FHRP Posted November 2, 2012 Share Posted November 2, 2012 You will find darker golden retrievers in working lines in Australia. This is a friends dark bitch, not a great pic but you can see her colour. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
FHRP Posted November 2, 2012 Share Posted November 2, 2012 This is a gorgeous fox red working lab imported from the UK. and another working line golden Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mixeduppup Posted November 2, 2012 Author Share Posted November 2, 2012 OMG eye candy in here! Those fox red labs are delicious! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mixeduppup Posted November 2, 2012 Author Share Posted November 2, 2012 There is a gorgeous golden here who I believe is from working lines, took these pics of her at an agility show. She is very athletic and awesome fun to watch! If I ever got a golden I would want one just like her! :) She's very lovely. I would still consider that quite light though, kinda like a light caramel. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GoldenGirl85 Posted November 2, 2012 Share Posted November 2, 2012 What were you saying about athletic DiscoDobe? My girl tops out at about 25kg...she is far from little though Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Arcane Posted November 2, 2012 Share Posted November 2, 2012 I met some Fox Red Labs at a kennel in SE Qld about 12 yrs ago. I have to say they were gorgeous. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Labradork Posted November 2, 2012 Share Posted November 2, 2012 My favourite Labrador colour is black, and I only like chocolate if it's a dark liver colour. I don't like yellow or fox red. I wish there were black Golden Retrievers, if you know what I mean. I guess there's Newfoundlands. Is there much difference between the temperament of a Lab and a Newf ?? Are Newfs just giant Labs with hair ?? :laugh: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mixeduppup Posted November 2, 2012 Author Share Posted November 2, 2012 You can get Flat Coated retrievers but they've got a bit of a different temp than goldens I think. They're quite pretty. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
emgem Posted November 2, 2012 Share Posted November 2, 2012 I live in a suburb that has a lot of GRs (and every time I think I have met them all we meet another), and all of them fit in a range between the two palest shades. What's more the darker dogs are all over eight. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ons Posted November 2, 2012 Share Posted November 2, 2012 my golden retreiver is very dark golden, beautiful colour. She is a beautiful girl but she has got white on her chest, top of the head and around the paws. My understanding is that is why the lighter ones are preferred in the show ring because white is a fault but it doesn't show up in the lighter colours. Her breeder chose the other girl in the litter for the show ring but regrets that decision - my gain though :-) (although I don't show her). My boy golden is very pale. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Odin-Genie Posted November 2, 2012 Share Posted November 2, 2012 She's very lovely. I would still consider that quite light though, kinda like a light caramel. she looks exactly like my GR. I love to see her do zoomies. But I have seen goodies much darker than her. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
becks Posted November 2, 2012 Share Posted November 2, 2012 I think the pale colours for GR is also driven by coat - the creams have a lot more coat and therefore can be trimmed into shape more and some would find them more 'showy' most pet people i talk to prefer the darker colours! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Simply Grand Posted November 2, 2012 Share Posted November 2, 2012 My favourite Labrador colour is black, and I only like chocolate if it's a dark liver colour. I don't like yellow or fox red. I wish there were black Golden Retrievers, if you know what I mean. I guess there's Newfoundlands. Is there much difference between the temperament of a Lab and a Newf ?? Are Newfs just giant Labs with hair ?? :laugh: In my limited experience, noooooo Newfs are nothin' like labs! Less drivey, less biddable, more reserved and MUCH bigger and heavier. You can probably bribe or, as a last resort, physically move a Lab or GR if necessary but good luck moving a Newf that really doesn't want to :laugh: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mixeduppup Posted November 2, 2012 Author Share Posted November 2, 2012 My favourite Labrador colour is black, and I only like chocolate if it's a dark liver colour. I don't like yellow or fox red. I wish there were black Golden Retrievers, if you know what I mean. I guess there's Newfoundlands. Is there much difference between the temperament of a Lab and a Newf ?? Are Newfs just giant Labs with hair ?? :laugh: In my limited experience, noooooo Newfs are nothin' like labs! Less drivey, less biddable, more reserved and MUCH bigger and heavier. You can probably bribe or, as a last resort, physically move a Lab or GR if necessary but good luck moving a Newf that really doesn't want to :laugh: That reminds me of when I was walking home from puppy school and was watching a lady try and wrestle/lift he St Bernard into the back of her car. Funniest thing ever, that dog was not budging. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Simply Grand Posted November 2, 2012 Share Posted November 2, 2012 Oh yeah! In my short but thoroughly enjoyable and informative career as a mobile dog washer, it became very clear tha if a Giant breed does not want to do what a human wants, there is nothing the human can do, all the dog has to do is plant itself. No one will be surprised to hear that I could see from the outset that the owners of the giants that were hard to control (namely a particular Newf and a particular Dane) didn't have authority over their dogs in general, their dogs were their 'babies'. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Labradork Posted November 2, 2012 Share Posted November 2, 2012 My favourite Labrador colour is black, and I only like chocolate if it's a dark liver colour. I don't like yellow or fox red. I wish there were black Golden Retrievers, if you know what I mean. I guess there's Newfoundlands. Is there much difference between the temperament of a Lab and a Newf ?? Are Newfs just giant Labs with hair ?? :laugh: In my limited experience, noooooo Newfs are nothin' like labs! Less drivey, less biddable, more reserved and MUCH bigger and heavier. You can probably bribe or, as a last resort, physically move a Lab or GR if necessary but good luck moving a Newf that really doesn't want to :laugh: :laugh: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chris the Rebel Wolf Posted November 2, 2012 Share Posted November 2, 2012 This is a gorgeous fox red working lab imported from the UK. WOW, Really... WOW! What a stunning colour! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mixeduppup Posted November 2, 2012 Author Share Posted November 2, 2012 if I ever win the lottery guess what's coming to live with me! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
becks Posted November 2, 2012 Share Posted November 2, 2012 if I ever win the lottery guess what's coming to live with me! me! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mixeduppup Posted November 3, 2012 Author Share Posted November 3, 2012 if I ever win the lottery guess what's coming to live with me! me! :rofl: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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