Hi there, Have a litter of chocolate lab puppies. 6 weeks old and one pup has 3 white toes on back foot and one other pup seems to have lighter markings coming out down front legs. Both parents were papered chocolate labs. Bitch was around other dogs while in heat but locked up and was away to get knotted, so we only ever saw mated with chocolate lab while she was staying with him for a week away from other dogs. Is this normal, or has a or should I believe another dog got too her? have sold pups pending pick up but I am unsure and don’t want it to come back to bite me. TIA
Have a look at the thread on here called MISMARKED LABS. My labs has a white flash on his chest which is quite common with fox reds. You could always get a DNA test done to put your mind at rest.
Thanks thanks, I looked at that but sounds like they need to have a white spot on there chest for that. I’ll add some pictures and see what you think. Have looked at my boy h and in the right light I think she has lighter hair on legs but not as obvious as there pups
I saw a litter of fox reds recently and they were all the same shade but the breeder was identifying them by different markings in case their collars came off. At least half of them had a little bit of white somewhere including the back of the heel/toes etc. Also two chocolate labs can produce yellow pups if they have the gene but not black so maybe the markings come from one of them having the yellow gene. I’m no expert. Just guessing really!
A friend of mine wanted to know if it is possible for two brown labradors to have puppies of all three colors (black, yellow, brown). So, they looked at your website, and according to the tables, it is not possible for two brown labradors to have puppies of other colors. Can you please explain this to me? They are being accused of cheating because their brown lab was mated with another brown lab and gave birth to puppies of all three colors.
Found this, don't know if it's correct or not. https://www.thelabradorsite.com/labrador-colors/#chocolate-crossed-chocolate
Hi Hristina, I'm afraid it's not possible for two chocolate Labs to throw a black puppy. The gene for black is dominant, which means it overrides the gene for chocolate. So if one of the parents had it, they would have been black themselves. To make black puppies you need two black parents OR one black one yellow OR one black one chocolate OR one yellow and one chocolate. Two chocolate Labs can however have yellow puppies, as the genetics work a bit differently. Hope this helps! You can find more about the genetics by following the link Mart shared above.
