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Long haired lab~ Old topic
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Posted: 11:12:38 PM 4/26/2004
Minniyar, thanks for the info from the lab club. No, we are not so ignorant as to breed Moose to a close relative with long hair just to try to get more long haired dogs. We both come from rural backgrounds and have extensive experience with both cattle and horse breeding and know that inbreeding can cause serious health problems. Besides, all of the other long-haired labs from the other litters were male - now, that would be a whole other discussion =) Moose is a gorgeous dog - both in physical appearance and in personality. He is very athletic and loves to hunt and swim. I know he is far from the standard, but I wouldn't trade him for anything.
Posted: 11:23:00 PM 4/26/2004
All of the other long coat labs are male? Wouldn't it be fascinating if this gene in labs is sex-linked? Like in cats, all calicos and turtoise cats are females? I've never heard of a gene in dogs that is sex linked, but hey, life finds a way! I only wish that everyone who had an unusual occurence when breeding dogs had the same sense of responsibility you have had! You should read the horror stories of albino dobermans =/
Posted: 11:36:25 PM 4/26/2004
I have heard and seen far too many horror stories in both dog and horse breeding. It is such a shame that people think they can play God when they really don't have a clue what they are doing. It causes an awful lot of pain and suffering for so many - animals and humans.
Posted: 11:46:07 PM 4/26/2004
yeah jen! Im glad you got on, this is a very neat site don't you think. Well i hope you have enjoyed all the input and help.
Posted: 9:29:24 AM 4/27/2004
moose is adorable.....and minniyar, not all calico's are female...it's VERY rare but some are males. ( show on Animal Planet said so:) ) maybe someday the pair that had moose will give a female longcoat pup...wouldn't that be something? and best of all they wouldn't be a mix! lol
Posted: 9:32:59 AM 4/27/2004
I have heard of male calicos, too. People charge a lot for them.
Posted: 1:51:56 PM 6/4/2005
I have just purchased a Choc. lab and was facinated by the sire. He was a regal looking Chocolate with the long hair this post talked about. I had to take pictures of him he was so beautiful!

Posted: 5:15:35 PM 6/4/2005


Most male calicos are stairle, but if you find one that isn't then they are worth a lot of money.

I don't see were the long coated lab would be to much of an intrest for people to breed.

There is all ready the flat coat retreiver. Plus the long haired Rottweiler has never caught on and they are within breed standard.

So I don't think to many people would be running out to breed or buy a long haired lab. Could be wrong people do the strangest things these days.

He is pretty though.

Posted: 5:35:13 PM 6/4/2005
Yeah I think that male calicos are actually XXY, usually that's a genomal abberation that causes the resulting animal to be sterile. Any animal, human, cat, dog, etc that carrys the Y chromosome is technically male. But in order for the calico coloring to be properly expressed, they have to have XX in their sex chromosomes.
Posted: 8:32:45 PM 6/4/2005
It looks like a lab/golden. Are the sure it a prue lab.
Posted: 9:00:07 PM 6/4/2005
It is, it's been a while but i saw the sire and dam and the pedigree too I think. Was from respectable hunting lines.
Posted: 10:01:31 AM 6/25/2005
I have a litter of 6 week old labs. The momma dog is a registered black lab and the daddy is a registered chocolate lab. I got 4 pups, all males. Two of them have short hair and are black. One is a long haired black and the other is a long haired chocolate. I have no clue as to where the long hair came from. All the pups love to play in the water and even the long hair sheds water just like regular lab hair. I plan to sell these pups but will not issue papers for the long haired ones. I will just sell them cheaper as pets.
Posted: 10:03:50 AM 6/25/2005
One more thing. I have copies of both dog's pedigrees going back for probably 10 generations on each side. Both dogs have champion hunting backgrounds, including several master hunters.
Posted: 10:18:13 AM 6/25/2005
That's really interesting, have you got pictures of the puppies, the sire and the dam? I'd think the black one will look like a heavier bodied flat-coated retriever. I find it very interesting that all the people I"ve heard of that have had the long-coat gene crop up in their lines have them from hunting lines.
Posted: 3:52:00 PM 6/25/2005
The pups are 6 weeks old. I have pictures of the sire and dam and both the long haired pups. Is there any way to post pictures here? I can email them if I have an address.

JJ
Posted: 4:16:42 PM 6/25/2005
You can post pictures to www.dogster.com or to www.photobucket.com and link them to here.
Posted: 5:10:08 PM 6/25/2005
Ok, I hope this works. I posted pictures of the two parent dogs, the litter, the chocolate pup and the black pup. http://photobucket.com/albums/b62/jjhoutex/

Hopefully it works

JJ
Posted: 5:59:35 PM 6/25/2005
They look so cute. Do you hunt with your dogs, out of curiosity? I guess it's unsurprising that there's a real longcoat gene in labs, because some labs have really short smooth coats, and some have coats that are a little longer, and some have almost wavey coats, etc.
Posted: 6:08:54 PM 6/25/2005
I have never hunted with my dog even though she has a fantastic hunting background. We got the dog with the intention of my son training her to hunt. Shortly after getting her, my husband got sick and we were unable to hunt with her. After he passed away, the dog got very attached to me. My son doesn't want to take her away from me. I bred her so my son could keep a female puppy and train her to hunt. Wouldn't you know that I got all males! So we are selling these and will try one more time since he really wants a pup from her. I do not plan to sell the long hairs with papers. I am only going to sell the short haired ones with papers.
Posted: 8:43:38 PM 6/25/2005
minniyar, with hunting dogs or anyother working people often try to sneek in a another breed to create a better line. I know it is a common thing in malinois. many that have pedigee's only remotlely resemble the dog.
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