Taeya Lauer and her children acquired their dog Sadie Ann Lauer is a Labrador Retriever. She is a very white version of breed and as Lauer explained, "Her dad is a Golden Labrador and her mother is an English Labrador and they are both hunting dogs. She is awfully white, actually a yellow lab but very light white."

Sadie is 1 1/2 years old and she is from a breeder in Oregon call Duckflat Retrievers and "Her mom is Duckflat Maddie," said Lauer.

Sadie eats a normal two scoops of dry food twice daily but she does have an obsession, bread.

"If there's bread on the counter, cinnamon rolls or scones, anything (...) she will steal it and eat it. You have to have your bread under lock and key," Lauer said chuckling.

Maybe Sadie is just carbo loading because, "She trains with me," explained Lauer. "I run half marathons so she's pretty incredible. She ran 14 miles with me just about three months ago." Sadie goes hiking with Lauer as well.

Lauer also passed along what an amazing swimmer Sadie is not to mention that she is extremely quick on her feet. "She is faster than all the other dogs at the dog park and so she go fetches her ball, and then goes back out into the lake and gets all the other dog's balls. It is actually a bit embarrassing because other dogs don't get a chance to fetch their toys as she gets them all so quickly. She is obessed with fetching anything in the water. Her most recent trick is getting more than one ball in her mouth at a time, or a ball and stick 'combo'. "

And evidence of her hunting bloodlines is apparent.

"There was a family of mice nesting in my shed last winter. She went in the shed and barked and barked, but I didn't know what she was barking about. I shooed her out of the shed to quiet her down. A few days later I left the shed door open, and she got in the shed. She brought the mother, and two baby mice in through the dog door, up the basement steps, and into the living room. I guess that will teach me to ignore her barking in the future."

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