Chocolate Labradors are very popular today because of their lovely color and they are very rich looking dogs. The Labrador breed itself is a popular breed of dogs because they are seen in many movies and television shows. Dog shows often show Labradors that win awards and prizes which is appealing to those looking for a distinguished pet. Chocolate Labradors often do well in shows, but are more often seen in families as both the family guard dog and the children?s play companion. This is important because these dogs are good-natured which makes them ideal for children. Like all dogs they need to be trained not to jump up on small children, chew things, and become house-trained.

Training A Chocolate Labrador

Since puppies are undisciplined they can be dangerous for children simply because they do not yet have an understanding of what is harmful and what is not. This is even more true of chocolate Labrador puppies and other large breed puppies because they grow so rapidly. They get big and heavy quite quickly and look as though they are full grown, yet they are still just puppies for approximately the first year. This means that they have a lot of extra energy and playfulness that could cause a problem if the puppy is not trained properly. A professional training class is often the best recommendation for a chocolate Labrador puppy, as it would be for any large breed dog.

As The Puppy Grows Into A Dog

As the chocolate Labrador puppy turns into a full grown dog it will settle down some, but chocolate Labradors are still high energy dogs and will remain so until they reach their senior years. This is something that should be considered very carefully when someone is thinking of getting a chocolate Labrador. Large breed dogs often live 10 to 12 years or more, and the energy level will remain high in these dogs for the first 7 to 8 years at least. This is a long time for someone to work with and live with a high energy animal, and even though many people will not mind this at all, it should be considered when thinking about whether to get a chocolate Labrador.

- About the author:

Paula Radmall is a pet enthusiast and is an author and editor for several pet related websites, including AllAboutLabradors.com| | , where this article appears in a series about Labradors.

Finally, the medical world has caught up with what the rest of us have known all the time, namely, chocolate is good for us. And I for one think it is about time.

According to recent medical research, chocolate has marvelous benefits for the human body. Who in their right mind did not know this? As a subscriber to the Old England Journal of Homemade Cures and Potions, I have known for a very long time that the consumption of chocolate carries with it healthy advantages. For years, this journal carried many delicious articles touting the benefits of chocolate. And I have eaten it all up not to mention several boxes of chocolate.

This introduces me to a disturbing thought. I?m grateful for the advancement of modern medicine and science but what I want to know is simply this: if the medical world was mistaken about chocolate, what else are they mistaken about? Could it be that my long-time suspicions about broccoli are right? Has the medical world, which boasted for years about the dietary benefit of broccoli, been wrong all these years?

With recent discoveries, I think this is a real possibility.

I have been saying for years that broccoli was bad for you and chocolate was good for you. It seems I have been half right and I suspect another few years will prove I am 100 percent right on both subjects.

Because I have been right about chocolate, I?m not going to take the chance I?m wrong about broccoli. I propose to eat as much chocolate as possible and avoid broccoli in any and every form.

In light of these recent discoveries concerning chocolate, I thought I would lend my expertise on the subject of how to eat chocolate. Because many people have for so long been under the delusion that chocolate was not healthy, most people do not know how to eat chocolate.

I offer myself as an expert on the art of eating chocolate and I have the empty boxes to support my boast.

Before giving my tips on eating chocolate, let me just say that the chocolate chip cookie is the basic host for chocolate for the novice chocolate eater. Each chocolate chip cookie carries the proper amount of chocolate for the person denied chocolate all these years.

So, start out with a chocolate chip cookie to make sure you?re on the safe side of this issue. To know the proper amount of cookies, take your weight divided by your height (in inches) and multiplied by your age. This formula never fails.

Because chocolate is rather a new food category for most people, let me offer a few tips as you begin the marvelous discovery of the chocolate world.

1. When you begin eating chocolate, make sure you do it one bite at a time. This is important. Do not succumb to the temptation of taking double or triple bites as you begin. Down the road as you become more adapt at eating chocolate you might grow into this facet of chocolate eating.

2. If you have a wrapped chocolate bar, remember, it must be unwrapped and allowed to breathe. Many people yield to the temptation of ripping open a candy bar and immediately taking a bite. This is wrong. Chocolate is delicate and must be nurtured carefully in order to enjoy its flavor to its fullest for the longest period of time.

3. When it comes to chewing chocolate, a person must be very careful. Each bite of chocolate must be chewed no less than 12 times out of respect for the cacao seed that sacrificed itself for your toothsome treat.

Eating chocolate is a slow, reverent and loving experience. Perhaps the reason so many thought chocolate was not good for a person is that they ate it too fast.

I once tried chewing a chocolate bar only 11 times and choked. I learned my lesson the hard way and I now wholly respect the delicate nature of chocolate.

4. One final tip I feel is quite important. Chocolate should always be eaten when you are alone for a very important reason. When a person is eating chocolate, his full concentration should be on the process of eating and enjoying the rich chocolaty flavor. Any distractions, even the presence of a loved one, diverts from the whole experience.

When you stop to think about this whole chocolate business, it is almost like a religious experience.

As religious experiences go, the only genuine experience centers on knowing God, as he desires to be known. When it comes to religion, most people rush through without giving it much thought. And of course, they really never get to experience the full benefit of their religious experience.

David understood this concept when he wrote, ?Be still, and know that I am God: I will be exalted among the heathen, I will be exalted in the earth.? (Psalms 46:10 KJV.)

In this rat race of a world, it is almost impossible to find the time or the place to get still enough to really experience the presence of God. We have time for everything but this.

Perhaps God gets a bad rap from people for the same reason chocolate for many years was given a bad rap. To really know chocolate is to love chocolate.

I honestly believe the same can be said for God. For the person who takes the time to get to know God he begins to understand God and consequently loves God.

Chocolate Truffles

Recipe Ingredients:
1/2 pound good bittersweet chocolate
1/2 pound good semisweet chocolate
1 cup extra thick double cream
2 tablespoons orange flavoured liquer (recommended Grand Marnier)
1 tablespoon coffee granuals dissolved in 1 tbs boiling water
1/2 teaspoon good vanilla extract
Caster sugar
cocoa powder

Method:

Chop the chocolates finely with a sharp knife. Place in a heat proof mixing bowl.
Heat the cream in a small saucepan until it just boils. Turn off the heat and allow the cream to sit for 20 seconds. Pour the cream through a fine meshed sieve into the bowl over the chocolate. With a wire whisk, slowly stir the cream and chocolates together, until the chocolate is completely melted. Whisk in the orange liquer, coffee mixture, vanilla essence, and a very small pinch of salt. Set aside at room temperature for 1 hour, the mixture will set.
With 2 teaspoons, spoon round balls of the chocolate mixture onto a baking sheet lined with parchment. Roll each ball of chocolate in your hands to roughly make it round. Roll in confectioners' sugar, cocoa powder or vermicelli. These will keep refrigerated for weeks, but serve them at room temperature.

Nougat

Recipe Ingredients:
680g Sugar
300g Nuts
340ml Golden syrup
235ml Water
60ml Clear Honey
2 Egg Whites
1 tsp Vanilla Extract

Method:
Put the sugar, syrup, honey and water into a saucepan and cook until a temperature of 127?C (260?F) is reached or when a brittle ball is formed when the mix is dropped in cold water. Beat the egg whites stiffly and pour the mixture slowly into them, beating constantly until the mixture grows stiff and waxy. Then add the vanilla and nuts. Mix well and pour into a tray or pan lined with waxed paper. When it has cooled sufficiently, cut in squares or slices.

Malva Pudding

Recipe Ingredients:

1 cup flour
1 ? tsp bicarbonate of soda
1 cup sugar
1 large egg, beaten
1 tbs butter, melted
1 tbs smooth apricot jam
1 cup milk
1 tsp lemon juice
pinch salt

Sauce:
1 cup cream
1 cup sugar
1 cup butter
? cup water

Method:
Preheat oven to 180C. Grease an ovenproof dish and set aside. Combine sugar, egg, melted butter and jam and beat until pale & fluffy. Sift flour and bicarbonate of soda and fold in them and other dry ingredients, milk, lemon juice and salt. Pour into the greased baking dish and bake for 35 ? 45 minutes or until pudding has risen and browned.
While pudding is baking, combine sauce ingredients in a saucepan and simmer until sugar has dissolved. Pour over the pudding as it comes out of the oven. For best results leave the sauce to soak into the hot sponge for 15 minutes then serve with cream or ice cream!

Chocolate Caramel Shortbread

Shortbread Ingredients:
200g Butter
200g Caster Sugar
500g Self-raising Flour
Pinch salt

Shortbread Method:
Cream butter and sugar, work in flour and salt, knead into a ball then press into a shallow lined tray. Bake 180oC for 20 ? 25 minutes. Leave in tin to cool.

Caramel Ingredients:
200g Butter
200g Caster Sugar
2 dessertspoons Golden Syrup
2 small tins condensed milk

Caramel Method:
Add all in gradients into a heavy based pan and boil for 20 minutes till it leaves the sides of the pan ? stir constantly. Pour over shortbread and spread evenly, leave to cool. When cold melt 200g milk chocolate and spread over caramel. Leave to set and cut into squares.

Okay, so you've waited until the last minute. Or you've
tried really hard but have drawn a blank and can't seem to
think of any good anniversary gifts.

It's time to pull out that bag of traditional romantic
gift ideas. And this time you've decided to go with
chocolate candy gifts, probably a box of chocolates. But
that doesn't have to be the end of it. You can still make
an impression, big time.

Spice up those chocolate candy gifts easily. You can get
romantic gifts online that present a unique, creative spin
to the old standby of chocolate. Or you could come up with
your own idea.

For example, you could make a chocolate box of your
sweetie's favorite treats. If they like milk chocolate more
than dark chocolate, give them milk chocolate pieces. Or if
they like Twix and Almond Joy bars, then make a box from
the mini-Twix and mini-Almond Joy bars you picked up from
the local grocery store.

Or, combining two traditional anniversary gifts (flowers
and chocolate), you could even get them a chocolate rose.

Sometimes it's not the gift you give, but the way you
present it that really sticks in the mind of the receiver.
Here are a couple of ideas on how you can use those
traditional chocolate candy box anniversary gifts and make
a lasting impression…

* Instead of just presenting your sweetie with a chocolate
box, you can give the candy gift with a personalized
message (as opposed to a Hallmark card).

* You could give the chocolate pieces in the box
separately. Put a few chocolates on the table beside the
bed, on the desk at the office, inside the lunch bag, you
name it, and let your sweetheart find them. Just a few or
so for however long you want the little treasure hunt to
continue.

Use your imagination. Even the simplest touch can make
traditional chocolate candy anniversary gifts like
chocolate boxes even more special.

Kori Puckett is the web mistress of GoGiftGuides.com where
she provides romantic gift ideas, tips, and resource guides
for people struggling to come up with creative and unique
romantic gifts. Get more ideas free at
http://www.GoGiftGuides.com.| |

To make the best out of this gorgeous clamshell, one certainly needs to flip over the user manual! At the first go, this handset may come across as a fidgety little thing with a little "too-sensitive" ipod inspired navigation wheel, keys that are soft to touch a disappointing battery life, leaving you wondering, if all it has are the stunning looks to its credit.

But you've got to be patient with this baby.

Weather it is the navigation of menu, the quality of call, connectivity, its design, capacity to accommodate music, shoot videos and other multimedia features - it does a decent job! But for sure, nothing can match up with the entrancing looks of this phone.
It gives you a perfect style statement along with an array of other features that provide for you staying connected and entertained at the same time.

And contrary to the popular notion about LG Chocolates battery life, it certainly has a better battery life, than is expected of such a feature rich cell phone, unless you are an aggressive user when in that case you might need to recharge the phone every few hours after having extensively explored all its calling, messaging and music features etc.

With no speakers and fm facilities, it might initially come as a rude shock to accustomed cell phone users, but having a close look, you sure will be floored with features like the 1.3 mega pixel camera, 128 MB shared internal memory, USB 1.2 mass storage support, touch pad navigation and a menu that is quick to response.

So give it a while before you rule out this beauty in the domain of performance !

LG Chocolate Phones| |

- About the author

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There was a lots of media attention on the launch of LG KG800, popularly known as LG Chocolate| | and rightly so. Shortly after its launch in Korea, it grabbed a massive 7% of the market. Termed as one landmark design in mobile phones, it leaves people wondering "if it is a phone, where are its buttons?

When it comes to style, less is more. The LG Chocolate looks very luxurious with its smooth texture and hidden 5 cm LCD display that delivers 256k colours. To maintain its minimalistic design, a single jack for USB-cable, charger and stereo-handset is used. Likewise the 'rocker key' perform multiple functions. A clean and smooth slide reveals the touch sensitive controls and the numeric keys that looks more like a chess-board.

Weighing just 83 gm, the LG Chocolate is big inside with space for up to 1000 contacts with multiple numbers, 150 SMS, 100 MMS and 110 emails. Moreover, the phone saves all attachments found in email in its 128 Mb internal memory. You can also save your favourite music files in MP3, AAC, AAC+, AAC++, WMA, 3GP, MP4 formats and listen them on the built in media player. The media player supports playlists and a graphic equalizer.

The integrated 1.3 megapixel camera with LED flash and digital zoom is great way to freeze your special moments and save them in the picture gallery. With the LG Chocolate, you get nine chances of capturing the perfect shot with multiple shot mode. The camera also supports video recording so that you can record, play and store your videos.

The LG Chocolate supports tri-band mobile network connectivity that works across continents. You can connect and share data via Bluetooth and USB. The built in WAP browser makes net surfing extremely easy.

The simplistic yet eye grabbing design makes the LG Chocolate| | more of a fashion accessory than a mobile phone.

About the Author

Ben Bradley is webmaster of
mobile phone deals| |.
For more information about LG Chocolate| |, please visit www.orangemobileshop.co.uk.