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January 31, 2006

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Beau, the Dog of the Day
Name: Beau
Age: One and a half years old
Gender: Male Breed: Yellow Labrador
Home: St. John's, Newfoundland, Canada
 
   Beau is the sweetest Labrador I've ever met! Our old dog had died a few months ago, and so we got Beau from a family who was moving and couldn't take him. His favorite games are fetch and tug-of-war with his string toy. He loves to be cuddled and be patted and scratched behind the ears and when he lies down with you, he's normally on top of you. This is him catching his frisbee. When we walk him, it's more like he's taking you for a walk because he pulls so much. His first family must not have trained him to walk on the leash. So we got him this harness that prevents him from pulling, which makes walks with him much more pleasant for both of us.

    We've gotten him out of the habit of jumping up on people, but a couple of times he will just jump up and snatch something from your hands - he did it to me with his frisbee once. My dad made Beau his own little name tag by carving the letters and our phone number into a piece of moose antler and then we hooked it onto his collar. If there is a fly in the air, Beau will eat it just for us! He has a kennel for sleeping in, but we leave the door of it open and then he goes in to sleep with mom and dad. It's really cute to see him just sitting there on the bed, and once he even laid down on top of mom... it was soooo funny! Well that's our Beau, if you're ever in St. John's, come take a look, he won't bite!

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