I'm thinking about breeding labrador retreivers and have a couple questions about colors...?

Question

If I breed a chocolate lab with a black what are the odds of getting chocolate puppies? Also if I breed a yellow and a black lab could some of the puppies be chocolate? Thanks for any input.

First off you have to start somewhere. Second of all who says I'm not going to be researching this for a couple years first? Don't answer if you don't have enough sense to just stick to facts.

Thanks for all the helpful information. I agree this is just a silly question and answer website. However on my quest to gain more knowledge on the breed I have posted questions elsewhere and have been researching other sites. I don't feel the need to explain my life story to the world and choose to ask a simple question. I just wanted a simple answer.

Answer 1

I don't know if this would help, but I have a yellow lab and both of her parents were chocolate; the breeder has researched the genetics of all of his adults to the point that he will never have a black puppy if he continues to breed the chocolates; only yellow (more reddish) and chocate are produced by his adults. Pretty neat and he is very knowledgable. If you are interested in a color, I would find similar breeders (maybe AKC has some listed) and the Labrador Retriever Club of America and maybe Ducks Unlimited?

Answer 2

One of the first things you should ask when you are considering breeding is a question you ask yourself. Why do you want to breed Labs? You won't get an answer to this off the Internet.
After you answer that question, you evaluate your reason and decide if it is valid and good for the breed. Then you research not only breeding and good breeding stock, but also how many unwanted Labs there are in this country.
Did you know that Labs and Lab mixes are the number ONE euthanized dog in this country? Did you know there are on Petfinder right now over 17,000 homeless Labs and Lab mixes?
Now you need to ask yourself another question. What can you personally contribute to the Lab breed that will justify bringing more Labs into the world?
Unless it is something stellar, like the greatest show dog or greatest hunting dog ever born, you have no good reason to breed.

There are plenty of excellent Lab breeders already.

Edit: Therein lies your problem with this site. There is no breeding question that could ever have a simple answer. You are talking about living things.
Hello, just so you know, I am not anti-breeding-I am anti-overbreeding with no knowledge of breeding. You are pretty cold.

Answer 3

Black is a dominant coat color in most cases, so yes you can get lighter colors from a black lab mating. I am not sure if the yellow is a dilution, but I believe it is simply a dilution of the chocolate such as fawn is a dilution of brown. If so, then it is possible you would get either brown or yellow from the mating depending on if the black lab is a carrier of the recessive dilution gene or not. You may be able to research coat genetics about labs on the web. There are even "blue" labs which are gray in color too. They are more rare.

As for the other "answers". Hit the report button on them and turn them in for a rant. They didn't answer your question or even try to, they simply tried to state an anti-breeding agenda. It is against YA rules to rant in order to promote an agenda.

Answer 4

This depends on the background of both dogs.
You should go back at teh very least 3 generations better if you go back 5 or more years.
Teh color of the parents often don't say anything.Say you get a yellow that has only had yellows in the background you will more likely get all yellow but if there is other colors it can be mixed but any way you will not know until htey are born

Answer 5

Hi there! You need to do a whole lot more self-education before considering breeding a breed of dogs. Go to the Labrador Retriever parent club site (do a search on the breed and it will come up LRCA) and learn about the breed. Color is the LEAST thing to consider as there are eye problems that can lead to you having and entire litter of blind puppies. The breed also has hip and joint issues that need to be checked prior to breeding. Color genetics should be on the parent club web site. Color genetics in this breed is pretty simple as they are not bothered with pattern genetics! Please learn and have your dogs evaluated as suitable for breeding. Learn what it takes to be a good breeder before breeding. I would be happy to help in any way possible.

add: well, you are getting defensive and that is pretty telling... the first comment was pretty well right on and you took offense - if you are unaware of the very simple color genetics involved then you likely have very little knowledge regarding proper breeding. The color genetics is a simple recessive genetics and so are many of the health issues you will be dealing with - some or more complex and if you haven't been capable of knowing simple recessives, then pentrating dominants and such are likely not in your field of expertise.

Answer 6

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Answer 7

You didn't say anything in your initial question to indicate you'd be studying to learn to be a responsible breeder, so people will generally assume that you're being irresponsible as that's more likely to be the case. Don't chide us if you haven't STATED all the facts!

One of the things you failed to do that you should have already done is find a breeder who's well experienced and asked this breeder to be your mentor. This question should be asked of your mentor.

Experienced Lab breeders are much more likely to know the answer to your question than the "great unwashed of Yahoo"

Answer 8

I am just learning about breeding and researching what makes a *great* breeder vs a good or backyard breeder. Here is a great site that I turn to often for answers

www.learntobreed.com

Good Luck!

Answer 9

You should really be asking these questions to a reputable Labrador breeder, and not random people online. That way you get a knowledgeable answer, and you can have a 'mentor' for the breeding.