[funkyfish]

I'd name my next dog Sennen or Zennor, two of my fav Cornish beaches.

[deepinthewoods]

i suppose 'porthcurno' is a bit long....

[Rosemary]

So what is it?

[Sharnoak]

How about 'Farley'? Those rusks are a sort of golden colour, from memory?!

[kaz]

We named him plain ordinary Jake in the end. He has a beautiful retriever nature without a nasty bone in his body and is a real nice addition to the family.Will post a picture later. 

[princesspiggy]

thats a good name. i rem my aunties dog - digger!

[kaz]

Jake is now 4 months old and fast catching up with the girls.

[Sandy]

Love retrievers, such nice dogs and wonderful pets!! 

[kaz]

I love labs as well. My first dog after we married was a beautiful red fox (not then a designer colour) lab. He went everywhere with me and when our son was born guarded him with his life.He died when he was 13 curled up in his bed and didnot suffer one day of illness all his life.
I told my son several years ago to start saving as that was what I wanted for my 60th birthday. Just got to wait for that day to arrive to see if it materialises.

[Sandy]

We have 4 labs and would have loads more as they are so easy and loving...my 60th is comming very soon and another choc lab would be ideal

[kaz]

Give a few discreet hints here and there. It might work.

[Sandy]

Me and hubby both want another choc Lab so thats OK, just hope that next litter from our chocolate female will produce at least one, the last litter from her were all black!!!!

[doganjo]

Chocolate should not be mated with Yellow otherwise pink nosed yellow dudleys can be born, but with another chocolate or a black is fine; the colour of the resultant puppies depends upon the genes carried by both parents, not necessarily the colours that the parents are.  So in a  choc to choc mating you could get any combination depending on what is behind the parents - and not necessarily in the immediately previous generation
Chocolate is not dominant and there does not need to be a black parent to produce black puppies.
Colour genetics in any dog is a complicated issue which can be investigated prior to mating.

 

[Sandy]

We have a choc sire ready who has similar choc pedigree to ours and has the same grt grt grand parents......they were choc too !!!!! We have it sorted and have spoke to some one about it and yes, it is complex indeed, chances are she will have 1 choc and it will be a male...and we are booked in for gun dog training with Charlie now too..yippppeeeeeee!!

[doganjo]

Brilliant - you'll have great fun, he's an excellent teacher!  Very patient with both dogs and handlers.  Can see Steve doing gundog tests or trials yet!