would you take on a 10 year old lab?

Spirit_2

We adopted a 6 year old retriever last year as his elderly owners could no longer manage him.

We had previously had dogs from when they were.

Our older boy is lovely. He has grown on me and we have all bonded with him.

He has a more active life with us and has been a lot less work than a youngster.

Although he settled very quickly I think it took about a year (all the seasons really) before he was fully confident ( naughty!) with us.

Good luck with your decision.

SnowyOwl_2

So have you made a decision yet, fly dragon fly?

Rowan9

We had our lovely lab until she was 15. During her last 6 months she was on tablets for arthritis but was fine before. Lab are my favourites (despite having 2 golden retrievers now!)
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mandragora_2

One thing to bear in mind is that insurance for older dogs can be difficult (impossible?) to find - so if you want cover against vets bills, you ma not be able to get it, just at the point you might need it.

hethmar

We had our lovely girl lab/rottie til nearly her 16th birthday and yes, her legs were a bit wobbly after about 13 or so but she was a wonderful girl.

You do need to think about insurance. Would the people cover her vet costs if she needed any? Could you have a sort of fostering arrangement?

ladymarmalade1970

If you could cope with not being able to get insurance then i don't see why not. We were looking for an older dog before we rescued our now 3 year old rottie. He was 9 months when we got him.
I wanted an older dog as they are calmer and also have less chance of being rehomed. Another good thing (or very sad thing depending on how it works out) is that you don't have them for as long as a puppy so it's more likely you can give them a forever home.
If we had been offered a 10 year old healthy lab when we were looking i think we would have taken it.

mikerobertson_uk

we take on rescue dogs over 10 now on our 3rd yes they come with the problems of age but we've loved them all