Growing up.....

I was looking through some pictures last night as Bailey is now 8 and a half months old....I can't believe how much he's grown. Seeing him 24/7 I forgot how tiny he once was.

Bailey @ 8 and a half weeks old


Bailey @ 8 and a half months old

 

So handsome!

 

Adorable little pup become a handsome young dog

 

Such a cutie

 

He is soooo Handsome!!!!

 

It is a shame we cannot really remember what they looked like as puppies, thank heaven for photos. He is a very handsome dog with thoughtful eyes.

 

Ahh he's lovely. Very handsome boy.

 

Bailey you are gorgeous! I am really warming to red fox labs, they are so expressive.

 

Very handsome xx

 

I know! Molly is the same age, when do they actually stop growing?!!!

 

Thank you all - obviously I am very biased but I do think he is a very handsome boy. You are right he has a very expressive face and eyes - just wish I knew what he was planning behind those eyes! A head start some days would be nice!!

He is actually not a fox red lab - he is a mix with his father being chocolate and his mum yellow - however my sister's boy is a fox red lab and they are almost identical in colour - my sisters boy, Riley, is if you look closely, more ginger than my Bailey who is quite pale under his darker fur. Although interestingly they have the same pale patches in exactly the same positions including two little whirls on their back legs! Brothers from another mother me thinks!

 

Ha still wondering that one myself - although according to Bailey he will NEVER EVER EVER be too big to sit on my lap - he and I have differing view on that one . I tried explaining the other day that my lap starts at my knees and ends at my hips, not ends at my shoulders!

 

"Fox red" is just a shade of yellow. Your boy is yellow (because there are only three Labrador colours; black, chocolate and yellow) and he is the reddish shade, which is called "fox red".

So, both yours and your sister's dogs, being the same colour, are both fox red. But, technically, both actually yellow, and will be registered as such.

You don't get "mixes", in that a black and a chocolate mated doesn't give you dark chocolates, and a yellow and a black doesn't give you chocolates. Similarly, a yellow and a chocolate won't give you something between the two. Labrador colour genetics is quite interesting. Here's a chart which shows you what combinations you get from breeding any two Labradors: https://www.vetgen.com/chromagene-coat-color-a.html

 

And here is more information: http://www.thelabradorsite.com/labrador-colour/

 

Thank you @snowbunny - that will upset my sister (long running sibling rivalry there lol)