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Tess, eleven weeks and four days old and we've had her now for four weeks and four days. She''ll be twelve weeks old on Monday (24th November) and we will have had her for five weeks! She will also be having her final jabs and we'll be able to take her out for "proper" walks at last. She's certainly ready that's for sure and I have a few stern tests for her stamina in mind once she's acclimatised to walking longer distances. It will be interesting to see how she copes with being a wildlife ranger's dog as well, but knowing Tess as I do now, I'm absolutely certain that she'll lap it up and probably leave me struggling to keep up! On the other hand, you have to take it a little bit easy with Labradors during the first year of their life because the breed as a whole can be prone to severe joint problems, particularly in their hips, in their dotage, so it's not a good idea to over-exercise them by getting them to chase frisbees and sticks for hours every day....even though they absolutely love it. Lots of lower impact distance walking is a much better option and Tess will certainly be getting plenty of that....and I expect I'll be taking a few photos as we go to prove it!
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