Over Christmas we got an email from a lady in Sydney who was concerned about a lab in her neighbourhood. She described him as a skinny chocolate lab. We arranged transport and a foster home for him and Linda took him in.
Poor Jackson was so filthy that when we gave him a bath, underneath all that dirt was a black labrador!
Jackson's now spent a couple of weeks with Linda and she wrote in an email today about his progress. He's become quite a star at her house!
Jackson is doing very well. One ear wound is completely covered over with new pink skin and the other is nearly there with just a small scab left. He is eating 5 cups of puppy food a day and is gaining weight, now 28.7 kg and feeling like he has a bit of flesh on his bones!
He's learned to sit and wait until released for his dinner, which is awesome progress. He enjoyed playing out the back with five 13 yr olds on Sat when my son had his friends over. He's a bugger to walk so still trying all sorts of techniques to see what he might respond to, check chain is best so far.
I bought him a new big ball to play with tonight and he loves it :-), he's such a great retriever!
Go Jackson, we're so proud of you!
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