Cross - breeding for labradors

My dog spent a short part of his life as a professional stud. If you have a black lab and it is a pure breed and the chocolate lab is a pure breed, then your are breeding labs, you are not cross breeding. If you look at the picture of my guys, the Black is the dad, the yellow is his son, the Mom was also Black. My black had 2 litters with another black, they had 13 pups each time - only 6 were black in each litter, had one chocolate between the 2 litters and the rest were yellow. BTW You obviously are not knowledgeable about breeding, so why do you want to do this? Breeding dogs can be very costly and there are many dogs in this world that do need homes. And if you are questioning my motives, my guy was a stud for a guide dog organization, he was picked over many dogs for his exceptional intelligence and personality. His son, the yellow was released due to a birth defect. My black was retired because he had bad skin.

Labrador Retrievers come in three basic colors: black, yellow (some call it golden) and chocolate. They are all considered Labrador retrievers. If you have two registered Labs, then the puppies are qualified to be registered as Labs. However, it costs to breed, to care for the mother, and to apply for the initial paperwork to register them. Judging from your post you are not very knowledgeable in the art of breeding registered dogs, so I recommend a lot of research before you even begin. From a business point of view, unregistered animals aren't worth much of anything, so verify that they are both registered with the same organization. If the dogs are from different registries (say AKC and CKC) the puppies aren't eligible for registration. Not only do you need to make sure you have the proper paperwork, but you also have to be prepared to care for the mother and a litter of hungry pups until they are 2 months old and weaned, which means approx. $50.00 per pup expense in vet fees for their six and eight week exams and shots. Can you afford to spend that much per puppy besides food for 8 or more puppies? And if they are not registered, then about all they are worth even purebred without papers is $50-$75 each, so you will lose money by breeding. Not including the expense if the female has problems giving birth and you end up spending a couple hundred dollars for emergency surgery because of a bad delivery. So please count the cost and do your research before agreeing to breed. Good luch!

i think ur husband has a very good idea.it would be interesting to to the cross-breeding. i think all u got to do is find a dog in a similar size.my friend use to have a female american bulldog and a tiny male pom, we didnt know when its happend but he manage to make the female bulldog pregnant, and the babies are cute with short furry but pom face

Thats good you looking into it. I know one problem they have when cross breading is the hip desblasha my back lab also female had hip desblasha and when she got older well not even old she was in alot of pain.

Breeding dogs can be quite costly and risky to the mother dog's health. There are millions of dogs out there who need homes already, you should think twice before purposfully filling up more of those spaces with either labs or cross-breeds (BTW, you will never make your money back by selling the cross-breeds, they are far too common). If you guys are not a professional breeders, you should not let your dog have puppies, there are too many homless animals out there already. I don't mean to be rude, but I have worked at an animal shelter before that "put down" dozens of good animals every week because there were not enough homes for them all.

I bred my chocolate lab several years ago -- it was quite a bit of work, although I really enjoyed it. Decided not to do it again, as it was also costly. Anyways, I'm not sure about cross-breeding, we bred her to a yellow lab. However I do want to warn you about the amount of work involved. Between reading up on the subject, vet visits, not to mention caring for the puppies, it can really add up. Best of luck to you though!

I wouldn't crossbreed her. It's a lot easier to sell pure bred dogs than mixed breeds.

Cross breeding is how you get different breeds of animals. if you breed your dog with a larger frame dog there could be labor problems. now on the otherhand stay with a lab and sell your pups. i hope both parents are registered and you can make some $