Rehoming Labradors

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Poor labradogs!
I’m really surprised at this article. I’ve had quite well broadcasted stress moments with current one but never considered giving him up!
Yet there are still litter after litter being advertised.
Bert, currently asleep on my legs whilst I have a coffee break.

 

[Prancerpoos]

Very sad. Over the last few years I have met a few nervous, scaredy labs - character traits I would never previously have associated with labs and probably not a good fit for any first time dog owners. Maybe the result of indiscriminate breeding?

 

[I'm Dun]

It was a huge lab that nearly killed my lovely kind whippet. It meant business and wasnt the first time it had done it. I think theres a lot of not so nice labs about now.

 

[CorvusCorax]

Yeah I've met some 'orrible ones around here. Although that stands to reason with any popular breed, they're not all going to be well bred/well trained and bad breeders will take advantage of their popularity as a family dog/easy seller. Also, as a rule, a breed not great at reading the PLEASE GO AWAY body language of other dogs and it is often the very friendly ones getting themselves into trouble.

 

[BallyJ]

Doesn't look great that the first lab on the news article is one of the 'new' silver ones!

My Labs are working line and are definitley more aloof! They're not keen on new people but are heavily focused on trying to please us, they are both very much my husbands dogs with me in second. My FIL has an older fashioned boundy happy go lucky type, but he would make friends with anyone and isn't the most loyal! I would rather have ours everyday of the week, they're far easier to train, BUT in the wrong hands they would've been destructive and probably verging on fear-aggressive.

 

[Pearlsacarolsinger]

My parents got a working bred Lab puppy in 1953, when they got married. There was a Lab dog that lived on one of their regular walks that used to lie in wait and jump at him from behind a garden gate. Our dog bit his tongue in the ensuing fracas on one occasion. That made him wary of other Labs forever more.
So it's not a new thing.

 

[Goldenstar]

My labs are keepers lines, fast sharp athletic types fine for me too much for some owners .
Labradors are victims of their own popularity , they are fantastic dogs but they need brain work particularly when young .
They are by far the most numerous registered breed in the UK so it not surprising they end up in rescues.
All dogs are work you get a puppy you are responsible for it learning how to be a good citizen people don’t understand Labradors are only born half trained not fully .
They can con people their desire to please means it’s easy to leave gaps in training that can catch people out .
I have had a few challenging teenagers in my time .

 

[Morwenna]

In some ways I’m not surprised, they are one of the most popular breeds so with the explosion in dog ownership over lockdowns etc. it stands to reason that a fair number of those would be Labs. As the article mentions, people seem to think they come ready trained and are not prepared for the reality of a big, bouncy, adolescent dog. And some teenage Labs are absolutely obnoxious. Add to that the number being bred for colour with no thought about temperament and I’m not surprised there is a problem. Mine is working lines and is very quirky (not just my opinion, 2 experienced trainers have also said this) and I completely underestimated how hard they can be to train but I have always had very clear boundaries about what is and isn’t acceptable in the house so not matter how much we have struggled with gundog training she has always been a pleasure to have around which makes a huge difference. I have also put a lot of time and effort into training her, as well as doing scentwork and mantrailing, which a lot of people aren’t prepared to do. They think one 6 week training course will give them a fully trained dog.

 

[Jenko109]

We have a working line lab in our agility club.

Dainty thing as far as labs go. Super quick and pops round 600 like they are cross poles.

She has actually changed my mind about Labradors and I would consider one for myself

 

[poiuytrewq]

Someone told me about an another weird colour recently, some kind of grey. Might have just meant “silver”
Our 4/3 not sure if Dug counts really were all keeper bred.
I have in the past said I’d not want to live in a normal house with Spud, that would have probably driven me a bit up the wall!
Bertie would be fine, he’s overall a calmer dog.
I’ve never come across a nasty one to be fair but as above there are so many of them there has to be some with not so great personalities.

 

[oldandgold]

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Poor labradogs!
I’m really surprised at this article. I’ve had quite well broadcasted stress moments with current one but never considered giving him up!
Yet there are still litter after litter being advertised.
Bert, currently asleep on my legs whilst I have a coffee break.

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Loving the picture of Bert, sad about the article

 

[poiuytrewq]

Loving the picture of Bert, sad about the article

Thank you!

 

[Clodagh]

I imagine there were more Labradors produced during lockdown than many other breeds as well. So far as I can make out everyone who’s bitch has a uterus had a couple of litters, when you think how many lab bitches are out there that must have meant many, many thousand.

 

[Morwenna]

I imagine there were more Labradors produced during lockdown than many other breeds as well. So far as I can make out everyone who’s bitch has a uterus had a couple of litters, when you think how many lab bitches are out there that must have meant many, many thousand.

I think a lot of “breeders” cottoned onto the popularity of two well-publicised Labradors during lockdown and saw £££

 

[Clodagh]

I think a lot of “breeders” cottoned onto the popularity of two well-publicised Labradors during lockdown and saw £££

Yes! Of course. I hadn’t thought of that.

 

[Pearlsacarolsinger]

We have had some "characters" over the years, some being harder work to keep on top of than others but they have all been lovely dogs each in their own way with super, reliable temperaments.

We rehomed a brown 'Lab' in July 2021 aged 5 months because the owner couldn't cope. I am not convinced that she is pure-bred, although all her paperwork says she is a Lab.

 

[Clodagh]

I’ve never had a difficult one, and my grandpa and mum both had and worked them. Ffee is neurotic, which can be tiring but it’s not a new thing, mum had one years ago who was the same.

 

[BallyRoanBaubles]

My lab can be a pita as he’s a nervy temp but training wise he was pretty easy and he’s lovely with me

 

[poiuytrewq]

I think a lot of “breeders” cottoned onto the popularity of two well-publicised Labradors during lockdown and saw £££

Ohh yes of course. I bought the book but just didn’t get into it at all.

 

[spacefaer]

Silver Labradors are not pure lab. They have the coat colour and the eye colour of the weimaraner. Go figure.

 

[Clodagh]

Silver Labradors are not pure lab. They have the coat colour and the eye colour of the weimaraner. Go figure.

no one actually knows that. You do get spontaneous genetic mutations that throw up new colour anomalies in all species.

 

[Goldenstar]

I think the silver exists within pure lines where it’s a genetic mutation on the chocolate , however it’s also extremely likely that unscrupulous people are attempting to breed them by crossing .

 

[Clodagh]

I think the silver exists within pure lines where it’s a genetic mutation on the chocolate , however it’s also extremely likely that unscrupulous people are attempting to breed them by crossing .

Yes, that is possible, as every silver I’ve seen has been a muddy brown colour, most unattractive. I love weim colour.

 

[poiuytrewq]

Mr P has just stomped off to work huffing how he can understand why no one wants them... Bert did the coffee table wag
Not helped by the fact we slightly over slept this morning and he only had time for a super quick cup of tea...which turned into quickly cleaning up the tea, whoops!

 

[poiuytrewq]

There didn't used to be chocolates either did there? I'm sure when we had our first it was black or yellow. The only chocolates i have personally known have been a bit nuts, all nice natures just crazy, i have no idea if that's a regular thing?

 

[Errin Paddywack]

My friend grew up with what we called then a liver coloured labrador. He lived to be 17 and was a wonderful dog. This was back in the 70's, it wasn't a colour you saw very often then.

 

[teacups]

Perhaps labradors were particularly popular in that area during lockdown - and maybe that was due to easy availability? And that could mean dodgy breeding?

A few leaps of imagination there, mainly because I'm also surprised that labradors would be the one breed to end up in rescue. Up here in Yorkshire it is more rare to find that breed in rescue. Mind you, the only chocolate ones I knew were all thuggish juggernauts.

 

[Morwenna]

I think the silver exists within pure lines where it’s a genetic mutation on the chocolate , however it’s also extremely likely that unscrupulous people are attempting to breed them by crossing .

I read that silver is a dilution of chocolate (and charcoal is a dilution of black and champagne is diluted yellow). There may well have been some that arose naturally but they wouldn’t have been selected for when the colour wasn’t fashionable. There may well be other things crossed into them by breeders who wanted a better chance of getting the colour they want. The silver Lab I know looks very much like there is Staffie in its heritage somewhere. My big issue with breeding for colour like this is that they are naturally rare and so you have a very limited gene pool and so there is no thought about conformation, temperament, ability, health etc. It’s just all about the colour.

 

[poiuytrewq]

Perhaps labradors were particularly popular in that area during lockdown - and maybe that was due to easy availability? And that could mean dodgy breeding?

A few leaps of imagination there, mainly because I'm also surprised that labradors would be the one breed to end up in rescue. Up here in Yorkshire it is more rare to find that breed in rescue. Mind you, the only chocolate ones I knew were all thuggish juggernauts.

I'd have imagined that here. Its not allowed anymore but you used to be able to walk round the Blue Cross locally and every dog was a staff, lurcher or huge. I never saw a lab or a terrier (which was what i was after)

 

[Prancerpoos]

Just had a look on my local rehiring centre site and no labs, I don’t think I have ever seen any on there, but I did see an 18 year old chihuahua. The site does not say what his story is, but how very sad.