How’s Your Lab Life? Survey

Welcome to the Lab Life Quiz!

We know you’ve probably wondered just how Labby your Lab life is. Well we put together this extremely scientific quiz to let you know the precise answer to that question. Take a few minutes to answer the questions below, and then see your score! In a future issue, we’ll tally the results to see where our Lab-loving readers fall on the Lab Life Lifeline. And that’s a lot of “l”s.

Have fun!
The Staff at Just Labs

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* 1. Labs shed, of course, but how much Lab hair do you deal with in the house?

I never have to vacuum/sweep.

I do it a couple times a week, but could probably stand to do it more.

I’ve burned out so many vacuum cleaners that I don’t even bother anymore; I just pick up the clumps with my hand, ignore the rest, and tell my guests to just pick the hair out of the food.

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* 2. When it’s getting to be the holiday season, you might have your eye on a particular piece of clothing or furniture (for parties, for the house, etc.). Do you:

Impulse purchase! Impulse purchase!

Try to determine if this “style” fits you.

Match the color to the Lab so the dog hair doesn’t show up as much; or go with some sort of tweed, plaid, or other design if you have Labs in multiple colors.

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* 3. The last potty break of the day has taken place, lights are turned off, coffee pot set for the morning… where is your Lab curling up?

He’s outside in the kennel.

On the dog pad I’m carrying from the living room, where he was watching TV with me, into the bedroom.

Uh, his side of the bed of course.

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* 4. Have you ever stepped on a dog toy during the night?

No.

Yes.

Yes, and it was slimy.

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* 5. How many nicknames do you have for your Lab?

None.

Fewer than 10.

More than 10. And I sometimes call my kids and/or friends by my Lab’s name… or one of my Lab’s nicknames.

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* 6. Naturally, our Lab’s health is of utmost importance. In taking care of your Lab, do you:

Only go in for the annual visit, and try to take care of anything at home first before calling the vet.

Have my vet on speed dial.

My Lab has been to the doctor more than I have.

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* 7. How many photos of your Lab do you have on your phone?

A few.

Lots, and I’ve made a picture of my Lab my wallpaper on my phone (and computer).

I had to delete the pictures from my nephew’s Baptism to make more room.

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* 8. Tis the season! When Christmas shopping…

I’ll pick up a box of treats for my Lab, or another toy, but I can never hold out until Christmas before giving it to her.

My Lab will get a couple of presents, wrapped, that I open for her on Christmas morning.

Presents, stocking… she’s raided under the tree and unwrapped her things while I’m gone.

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* 9. Holiday dress up: Halloween costumes, Christmas antler, bunny ears…?

That’s embarrassing, I’d never do that to my Lab.

I plead the fifth.

Don’t forget St. Patrick’s Day, Fourth of July, Columbus Day, Canadian Thanksgiving, Groundhog Day, opening weekend of football season, high school homecoming, Arbor Day…

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* 10. The doorbell rings and guests start to enter for a holiday party. What happens?

My Lab is put away in the bedroom.

I try to hold him back so people can enter relatively unscathed.

The guests just leave the food on the porch.

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* 11. Here’s the scenario: Winter is over, your Lab is excited for a romp in the yard, but you need to do a spring clean-up first. You open the door and survey. What do you see?

The grass is starting to green and the yard could use a good raking, but all in all, welcome spring!

Not too bad. A couple piles here and there since I kept up on it, but give me five minutes and a garbage bag and we’ll be all set.

A minefield. Where are my rubber boots and nose clip?

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* 12. Do you throw a birthday party for your Lab?

He gets some extra ear scratches.

Uh, duh.

Yes. And fellow cousin dogs all attend, and they all wear party hats. And there’s a special peanut butter and pumpkin cake for everyone to share.

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* 13. It is during said birthday party (or Christmas morning) that your Lab is presented with a gift that he tears into. It’s another toy.

Another toy? Sigh…

Nice, I can finally throw out that other one he’s pretty much destroyed.

Hmm… should this go in the downstairs dog toy bin, or the upstairs dog toy bin?

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* 14. How many coffee mugs have a picture of a Lab – or, better yet, your Lab – on them, or a funny saying about life with a Lab?

One

A few.

Let’s move on, nothing to see here.

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* 15. Your Lab loves the water; any chance he or she gets, they are jumping and swimming and frolicking. Yes, they will shake only when they are right next to you. But now, after the car ride home and lounging in the house, you’ve come to it: The wet dog smell.

Time for fans and to light a candle.

Yeah? So?

I wish someone would bottle this and sell it. I’d buy stock in the company.

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* 16. You find yourself in the house with your Lab(s) during a time that one of the key family members is gone – either at work, on a trip, or even just to the grocery store. Naturally, at every little noise, your Lab(s) start barking as if the house is under assault by a team of covert operatives who cannot escape canine detection.

“Oh my goodness, will you be quiet?!”

“C'mon, guys, you can settle down now, there's no one here yet.”

You just turn up the volume on the TV.

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* 17. What time is it?

Oh boy, it’s the dog’s mealtime, but you need a second to finish something up first, and then you’ll feed him.

Your Lab first stares, then nudges, and is now barking at you. You apologize as you dish out his food.

It is precisely 6:00 p.m. The military has set their watches by your Lab’s stomach.

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* 18. It is now human mealtime. Where is your Lab?

In the bedroom with the door closed.

Lying down near the table, begging with his eyes, and close enough to catch a tidbit if the opportunity arises.

His head is on your lap, which is quickly soaking with drool. You look at your fork and can’t remember who took the last bite, you or your Lab.

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* 19. Speaking of drool, have you ever stepped in a puddle of drool with bare feet?

No. I wipe it up right away.

Ugh, yes.

Yes, and I ended up having to go to the emergency room for an X-ray.

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* 20. You smile as you hear that beautiful sound: the puppyish yips and woofs of a sleeping, dreaming Labrador. You look over and she’s twitching her paws.

Aww…

I never get tired of seeing a dog dream; I wish I could see what’s going on in her mind right now.

She must be dreaming of the time that I took her to the beach and we swam for an hour and then played with her toys and then she rolled around in the sand and barked at the dogs down the beach and I just need to take another video of this because it is the most precious thing in the whole world and I’m not crying, you’re crying!