Guest guest Posted January 8, 2008 Report Share Posted January 8, 2008 my sisters black lab is bred by a guy who breeds them as bird retrievers and he breeds them big, tall and sweet. my sisters dog is just huge. there's a breeder here who cross breeds black labs with great danes, my sisters dog would have been a good choice for them because this guy is already huge. the 1/2 breeds are really sweet big dogs. i would love to have one some day. laurie > > I think that may have been the case at one time, Janet, but now it has more to do with the purpose for which the line is bred. The breeder we bought Radar from had lived in England and brought all of his breeding stock back with him. They were all field trial competitors in England. They are keen, hyper types with the flash and dash to win in field trial competition, and totally focused on doing a job. Robin, on the other hand, while he goes back to English stock several generations back, was bred for looks and disposition and is laid back. In obedience classes as a puppy, he would go to sleep if not working, while Radar would be watching the instructor while she was working another puppy, and obeying her instructions behind her back. Robin, who is less " English " has the massive head and proper otter tail so looks more stocky, but Radar is more muscular, in part because he uses himself so much more. They are the same height and almost the same weight, but Robin looks more stocky. I think that you can find blocky and stocky in English and American lines and the opposite as well. The truth is, there are more Labs registered in the United States each year than any other breed. With so many, and with so many indiscriminant backyard breeders, there are tons of types and subtypes and lots of registered dogs that only look vaguely like the breed. The amazing thing is that the nonaggressive disposition seems to predominate. Many are hyper as a border collie, but I have hardly ever encountered an aggressive one, and then it is almost always fear aggression. > My Jeb became man aggressive for a short while after the hurricane, and we never really figured it out, but it has gone away, thank goodness. Our home is a bit isolated and I love the deterrent factor of barking dogs, but do not want those barks backed up by bites. > W > Re: Re: ultimate exercise solution > > > > In a message dated 1/5/2008 7:57:17 P.M. Eastern Standard Time, spamthekat@... writes: > love labs, my sister has a huge lab, he's a big buffoon and loveable > I am certainly not a lab expert but I used to have a neighbor who had one that I was absolutely in love with. He was a beautiful coal black and not at all hyper, very sweet natured. My neighbor said he was so laid back because he was an English lab and that many of the American lines were much more leggy and hyper. Is that so ? > > Janet > > > > > > ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ > Start the year off right. Easy ways to stay in shape in the new year. > > > > > ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ > > > No virus found in this incoming message. > Checked by AVG Free Edition. > Version: 7.5.516 / Virus Database: 269.17.13/1210 - Release Date: 1/5/2008 11:46 AM > Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted January 9, 2008 Report Share Posted January 9, 2008 I'll bet that the retriever/dane cross is beautiful, Laurie. I'll admit to prefering a really large Lab. The only drawback is that I have been told by a vet that I trust, that length of life, all other things being equal, is directly tied to a dog's size. The average life span for a Dane is 8 years. For a Lab it is 12 to 14 years, with the larger ones usually living a couple of years less than the smaller ones. My oldest boy who is about 95 to 100 pounds is a rescue dog and estimated to be about 9 or 10 years old. I am nowhere near ready to give him up. I can only hope he defies the statistics by several years. He is way above the breed standard for size, which puts (if I remember correctly) the females at 60 to 75 pounds and the males at 70 to 85 pounds. Re: Re: ultimate exercise solution> > > > > love labs, my sister has a huge lab, he's a big buffoon and loveable> I am certainly not a lab expert but I used to have a neighbor whohad one that I was absolutely in love with. He was a beautiful coalblack and not at all hyper, very sweet natured. My neighbor said hewas so laid back because he was an English lab and that many of theAmerican lines were much more leggy and hyper. Is that so ?> > Janet> > > > > >----------------------------------------------------------> Start the year off right. Easy ways to stay in shape in the new year. > > > > >----------------------------------------------------------> > > No virus found in this incoming message.> Checked by AVG Free Edition. > Version: 7.5.516 / Virus Database: 269.17.13/1210 - Release Date:1/5/2008 11:46 AM> No virus found in this incoming message.Checked by AVG Free Edition. Version: 7.5.516 / Virus Database: 269.17.13/1214 - Release Date: 1/8/2008 1:38 PM Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted January 11, 2008 Report Share Posted January 11, 2008 I'll bet that the retriever/dane cross is beautiful, Laurie. Laurie, what is his purpose in crossing these two breeds? JanetStart the year off right. Easy ways to stay in shape in the new year. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted January 13, 2008 Report Share Posted January 13, 2008 they get a very friendly big dog with less health concerns and they live longer than a typical great dane. the owners were also trying to cross breed and breed back in dogs with less medical problems. they were very consciencious breeders. the weren't breeding dogs until they were older and had been screened for degenerative diseases. the dogs were so beautiful and sweet. but they were black labs crossed with Danes, not sure if i mis-wrote retrievers somewhere or if that was in reference to my sisters lab, which was bred by a man who trains them as retrievers. laurie > > > In a message dated 1/9/2008 7:57:24 A.M. Eastern Standard Time, > labtrek1941@... writes: > > I'll bet that the retriever/dane cross is beautiful, Laurie. > > > Laurie, > > what is his purpose in crossing these two breeds? > > Janet > > > > **************Start the year off right. Easy ways to stay in shape. > http://body.aol.com/fitness/winter-exercise?NCID=aolcmp00300000002489 > Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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