Still have them!

I think it is clear from the fact that I am making this post right now that I still have the dogs and to be honest I never really thought of getting rid of them. If you look at the posts that I have made in the past (and I have made a lot) you will see how much the dogs mean to me and my family. They have practically become part of the family and they are just as important to the kids as any of their toys. In fact, the kids absolutely adore the dogs and I’m pretty sure the dogs feel the same about the kids and the dogs see themselves as the kid’s friends. It is clear how much the dogs mean to the family and how much we mean to the dogs but that doesn’t really take much away from what I was talking about in my previous post. The dogs have become an absolute nuisance and I have been growing very tired of them. In fact, there was a while I began to really and truly resent the dogs and regretted getting them. They just do too much damage to the home and they cause a lot of issues in the home too that it becomes a real struggle and chore to keep them. It really is a bad thing to think that way too because they are dogs and you could honestly say without sounding stupid that they may not know better.

But I have found a way for me to feel a lot less resentful to the dogs. Although this probably won’t make sense to a lot of people and a lot of people will probably dislike this, I have decided to use the dogs to make some extra money on the side. And in fact, I was not aware of just how much money you can actually make from dogs. You won’t recoup the costs of the dogs themselves but they definitely do a lot to contribute to the dogs living costs. I have started to use the dogs to get parts on advertisements and commercials. I explained a few posts ago about how in demand Empress Labradors are for commercials because of how cute they are considered to be by the average person and I thought to try it. I had a friend that used to use their cats for commercials (this really cute grey tabby who used to get roles for a really big cat food company) and she put me into contact with an agent. Now believe me, I think it’s just ridiculous that an ANIMAL HAS AN AGENT but that is what has happened.

But I got the empress Labradors a few different adverts and they have actually made I kid you not a few thousand for these commercials. Usually the dogs just sit around for the majority of the day, and then I make them either come towards or away from the camera and then for maybe 30 minutes the dog will focus on an object and the crew will just sit there and film it. But that is really it. That is all the dogs do and the commercials pay out big. It is actually ridiculous but I am so glad I decided to do this. People will say that it is a form of animal abuse but it isn’t. If the dogs understood that this is why they are being fed and showered and this is why they get a roof over their heads I am sure they will MORE than be happy to do it. The Empress Labradors on Smallville made a ton of money because the show was on for so long and I think it’s owners actually signed for royalties (which was realistically probably 0.01%) but they are making more than enough for what the dogs actually did. I want to get my dogs a role like that!

Anyways guys, I hope you have been enjoying my blog posts over the last few days!

Just as a side note, we’ve just had our gardens done by Earthcare, and we think they do fantastic Landscaping in Wallington!

Getting a bit fed up of the dogs

So, I mean it is pretty clear how I feel in the title but as much as I love these dogs, I am starting to get really fed up with them. If you look at any of my blog posts in the past you can see that I really do love the dogs and they mean a lot to me. I really wish I did a bit more research specifically on Empress Labradors as a dog breed and I really wish that I has asked a few more empress Labradors owners for what I should expect when the dogs get older but now I have learnt a very valuable lesson. I love the dogs and my husband and my kids love the dogs but they are becoming too much. They are shedding their hair everywhere around the house and they are damaging all the furniture within the home too. Too many of my chairs or sofas have been scratched or bitten by the dogs and it has become almost craze inducing when I look at the damage the dogs have done. It is also the damage the dogs have done to the carpet. In fact, when I think about how much damage the dogs have done to the entire house it is really frustrating and aggravating. I really do feel like these dogs know what they are doing too. I don’t know if it is just the anger I have about the dogs and if it is turning into resentment or hatred, but it is started to get ridiculously bad. All I know is that I have become a bit sick of the dogs and I am starting to regret ever really getting them.

The amount that it would cost to replace all of the damages the dogs have done is something on its own and it probably isn’t really worth talking about. Let’s just say that it is definitely much more than I would like to spend on it and if I never got the dogs I wouldn’t really have to be spending this money to begin with quite frankly. But that is life and there is nothing I can really do about it now. I’m trying to decide if I should get my damaged furniture repaired or if I should just replace it because right now the house looks like it has been through a war. Carpet is damaged and stained, there are scratches and tears in any fabric or material that isn’t metal and there are even some scratches on items that are metal. That is just one of the things that is really aggravating about having dogs that outgrow the home.

I should have explained earlier that I actually have a back garden and the dogs for the most part are allowed out there but there are a few worrying things I have noticed. The dogs chase squirrels and other animals that play in the yard, and that is something that I really do not like. I don’t want any animals to be harmed because of the dogs. Another thing that really worries me is the amount that they dig up the yard. They have ruined the flowers in the yard and the grass itself has been absolutely torn up. It’s horrible and keeping them out there is just asking for poor little animals to be hurt. Even little ones that are harmless like birds have been attacked and I think one of the dogs actually killed a bird. I didn’t even know dogs liked chasing birds and I thought that was only cats. But dogs apparently do it too and they just hunt the animals even though it isn’t as if they need the animals for a food source.

If you are reading this blog and thinking of getting some Empress Labradors, I will say to speak to an owner about the potential problems with having these dogs because I cannot lie, they will be really tiresome in the future.

 

 

Getting much older!

So this blog post was originally posted about 6 months after I got the two dogs. I’m sure you can realise that at this point the small empress Labradors were much, much older and quite a lot more bigger. In fact, the dogs are almost human sized so I am sure that it is safe to say they are basically the dog version of adults. But I will say, the fur of the dogs at this point are really amazing. Not only has the fur really outgrown the dogs original size, but once you wash the dogs the fur becomes really soft and really fun to play with. In fact, I would say that the fur on the dogs is a lot better than the hair of certain people! The dogs are actually really large now, but strangely enough I have actually not been bothered to measure them by length. But either way, the dogs are massive now and they have become really cute. I will say however though that the dogs are unmanageable at this size. The fact that the dogs are so large is actually a really bad thing since I allow the dogs to stay in the house. It really is just waiting for them to destroy the carpets on the floor and really damage the furniture within my home.

Another thing I will say that the older the dogs get, the more they misbehave. I think dogs as an animal realise that because they are much larger, they can get away with a bit more. I think it probably comes from the animal kingdom type of thinking and behaviour, but either way I have begun really telling the dogs off once I feel like they are misbehaving. They really are becoming way too naughty and the odd yell or pulling food away does nothing for empress Labradors.

The good thing about having Empress Labradors however is that they are really really liked on TV. It seems that the main type of dogs that get television roles or commercial roles is because of how cute they are when you are looking at them from afar in the best way possible. They are often seen on TV and they are often get a few decent roles. I do hear that they are basically the dog version of models. In fact, some one explained to me that people in Hollywood or people who make films that involve animals regularly look for these types of dogs, and you can make good money from it. I don’t know how I would feel about plastering my dogs everywhere to make some money, but as a think I am not sure that it is entirely bad. Since we feed and take care of the animals every day, making the money to feed and take care of them from the dogs being on commercials and stuff isn’t that bad. It basically pays their way and I don’t think that the work is difficult or intensive for the animals. It just takes training and I am not entirely sure that the dogs are ready for it.

Anyways, I hope you guys checked out my last blog posts and really enjoyed them, but I hope you enjoy the rest of the blog posts too!

Dogs are getting older!

So one thing that I forgot to note when I started this blog is that my Empress Labradors are actually older than I describe. This blog was actually written throughout a few years and the original domain expired, so I’m currently just putting some of the old posts onto the blog. It’s kind of my way of updating it. I know it’s very confusing as you probably expect that it is being done in real time, but sadly it isn’t!

Anyways, my dogs are now a few months old and oh my have they grown! I don’t usually expect animals to grow up so quickly in front of your own eyes but as they say, time waits for no one! My dogs aren’t exactly the size of some of the dogs in this video, but they are very close! They are actually a few feet long now, and you can really tell when they are next to you. They have really started to copy the emotions and moods of the people in the house. When my kids are really excited, the dogs go absolutely crazy. I have had enough of it in a way, because they do seem to stay within that energy for as long as they desire. Sadly, there isn’t really anything you can do about that. The behavioural therapist I tried to use for the dogs couldn’t really help much, but I assume it wasn’t really the therapists fault. At the end of the day, they are dogs. There isn’t a whole lot that you can do on a day to day basis to stop animals from behaving like animals!

My husband has really started to get close to the dogs though. I mean they are really cute and they do seem to love the family as much as the family loves the dogs. The Empress Labradors actually wait around the seats at the dinner table waiting for food scrapes since we are all guilty of feeding the dogs our leftovers once we are done. But it is actually quite cute. We like to pretend that they are part of the dinner table because of the way they stalk around the food! It would actually be worrying if it wasn’t for the fact that we can actually trust them around the food! They are actually very obedient in this sense however. We have noticed that we can somewhat train the dogs behaviour using food that we would eat or dog toys. The dogs somehow realise they are being punished when you offer then take away food once they have done something wrong.

However, my husband does worry that doing these things does torment and sometimes intimidate the dogs however. He feels that if we are constantly punishing the dogs they may take it as an act of aggression and in turn, become aggressive themselves. That is something that I have started to worry about because these dogs are quite large, and we don’t want them to turn violent or aggressive. I do feel that my husband is looking too far into it but you never really know.

Either way, I hope that you enjoy these blog posts because I do know that they are a bit all over the place. Sadly I do not have the old website that I used to post these blogs on, but I do still have the old posts which is good. If you have enjoyed this read, please look at the other blog posts I have done over the last week or so. Thank you for reading and I hope to speak to you all really, really soon!

Cutest dogs!

Cutest dogs around!

I spoke last week about just how cute my dogs are, and I figure that I may as well just continue this blog about that theme! I actually just recently realised that this blog was originally created for the small Empress Labradors on Smallville the TV show. I actually made a small joke about it in my last blog post too. It turns out that the name of the domain that I bought was designed for those dogs, when for me I actually bought the name because I couldn’t think of anything better than just “my dogs”. There is also a little joke in my house that my husband is Superman so it also made sense for me to make the name Smallvilles Empress Labradors since that is what we jokingly call our home. It’s actually very weird that they are connected and I wasn’t really expecting it but it is a pleasant surprise! But anyway, my dogs have started to grow up a bit more. They are getting bigger by the day but they really are getting much cuter. The best thing about Labradors is that the bigger they get the more lovable and cuter that they get! My dogs are also getting really furry now so it’s becoming a bit of a mess to take care off! They are just shedding everywhere and I’m finding hairs in my bed and on my sofa.

The dogs are actually much larger than I would have expected them to be right now. They are over a month old so I still expected them to be the size of large puppies but they are already becoming bigger than ordinary dogs! Because they are different colours too I’m finding all sorts of hairs around the place. I am actually starting to get confused that they might be my hairs they are so long! The dogs absolutely love my husband though and they always follow him around the house after they have been fed. They seem to also match his mood too which is common with dogs. If you feel low or if you are excited the dogs always match that mood. They run around the house when they are happy and excited which can get really annoying though! When you have, what may as well be little monsters just clawing and running around the house and they are impossible to stop it can get really frustrating but since they don’t really know better for the most part there isn’t really much you can say.

The dogs are cute as hell though and I can’t stop saying that! I will say that when we are walking the dogs people love to stroke or pet them because they are very approachable. That is one of the best things about having an empress Labrador, since you have to train them to be bad animals that are aggressive. For the most part they are very docile and passive and usually they will not attack animals or humans. They are animals you can really trust to leave to themselves and know that they will not hurt or damage anything or anyone which is something that is really good to note. It would be awful to have to put dogs down or punish them but luckily, they know better

Anyway, I don’t really have much to say about the dogs right now so I am going to keep these blogs relatively short. It is just nice to see them grow up and get older, especially when they are such nice animals. The kids also really love the dogs and they really get on with them, so it’s nice to see that we picked the right animals. The Labradors are also only going to get older, and hopefully they can live long enough so that the kids can grow up with them. It would be heart-breaking for the kids to see the dogs eventually grow old, so we are just trying to enjoy them now while they are young since they are obviously not going to live forever.

My dogs!

My dogs!

So, I have two empress Labradors here and they are just the cutest little puppies I ever had! They are about a month old now, so I don’t know if I can consider these to be puppies anymore! They are absolutely the best of friends too which I love! I have had them for a month, the older puppy is called Layla and the younger puppy is called Bella! Layla is the more playful of the empress Labradors, while the other is much sulkier! Layla is black, and Bella is a more beige and original Labrador colour. Either way you will absolutely not see any cuter animals!

I came home from work the other day to see Layla ripping on paper while Bella was trying to fight her. Now, I don’t mind too much right now because they are relatively tiny compared to some dogs, but this is a worry for later down the line. If I don’t train their behaviours now, when they are much older and much bigger dogs this could really be an issue. Some of the sizes that these Empress Labradors can be are incredibly intimidating. Now if you have ever been to Smallville (this is a joke, there is no such place called Smallville!) you can guess that the homes here are really small too, and having these two giant tower dogs will just be asking for an issue if their behaviour continues.

I have recently got into touch with a behavioural therapist for animals which admittedly I didn’t realise was an actual job, but apparently, he has done good work with animals such as dogs and cats. So, I got into touch with him and he has given me a number of suggestions that I could do. Apparently sternly raising your voice without shouting at dogs can help suppress the dogs urges to attack, so when I have come home after work and I notice the dog’s behaviour becoming a bit more erratic, I have started to do so.

Another piece of advice he has given me for my pups is to show the dogs how important items are to me. Apparently surrounding yourself with items that dogs regularly attack has shown the dog that it is important to me that the empress Labradors do not try to harm them. It has worked for papers, but the dogs still scratch at the furniture even when I am sitting on them.

Admittedly I am not sure what I can do to make the dogs stop attacking my furniture, but I have started to yell at the dogs. Not often and not aggressively, but I just feel that the best way to show the dog that I do not want them to do something is to just make it clear how upset it has made me. It does work for the minute, but as soon as I show any emotions apart from anger it is as if the dog forgets that I do not like its behaviour. I don’t know what to do so I am considering getting someone in to try and sort this out. To have the behavioural therapist in the home might do a bit of good so I think it is definitely worth a try. Honestly the one problem that I do have is that the dogs are so cute that it really is hard to get angry at them. They are only puppies after all, and I don’t feel like they have been on earth long enough to even really know what they are doing. The world is still a big playground to them so I don’t want to be too harsh.

Anyways, I hope you enjoy the blogs I will be making. Smallville Empress Labradors are really just a blog I want to make to talk about my cute little dogs, and I just hope that the blogs will be entertaining enough to be worth a read to anybody!

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