Well it turned out to be a case of Lars forgetting that airplanes were fun to go on, because on our return flight over the weekend, he was much better.
Aside from a little restlessness at the end of the flight, he did great, which made me feel a lot less guilty for putting him through it in the first place.
He will be taking a few more plane rides over the coming months as we travel to various out of country competitions, so it is comforting to know that he will handle them better.
So every now and again I like to put Bar on the scale to get his weight to make sure he is not getting to, ahem, big or to, ahem, small.
To accomplish this task, I must weigh myself, get my own weight and repeat the process with Bar in my arms to get our joint weight.
This makes for a potentially funny picture I know, but is actually a pretty accurate way, and the only way that I can weigh him without taking him to the vet to do it.
Well today was one of those days when Bar and I stepped on the scale, and to my surprise he is up to 72lbs!
He is by no means an overweight dog, and those who know me or read this blog know what I think of owners who let their dogs regress, that said it is funny to think that when I got Bar he only weighed 61LBS.
Lars and I became a team when he was only 20 months old, and he has grown a lot since then, not only in age, but physically also.
He is not the typical barrel chested lab either, being very sleek and lean with muscular legs and a thick neck.
Typically labs from what I’ve read stop growing between 24 and 28 months of age, I guess Bar would be the acception to that rule.
He will celebrate his third birthday next Saturday when we are in Florida and had the luxury of celebrating his second birthday also in Florida.
To read about our trip to Florida last year check out our Florida Trip Recap 2009