The chocolate Lab who pouts for attention

Name: The chocolate Lab who pouts for attention
Uploaded: 2022-08-09T14:00:30Z
Duration: 3 min 41 s
Description: Nobody knows who taught Moose to pout. The chocolate Labrador just does it, lip stuck out, whenever he feels sad or wants someone's attention.

Nobody knows who taught Moose to pout. The chocolate Labrador just does it, lip stuck out, whenever he feels sad or wants someone's attention. more

He came to Melissa by luck. A college friend posted on Facebook that some family friends were giving away Labradors, and she didn't think twice. Since then he has been a goofy, slightly crazy presence in the home she shares with Brady.

Moose likes things that aren't his. Leave a wallet on the counter and he'll find it, and sticks, wood chips and rocks keep turning up in the house. He does not try to eat them. He just holds them in his teeth, and if a hand reaches for the prize, he pushes it away with a paw.

A Mastiff dog with a predominantly brown coat, darker markings around its eyes and ears, indoors under natural light. The headline runs in white letters across the lower third. — Nobody knows who taught Moose to pout.

Melissa and Brady have no idea where he learned that either. He's smart and watches everything, which keeps them on their toes. Yet when he's asked who's a good boy, Moose looks around as if they must mean some other dog.

He loves his people. Sit on the couch and he'll come sit on you, and at night he sleeps beside you with his head on your pillow. He can also tell when someone is having a bad day.

One night Melissa couldn't sleep and sat down on the floor, worn out. Moose went and picked out one of the stuffed animals they got him when he first came home. He set it in her lap and nudged it with his nose. His thinking, as she sees it, was that something fun for him might help mom feel a little better.

A person holds a large brown dog close, their heads resting together. A headline runs in white letters across the lower third. — Moose knows when someone in the house needs cheering up.

Melissa admits Moose is about half her personality at this point. She may be biased, she says, but to her he is the cutest chocolate Lab there is, and she hopes he knows how loved he is. If he ever doubts it, he knows exactly which face to make.