Are you aware that the practice of
breeding a yellow Labrador to a chocolate Labrador is avoided because it can produce a dog lacking in pigment (a disqualifying fault in the standard for the breed... along with 4 other points)?
Not exact matches
We currently
breed yellow and black
Labradors.
From Black Labs to Chocolate Labs to
Yellow Labs, the
Labrador breed makes the perfect best friend.
Breeders who are opposed to dilute
labradors often cite the
Breed Standard as only including black,
yellow, and chocolate labs, and argue that it thereby excludes the diluted phenotypes of these colours.
A hereditary or genetic cause is supported by an increased incidence in some
breeds, including
yellow Labradors and Golden Retrievers, Dachshunds and Lhasa Apsos.
The
breeds used are
yellow and black
Labrador retrievers and German shepherd dogs, usually.
Years ago when I worked in a vet office, we had clients who
bred their lovely, healthy, purebred
yellow Labrador.
There was Darcy, the high - energy Boston terrier; Cheyenne, the blind
Labrador who, ironically, was
bred to be a seeing eye dog; and, just for Christmas day, Lucas, a big plodding, vocal,
yellow Lab who, I guess because of the combination of his gruff exterior and his underlying sweetness, always reminds me of Lou Grant in the old TV show.
The
Labrador breed standard for coat colors are:
yellow, black, and chocolate.
«Rare» colors include creme and fox red, which are recognized under the
breed standard; plus silver, blue and champagne which are not recognized by the
Labrador standard so registered as chocolate, black and
yellow respectively.
It was formed to encourage the
breeding of pure -
yellow labrador retrievers and to conserve the best type of working dog, principles it remains faithful to today.
Phyllis Giroux, D.V.M., who
breeds Labrador Retrievers under the Deep Run Retrievers kennel name in Goldvein, Va., recalls
breeding one of her nicest
yellow females to a famous field trial dog several years ago.
It wasn't until the twentieth century that
yellow and chocolate
Labrador Retrievers became accepted as part of the
breed.
There are some «fox red» (a very dark
yellow)
Labrador Retrievers around these days and they have begun to make a comeback as a popular color choice among lovers of the
breed.
Yellow Labradors and lemon Pointers have the same gene for yellow, but in those breeds the color is al
Yellow Labradors and lemon Pointers have the same gene for
yellow, but in those breeds the color is al
yellow, but in those
breeds the color is allowed.
You could have, save a
yellow Labrador, who is said to be great in the water according to his
breed, yet not want to go into it at all.
Currently, Dr. Messinger's pet family includes
yellow Labrador Retriever (Rigby), a
Labrador Retriever mix (Fuzzy), a mixed
breed puppy (Willie) and her cats (Daisy, Bella, Kitty Sue, Sweetie, Beekman, Seth and Milo), 3 Guinea pigs (Fluffy, Pumpkin, PiggieBeast) and goldfish (Prince and Pablo Sandoval) and pond snails.
i was wondering if a black
labrador breeds with a
yellow labrador and a
yellow lab pupy comes out, does the puppy have a chance of having a black puppy, because of the black parent?
Very reputable breeders of
Labrador Retrievers sometimes produce these gorgeous puppies who are every bit as pure
bred as their Chocolate,
Yellow and Black litter - mates.