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I Know Why They’re Called Labradors

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One of my favorite things to do is to figure out how certain sayings came to be.

Some of them are easy and make perfect sense to me, such as “A stitch in time saves nine.”  I interpret that as if you can catch a tear when it’s small and fix it with a quick stitch, you will save yourself a hefty repair down the road.

“Don’t throw the baby out with the bath water.”  I heard tell back in the day, baths came about on Saturday night and folks used the same water.  Starting with dad, moving to mom and progressing down the line, so by the time the baby got their bath it was so dirty, you might actually lose track of the baby.  EWWW!! (This one makes me particularly pleased that we have modern plumbing.)

“A penny saved is a penny earned.”  Never could figure that one out, I mean whether you spent or saved it, you still earned it, no?

Do you remember this saying?  “You make a better door than you do a window.”  My mother used to say it to us all the time.  Well the other night I finally figured it out and at the same time I realized why they’re called Labradoors.  Yes, we’ve been spelling it wrong all this time.

Here’s how the epiphany happened.  The other night Hubby and I were watching a television show.  Sampson was lying on the floor and as I’m prone to do, I got down on the floor with him and was rubbing his leg.  All was well except I couldn’t see the TV show because a LabraDOOR was standing directly in my line of sight.

Then I thought back to all the times she’s stood in my way, effectively blocking me from moving.   I can’t tell you how many times I have to switch direction just to get around Delilah.

You're really very cruel you know, I'm only looking out for you. I heard watching TV is bad for your eyes.

You’re really very cruel you know, I’m only looking out for you. I heard watching too much TV is bad for your eyes.

Or the times I’ve turned around and end up with arms flailing trying to keep myself from falling over her.  Or the times I go spread a throw rug or her placemat only to have her stand on it as soon as it touches the floor.  Or how she stands right in the area of the room I’m currently vacuuming.

Maybe I should call her a Labraobstacle instead.  I wonder if the AKC would recognize it as a breed?

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  1. Know what you mean! Ours are smaller doors and obstacles but use the same Ninja stealth to position themselves exactly where it is most dangerous for them to be.

  4. I do think that’s unique to the Labraobstacle breed as I have a collobstacle and cairobstacle that has very similar skills!

  10. Perhaps a general dogstacle would be appropriate as we all seem to be in the way of you busy humans. I guess there could be a catstacle as well. We often hear that we make better doors than windows at our house.

  12. Callie and Shadow are just as bad as Miss D in the obstacle department; but usually they’re laying on the floor in front of a door or hallway. Callie will let you step over her; but unless she’s sound asleep, Shadow will get up in mid-step and send you falling flat on your face. Ducky, thank goodness, is small enough to step around most times.

  13. That’s funny! I always heard “I know you’re a pane (pain), but I can’t see through you.”. I really think it is a lab thing – if I had a nickel for every time I tripped over the lab mix I fostered… It’s a lot different tripping over tall lab than a stubby cattle dog. You know – I said it once and I’ll say it again…you need to have a video camera going at all times at your house. 😉 That is reality TV that I would love to watch!

    I call Blueberry the Ninja Dog because she is always slinking in behind me and scares the crap out of me when I turn around and there she is. Thankfully – I have gotten pretty good at avoiding tripping over her but I keep telling her that one of these days I am going to fall and have a life-threatening brain injury and then who will take care of her as well as I do?

  14. Ha ha, I love that expression, and use it often! I’m with Emma, dogstacle and catstacle….they come in all breeds in this house. The worst is Luke though, and if he continues to get bigger, he’s only going to get better at it. Though, heck, even the little 6-7 lb cat has been known to trip me up many a time!

  15. I like that…Labraobstacles!

    Unfortunately, a blind person cannot see Labradoors. As part of our guide dog puppy training we work with our Labs and do our best to make sure they are not obstacles for their blind handlers.

  16. LOL they do tend to get in the way. From small puppies my doggies learn the phrase “gotta move”. That means get the hell out of my way. Only I say it real cheery: “gotta move”. ..happy voice. But I am thinking the other. 😉

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