Anyone knows where I can find a table with the head circumference at the labrador female from 1 month to...10 y.o. thanks p.s. I have a female labrador at 8 months and I think she have a head who is a bit small for the labrador. thanks
I don't think that such a table exists... Labradors vary a lot in size, and that is normal. Some Labradors can be quite small and some are quite big
Exactly as Rachael says. I have three Labradors, two of which are female. At ten months, my puppy's head is far larger that my three-year-old's, and that's just down to her breeding being different. Do you have any pictures of your puppy? What is her name?
Are you sure? Because I was with my Sasha at a canine exhibition (I don't know if it's the right words) and 1 referee wrote in the arbitration card that Sasha have a beautiful head and another wrote that she have a small head. That the reason why I'm looking for a chart with the minimum and maximum values of head circumferinces for female labrador on the different periods. I will post a pictures with my Sasha.
Judging is very subjective. You need to look at the breed standard in the country you are showing her. In the UK, the breed standard doesn't define any sizes for the dog's head, it just says, about head and skull: "Skull broad with defined stop; clean-cut without fleshy cheeks. Jaws of medium length, powerful not snipy. Nose wide, nostrils well developed." (https://www.thekennelclub.org.uk/services/public/breed/standard.aspx?id=2048) So, as you can see, it says it must be, "broad", but one judge's idea of that may not correspond with another's. From your pictures, she looks like a lovely girl with a very feminine head. Some judges prefer even bitches to look rather masculine. That's why one judge might give a dog a CC and another may not even place the same dog. It's very tough
Hi @Serbu Flaviu George , just to say, your Sasha looks stunningly beautiful. I'm not an expert, just a Labrador pet owner, but I do think things such as head size are down to individual preferences.
Sasha will thank you and kiss you all for your laudatory appraisals. I have received Sasha from friends and I do not know their parents (so I do not have a certificate of origin). I would like to make one, in Romania it is called a type C certificate. Thats the reason why I was with my Sasha at exhibition. I do not want to sterilize it, but I want that Sasha follow her natural course like any female. But for this I need to obtain that certificate.
Heh, "like any female", maybe not.... definitely not this female This article is worth having a read, which presents both sides of the argument for and against breeding from your bitch: https://www.thelabradorsite.com/labrador-breeding-should-you-let-your-dog-have-puppies/ If you do decide to go ahead with breeding, it is imperative that you have all the necessary health checks done; especially, but not limited to, elbow and hip x-rays and eye checks. These tests should also be done on the sire, and you should be very fussy about who that sire is. The cost of these tests is not insignificant, but you should not consider breeding without them. You should also make sure you have plans of what to do with the puppies in the event that you can't sell them all. Do you have the space, time and resources to keep them yourself?
She is a very pretty dog indeed , reminding me so much of my old Labrador girl Tess , she really is beautiful x
She's a beautiful dog. She has a lovely head. Agree 100% that there are so many things to think very hard about before breeding from any dog...no matter how attractive they are.
