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About Me

I'm Chocolate Floyd an AKC Registared Chocolate Labrador Retriever -- I was born in Alvin, Texas on February 24, 2001. In 2001, the nationally known award winning artist Debbie Miller Stonebraker painted me and put the original watercolor on ebay to be actioned off to help the families of the Firefighters (9/11). This is a small original, painted on 140# Arches Watercolor Paper size 7x10". It is unmatted and unframed so that you may frame it as you desire. The artist retains reproduction rights in full. If you are interested in seeing more of Debbie's work, please visit www.stonebrakerart.com The title of this piece is "Let Me Help". In these troubled times, even our fur friends want to know how they can help. You can see the desire in the painting in my eyes.... You can purchase mugs, t-shirts and Even a nice notebookhttp://www.stonebrakerart.com/gallery/chocolatelab10 .html This portrait was taken from this picture taken the end of the summer of 2001 of me and my Toy Poodle friend Bobby. I am now 6 years old - live with my half brother Yellow Howszy - north of Alvin in Friendswood, Texas -- along with Q-tip, Heffer (the Boston Terriorists), and Millie (a Cockapoo) who all have a myspace page. Bobby and Stormy are my two toy poodle friends - Bobby is in the picture above with me. I am very friendly, love all dogs - I'm in Beginner Dog Obedience Training and go to Dog Socialization every Saturday morning and learn from my trainer Jason V. who works at Barkington Inn in Webster, Texas. My half-brother Yellow Howszy is a little aggressive but our trainer Jason is going to correct that stupid behavior. I love to run and play -- like to bark at frogs -- just an easy going Labrador Retriever. My dog Mom is Snickers Bunny Babe and my dog Dad is RIP Junior Duz It All __ my breeder is Suzan Gaston. She moved to Beaumont, Texas. Suzan really enjoys breeding the Labradoodles because it's a Labrador in a non-shedding coat. Suzan has a web site at www.labradoodlebabies.com, in case you want to see what a Labradoodle looks like or want one.
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LINKS TO CHOCOLATE FLOYD'S ARTWORK: http://www.stonebrakerart.com/gallery/chocolatelab5.html http://www.stonebrakerart.com/gallery/chocolatelab10.html __________________________________________________________ I'm 6 years old now -- Love Dog Socialization Classes - I'm taking private obedience classes from Jason Vasconi (more about Jason listed under my heroes) - I like hanging out with Yellow Howszy __ we have fun. I had to repeat my Beginner Dog Obedience Class _ I flunked _ I started back June 28th _ and I flunked again. I'm now taking private classes and will start back August 30th for my 3rd class. I GRADUATED Thursday, October 18th, 2007. I'm very happy. I did well.

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I'm Yellow Howszy and I'm Chocolate Floyds half-brother Floyd gave me permission to share this myspace page with him. I'm a Bully Labrador -- I'm always trying to be in charge. I'm AKC Registared -- I was born Feb. 16, 2002 -- in Alvin, Texas at the Honeycreek Labrador Ranch ~ Cynthia A Kovalchuk is my breeder, Suzan Gaston owned my Dad dog and adopted me to my half-brother Floyd. Floyd and I share the same dog dad RIP Junior Duz It All and my Dog Mom is Honeycreek Baileys Coffee __ both my parents were Chocolate Labs. We live in Friendswood, currently enrolled in beginner dog obedience training (my second go round) and we go to Dog Socialization every Saturday morning. I love riding in the car (I've very well-behaved), love hanging with Floyd and my Mom, love tennis balls and like to chew everything up.

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These pictures were taken May 23rd - 2007 Yellow Howszy is 5 years old, Chocolate Floyd is 6 years old.

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iT'S hOT IN tEXAS BUT WE'RE HAVING FUN -- June 4, 2007

Heroes:

Jason Vasconi is our trainer & Hero. Jason has 16 years experience helping families integrate their furry companions into their homes and family life. He strongly believes your dog should be a productive member of the family. His background in dog training ranges from basic to advanced obedience and personal protection. The training programs he offers are tailored to both the dog and the dog's owners. With Jason your training experience will be fun and rewarding. Jason is a member of the International Association of Canine Professionals (ICAP) with a Professional classification membership. Jason networks throughout the year with other trainers in numerous continuing education classes and seminars. To talk to Jason about the best training program for you and your dog, call Jason at 832-455-9033. We are very interested in graduating - I (Chocolate Floyd) am currently enrolled in private lessons and dog socialization training. Howszy comes to Dog Socialization with me and will be in private lessons soon. Jason spends lots of time with all of us. Jason knows how to communicate with us We have all learned alot from Jason Vasconi & dog "Bruizer".--

My Blog

Birthday Party for us in the backyard today Feb. 23rd

We are ready -- come join us for treats and funI turned 6 years old last Saturday, Feb. 16th. It was raining so we decided to combine our party today on Chocolate Floyd's 7 year old birthday. You are ...
Posted by Floyd & Howszy on Sun, 24 Feb 2008 06:40:00 PST

Genetics of Color in Labradors

Pass Along JLFebruary 08 Genetics of Color in Labradors by Amy Dahl gene is a sequence of base pairs (on a DNA strand) that codes for a particular trait (or set of traits). The DNA of a dog exists...
Posted by Floyd & Howszy on Wed, 20 Feb 2008 05:26:00 PST

Yellow Howszy’s Graduation - Dec. 20, 2007

My Graduation was GREAT!!! I won the Paper Plate Recall Game -- got an award for the best runner in the relay. Jason (our trainer) said he couldn't believe how fast I can run for as big as I am. BOL T...
Posted by Floyd & Howszy on Fri, 21 Dec 2007 08:59:00 PST

My scary experience with Santa @ PetsMart today

I was so excited - I was in line waiting for Santa at PetsMart so I could tell him what I wanted for XmasI was hoping Santa would hurry up - then here he comes and I got so000 excited I peed on the fl...
Posted by Floyd & Howszy on Sat, 01 Dec 2007 12:32:00 PST

Oct. 4th -- Private Tutoring & Class - Looks like Im gonna graduate!

I went to Private Tutoring and Group Class tonite - I did very well. Jason (my trainer) told me I will graduate this time. We practiced our down-staysthen we practiced our turns during our heeling and...
Posted by Floyd & Howszy on Fri, 05 Oct 2007 08:43:00 PST

Sept. 27th Private tutoring and my obedience class

Private tutoring and class went well this evening. It's starting to get dark earlier so Mom couldn't take lots of pictures.I practiced my sit-stays and down-stays at private tutoring, I had to stay st...
Posted by Floyd & Howszy on Fri, 28 Sep 2007 08:02:00 PST

Private tutoring - Thursday, Sept. 13th

I started out with my private tutor lesson. We started off with the down-stay. I remembered how to do it from last time.Jason would tease me with the paper plate. He would put a treat on the plate - I...
Posted by Floyd & Howszy on Fri, 14 Sep 2007 08:12:00 PST

9/11 Tribute

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Posted by Floyd & Howszy on Thu, 13 Sep 2007 06:58:00 PST

9/11 hero dogs, the honored dead - A tribute to the 9/11 pooches who are no longer with us

9/11 hero dogs, the honored dead A tribute to the 9/11 pooches who are no longer with us NEW YORK CITY, NY (USA)Sep. 11, 2006It was the largest deployment of search dogs in U.S. history and possibly t...
Posted by Floyd & Howszy on Sun, 09 Sep 2007 04:01:00 PST

Chocolate Floyds private tutoring Class - Thursday, Sept. 6th 2007

We started out with heelthen I did a sit-stay and my trainer Jason went far far away - I could barely see himJason came back but I didn't movethen Jason asked me to do a down-stay, I said OKI did well...
Posted by Floyd & Howszy on Fri, 07 Sep 2007 09:24:00 PST