Meet Our New Addition, Luka!

[Oggyflute]

Luka is a beautiful looking pup, well done.

[buttercup132]

shes so pritty and shows off the lab smile very well lol that birthmark is very cool

[Ginger's Mom]

I am so glad Nova and Luka are getting along. How did the night go? Did you get any sleep at all? Hope that things go as well as Luka and Nova get to know each other.

[pitc9]

Oh what a cutie pie!
They look like they are going to be life long play buddies!
Oh.... how cute they are together!

[IRescue452]

I want to play too! What a sweetie. Congrats! That coat and that nose look more like a chessie I think.

[anna_66]

She's adorable and they really look like they're having a great time playing together

[.sarah]

I want to play too! What a sweetie. Congrats! That coat and that nose look more like a chessie I think.

It does, except she doesn't have the harsh coat like a Chessie. It's actually against breed standard for a yellow Lab's nose and skin to be that color, so it's a little rare. It's just a chocolate Lab's color nose and it can happen if there is a chocolate dog anywhere in the dogs ancestry. Most breeders try to stay away from it. But if you breed a black to a black who both carry all colors, there will be all three colored puppies in the litter. There will most likely be a yellow with chocolate pigmentation in the litter. It's not a defect, and the dog would just have to go to a pet home. A lot of field Labs have this color nose, though, because field Labs can't be shown in conformation so the color of nose doesn't matter. A dog like this could be bred and produce all yellow puppies with a black nose if they are bred to a yellow with a black nose, because it dominates over chocolate.

Okay, I'll stop. I could go on forever about this

[IRescue452]

Yes, I hate how the show breeders only pick and choose what colours they want. Does an "ideal" colour make the dog any better, of course not, Luka is proof.

[Jadapit]

She is so beautiful! All of them look like they are having a blast. I hope everyone stays friends.

[Toby's my baby]

You are so lucky! Luka is adorable! Love the pictures too, looks like they are having fun together. You need to change your profile info though, you ahve three dogs now

[.sarah]

LOL I wasn't going to change it until we were sure we were going to keep her, but I *really* think it's going to work out. I'll go ahead and fix it and update my sig picture later.

[pnance]

congrats!

[finn's mom]

I think Luka is beautiful! Congratulations!

[.sarah]

Thanks! We had a MAJOR breakthrough tonight! Mandy and Luka got less than a foot within eachother, and we laid them down and they finally fell asleep like that. It's going MUCH better than I expected!! Nova really helped out, going back and forth between the two and loving on both of them. We kept the mood really happy and kept talking in REALLY high-pitched voices. We're still going to wait a while before they touch, but I'm SO PROUD of Mandy!!

[k9krazee]

Thanks! We had a MAJOR breakthrough tonight! Mandy and Luka got less than a foot within eachother, and we laid them down and they finally fell asleep like that. It's going MUCH better than I expected!! Nova really helped out, going back and forth between the two and loving on both of them. We kept the mood really happy and kept talking in REALLY high-pitched voices. We're still going to wait a while before they touch, but I'm SO PROUD of Mandy!!

Thats awesome!! Keep up the good work Mandy!!!