Monday 4 June 2007

CHOCOLATE LABRADOR RETRIEVER

CHOCOLATE LABRADOR CHOCOLATE LABRADOR CHOCOLATE LABRADOR
CHOCOLATE LABRADOR

The Chocolate Labrador Retriever is a retriever in the class of Sporting dogs. Chocolate Labradors have come to be one of the favorite family house pets today due to their wonderful personality, gentle disposition and loyalty.

Chocolate Labradors are descended from St John's dogs (now extinct) from Newfoundland which was settled by English fisherman as early as the 1500's. The English fisherman in Newfoundland used the chocolate labrador's predecessor, the St. John's dog, to retrieve fish that had fallen off their hooks as well to help haul in fishing lines through the water. The St. John's dogs were considered "workaholics" and enjoyed the retrieving tasks given in the fishing environment.

The Chocolate Labrador has a dense, short coat that repels water and provides great resistance to the cold and water. Labradors come in 3 colors; black, yellow and chocolate. Black is the most well known color and it is dominant in Labradors. Black was also the Labrador color commonly preferred and bred for up until more recent times. It should be noted that the colors chocolate and yellow have been noted in the original St. John's dogs from the Newfoundland. They are recessive genes and were referred to as the colour 'liver' or sometimes 'golden'.

As recessive colors the yellow and chocolate labrador pups would occasionally appear in litters throughout time. During the earlier breeding programs these 'off colors' of yellow & chocolate were often 'culled' until they were finally accepted by the British and the American Kennel Clubs and registered.

Chocolate labradors are still the rarest of the 3 labrador colours, but chocolate labradors are my personal favourite!

CHOCOLATE LABRADOR CHOCOLATE LABRADOR CHOCOLATE LABRADOR

CHOCOLATE LABRADOR

1 comment:

jaytee said...
This comment has been removed by a blog administrator.