whinges after dinner and randomly throughout the day for who knows what reason :-)

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this cracks me up a little :-))
eta: maybe it's the ironic not-so-sunny expressions

Treacle, Lotus and Biscuit.

I was aiming for one at a time, but they all wanted to be in together :-)

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My mum takes Lotus (and Treacle) to an enclosed off-lead area for dogs a little drive away.

She is a favourite amongst the other dog owners, mooches around getting pats and admirable comments and of course the odd treat off anyone willing to offer.

She doesn't really play with other dogs as such very much, but obviously enjoys the outings :-)

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Lotus is a good girl on walks.

A little slow for me, but well paced for my mother, and not in the least a puller on lead :-)

She doesn't bother with other dogs unless they are especially in her face, she doesn't bother with anything really, never been a rabbit chaser, good with cats, doesn't even notice the horses or cows or sheep. The only thing she does these older days is not hear you when you call and she's deep into sniffing something ;-)

She was keen on ball chasing in her younger years, and you can get her excited by a ball but only in certain places at certain times, she likes it and will almost keep up (number of throws) with the boys at the local oval :-)

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fat lips Lotus :-)

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