Labradork... dont know if that was a typo, or just sonething clever i never thought of. Ill remember that one. Grew up in a labradork family.

My parents got a lab from a widow. Her husband kept him in a kennel and beat him. He was all fucked up. I didnt think hed ever be okay. He was scared of being pet or anything. Eventually he came around and was an awesome loving dog. Just took him a while to undstand that somebody might give him a hug instead of an asswhooping. I think a lot of his learning was by watching their german shorthair, who i thought of when you described the zoom. My parents basically did a month or so road trip house shopping, the gsp in the car the whole time. I wasnt there, but they said when they finally picked out their house, on 20 acres of mostly open field type land, heidi cut loose and went redlining all over the property until she collapsed, they were legitimately scared she was going to die right there from over exertion. Man, that dog was an athlete though. But she seemed to know when they found their place, and she freaked out at all the room to run.

Parents and I found a dog running around a store parking lot in town. We were worried he would get hit with how he was running around looking for "someone or something".

We took him home and put out a listing to see if he was someone's or a stray. (Back before that was easy on the internet, print ad in the local post).

Found his "owners". They had left him in a outdoor space with a low fence and little food/water while they were gone on vacation for a week. They took him back.. Then 2 weeks later called us and said they couldnt take care of him and were going to take him to the pound and asked if we wanted him. This was all because they just bought a purebred puppy and didnt want to have a "mut" around anymore.

Fuck them for being shitty people but we gave him the best home we could for a decade.

People fucking suck.

Your dog rides a bike!!!!!!?????