Q: black labs

Mar 22, 2009

my black lab is pure bred and she has somewhat of a wavy coat and we saw both of her parents. so you may have a pure bred. just as long as your dog is all one color, like all black without any areas of white, some labs can have smooth or wavy fur.

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Mar 22, 2009

I have seen both smooth and wavy coated labs. Like you say though, they are your babies no matter what!!

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Mar 22, 2009

yes, it is possible that you have a purebred lab because our purebred yellow lab has a very wavy coat.

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Mar 22, 2009

If it is important to you, they now do DNA tests on dogs to determine the breed(s). Figure about $100.00 for the tests.

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Mar 22, 2009

We have a blacklab/german shephard that has the longer wavy coat. So we were told he is blk lab/g.shep....he looks like another breed maybe newfy. We were at the shelter welcoming zootoo and so many people came up to me asking if he were a newfy.... I love my dog no matter what he is...but I am curious sometimes.

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Mar 22, 2009

Your dog might not be all lab. One of my friends dogs DJ isn't all Border Collie he's also a german shepard.

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Mar 22, 2009

Did you purchase the dog from a breeder of Labs? No, obviously he isn't a purebred. Dogs do take time to grow "into their skin" as you say. So long as you love him, I assume it doesn't matter what he is.

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Mar 22, 2009

post a picture so we can see
Newf pup might be a possibility

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Mar 22, 2009

The american black lab sometimes has longer hair and is thinner & has smaller bones, my sister-in-law has one I have an english one & they don't even look like the same breed

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Mar 22, 2009

My lab has longer hair around her shoulders, but it's short hair. Do you have a picture?

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