“Wait for the Lord; be strong and take heart and wait for the Lord.” -Psalm 27:14 How much of my dog’s life is spent waiting for me? Waiting . . . To go on a walk To go outside to play For my return home For her dinner The other day we ran into one …
The amount of daylight is diminishing with each passing day. This weekend the clock will fall back plunging our evening hours into darkness. You don’t realize how dark the night is until you have a black dog. All our Labrador Adi has to do is go beyond the glow of the house and she is enveloped …
. . . Be content with what you have. . . Hebrews 13:5 “Mom, we’re headed outside.” The words are punctuated by a slamming door. A glance out the dining room window shows my children and our black Labrador traipsing into the backyard. Adi quickly locates a stick and engages our oldest in a game …
If you were to catch a glimpse of me walking our two Labradors in the morning you might notice they are moving at the same rate but in a different gait. Dogs can have up to six different gaits. Three are considered common while the others are uncommon. Adi only moves in the common gaits …
If you flip through my Bible, you’ll find verses underlined, notes written in the margins, the initials of friends and family next to verses I’m praying for them, and the stains of muddy paw prints. These paw prints were made by our Labrador in her effort to get on my lap after a trip outside. …
Our first adventure of the summer is our annual fishing trip. I pack up my children, my younger brother packs up his kids, our Dad packs up the fishing boat, and we all meet at a state park for a week of fishing. Our Labrador Adi was only seven months old when this trip rolled …
Right before Christmas our Labrador got to meet our friends' Corgi puppy for the first time. The differences between these two dogs was glaringly obvious from the start. One is an energetic puppy and the other a mellowed, fully matured adult. One has short legs with a rolly-polly belly while the other is tall and …
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Over the course of a couple hours my Labrador went from coal black to chocolate brown. Each round of chase and wrestle through our winter worn yard with our neighbor’s dog added yet another layer of red clay dust to Adi’s coat. I knew I couldn’t usher her into the house in this state, so …
“Be completely humble and gentle; be patient, bearing with one another in love.” Ephesians 4:2 Our Labrador has interacted with people of all ages her entire life. It’s her interaction with children that always gives me pause to watch, wonder, and learn. From the moment Adi arrived in our home as a wee puppy she …
“The steps of a man are ordered by the Lord who takes delight in his journey” -Psalm 37:23 My Lab is a trail dog, meaning that when we're out hiking, the trail laid out before her is the path she travels. The visibility of these hiking trails varies with terrain and seasons. Trails through the …
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Lessons from a Lab 