GenSol Diagnostics in the U.S. - their prices are reasonable and they offer a lot of 1/2 price specials throughout each year where you can get...
White toes are not unusual and may go away with the adult coat. Most yellows have white in their coats. They should be registered as Limited and...
Get the DNA test done; it is not expensive and then you will know for sure. (And if you find that your dog is not pure Labrador, then notify the...
Genetics determine the size of the puppy at maturity. The largest in a litter is not necessarily the largest at maturity, it was simply a more...
This is a troublesome topic of debate. Talk to 20 Breeders and you'll likely get 10 different OPINIONs on just what betterment of the breed...
Each puppy is different and to learn how to deal with your own takes observation. When is a melt down most likely to occur and what behavior is...
There is a long coat gene. A breeder I am friends with just had a litter of five where one had a long puppy coat; the Dam and Sire were tested...
I am so sorry to hear of your sudden loss. Hugs to you.
It's hard not to compare pups..but each puppy is an individual and each litter is different. The best indication of whether your puppy is on...
Glad that it appears that all is well. Next time, you can add some cooked oatmeal to the food; the added fibre reportedly helps to digest and...
Breeders in the U.S. are learning NOT to remove the dew claws as they do indeed still have a purpose. Not only that, but studies have shown that...
Hi and congrats on the new puppy. There are several things that could be going on at only day five. Change of water....just like in humans, a...
Can we have an update? It does sound like an obstruction; our Angus swallowed our grandson's pacifier within about five minutes of his first...
It's a myth. Each puppy is first of all a product of the breeding choices of the breeder and second of all, an individual. We have a chocolate...
Hugs.
Your Dudley girl is actually a chocolate lab with a yellow coat. Her yellow coat is her phenotype(what you can see) while her genotype(what you...
Ah ha! You do have knowledge! Good for you for understanding the need to avoid the dilute gene.
If a disease required two copies of a mutated gene for the puppies to be affected, and both parents have tested with two normal genes, then no...
It is extremely difficult. I still sometimes find myself crying in the evening after everyone is asleep and I'm watching TV downstairs....
This seems to be a real issue with some of the puppies - by "this" I mean that they appear to be biting on the females in the house far more than...
