Marley and Me

[mattilda]

Watching Who Wants to be a Millionaire this week one of the questions was what breed was Marley. Their answer was a Golden Lab but I thought he was a retreiver. To save me rooting the book out can someone tell me what he was please?

 

[Cedars]

Golden Lab. I cant watch it - watched it twice now and it makes me cry for days! mike and I watched it the week before Chlo was diagnosed and we both SOBBED for a very long time!

 

[mattilda]

Ooooh I was so sure he was a retriever!! I have read the book which had me howling with laughter and in floods of tears. I cannot watch the film past halfway as I know it will make me sad.

 

[CorvusCorax]

Also, labs are yellow, not golden!!!
Silly Tarrant!

 

[camilla4]

Also, Labradors are retrievers!!

 

[MurphysMinder]

Think Mattilda was meaning golden retriever as against labrador retriever. I've still not been brave enough to watch Marley & Me, or read the book. Certainly won't be risking it at the mo after losing Saff last month.

 

[Oberon]

Think Mattilda was meaning golden retriever as against labrador retriever. I've still not been brave enough to watch Marley & Me, or read the book. Certainly won't be risking it at the mo after losing Saff last month.

It's not too bad. I can't even look at the DVD box cover of Watership Down without fits of hysteria, but I've M&M and only cried at the end. I actually find crying at it to be quite theraputic when I'm feeling stressed.

Read the book though. It is a beautiful piece of work and only sad in the last chapter.

This is a lovely pic of the real Marley



http://www.google.co.uk/imgres?imgu...age=1&ndsp=14&ved=1t:429,r:12,s:0&tx=61&ty=95

 

[camilla4]

Think Mattilda was meaning golden retriever as against labrador retriever. I've still not been brave enough to watch Marley & Me, or read the book. Certainly won't be risking it at the mo after losing Saff last month.

Don't watch it! Husband and I were absolutely howling at the end, tears streaming down our faces. Our Lab had soooooo many cuddles that evening!

 

[stargirl88]

Noo, watch it! it IS very sad at the end, and I cry even though I know what's coming but it's worth a watch

 

[kirstyhen]

Guess I'm the only one that it deeply annoyed Although having seen the family on The Dog Whisperer before seeing the film or reading the book, I'd already formed opinions on them!