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We have our name in the hat for an upcoming litter of Lab pups. The entire litter will be yellows and fox reds. My idea of a Lab has always been a black Lab, so this pup will certainly change my perspective. I was just wondering if the folks on the Fire had any preferences as to the color of a Labrador. In all truthfulness, I have never been a big Lab fan, but this pup has me and my family pretty excited.
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I prefer chocolate because they hide so easily where I hunt.
Personality traits are not linked to color genes.
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I had a foxy red with a pink nose! Best bird dog I owned. I
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Black and Yellow! Chocolates are ok. After that they are breeding for color and a lot is lost.
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We have an 8 yr old Black female and a 4 yr old chocolate male. The black female sheds hair like crazy and stays wet for hours after swimming in the creek. The chocolate sheds very little and is almost dry after shaking off and s as 10 min walk. Black gal is by Far the smartest dog I’ve ever owned. The chocolate is the craziest. Both are excellent bird dogs in my opinion.
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Yellow is a recessive gene in labs from what I understand, but they're my favorite anyhow. Chocolates have genes even more removed from the original breeding, I believe. Hell, I don't know. I do love me some labs though.
I've hunted over the gamut of all colors including red and white, and I found no correlation between their color and their personality or hunting ability. Some are absolutely retarded and some are really smart. Most are in between. Their (non-color) genes may be the biggest factor, much like with people.
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Presently have a chocolate and black. Have had yellow. Color doesn't matter as they all have their own personalities and are loved like kids.
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I've had em all. This time I looked for a yellow and waited until I found the right litter. He just turned three but he's the best I've ever had.
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Don't know if it makes any difference to the doves or waterfowl but it seems to me a yellow would blend in to more terrain than a black from above. I've only owned blacks or yellows, four blacks two yellows. They've all had some differences in personality but were good hunters and overall typical Labs. One yellow, a $100 female with a not so great pedigree, took a little more time but by the end of her second year was as good an overall hunter as any.
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Chocolate for the win!
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43, If that was for me, thank you. Pic is of three generations of a line I've been working on. Pic taken camping after a 10 mile hike.. well 10 for me. Here's the 4th generation, and she's a killer. Will be having a litter this late spring. Dan
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It's time to get our four year old Black Lab female a companion. We went and met a breeder yesterday. She's got a litter of Yellows due next week. After losing Joe, who's my avatar, I really wanted another Yellow male. Then we had the opportunity to get a pup from a really well bred all Black litter. Growing up we had one Yellow and the rest were all Black. I don't know how I never noticed, but the black hair is much easier to deal with than the white. Maybe if I wore more white leisure suits I'd feel differently. I'm not sure what were going to do.
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longarm,
That was for your dogs. Your 4th gen. female has got the "look". I've got an 18 month black male that has that same look in it's eye, saying shoot something. It's good when you find they've got the drive and better when they get a little older and mellow out some.
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Your yellow looks like the one we lost Dec 26-2020. He's a good looking dog too. That goose he's holding appears to be still alive but he's got it under control.
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The yellow hair is wild. It's always blowing out and to me seems way worse than the other colors.
Thanks for the kind words 43. That was after about a 350 yard blind. It helped that the white goose was sitting on an open sheet of water but he did good on that one. Hes young in that pic, he's filled out a bit more. As my vet told me at the end of duck season, "he's fit and looks good but could stand to eat a bon - bon or two and it wouldn't hurt him." 😀
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I probably should run him in some hunt tests. I haven't played that game for a while but he's really good and I'm pretty sure I could title him with very little work. For some reason these days I'm just interested in hunting them and don't care about the games as much.
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I love all the Labs I've met and worked with. But for the dog's safety I prefer a color that stands out against the typical hunting terrain in the area.
So I'd prefer a black or red or choco Lab in places where the main bird hunting may be on snowy backgrounds, or in CA where the usual background is often yellowed dead grass or brown desert soil. In dark green places like the Southeast, a yellow or white Lab would be fine.
Understand that obedience is also a major safety factor, so a good learner is paramount and a more important factor overall than color, for sure. But in over sixty years of bird hunting I have seen what a shotgun does to a good dog, and ANYTHING that avoids that is desirable. If you can't see them, it makes it more likely that you or somebody else might shoot them.
(To me the PURTIEST are the yellow fellows....).
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Labs are my favorite dogs. I like yellow best but black and chocolate are fine too.
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I am getting pick of the litter on an upcoming breeding. I am going to get another yellow male. They blend in so much better in corn stalks. The sire is a half brother to my departed Trap. He's 85 pounds, and the dam is long legged and 70 lbs. We've decided on a call name of Finn.
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Best of luck splatter!!!!!
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