want a yellow lab

**dukedogsmom** · 02-04-2007, 10:56 AM

I didn't realise they were high energy dogs. No wonder Dasher has been so frustrated. Labs are a great breed. They've been my favorite for a long time.

**theterrierman** · 02-04-2007, 04:46 PM

My neighbours have a UKC yellow lab, and every fall and spring, look out! If you stand downwind from that dog in late october, you'd swear you just bear hugged a Malamute. TONS of hair during the shedding season, and it does shed moderately year-round. By contrast, my other neighbours have a lab MIX, and it sheds moderately twice a year.

**xcolbi** · 02-04-2007, 04:50 PM

I've got a Lab/Border Collie mix who sheds like crazy! I find hairs everywhere, even in my food

I've got a friend though who has a purebred Lab. I think that's the most I've seen ANY dog shed! It was crazy. I was petting her back and my hand was coated in hairs.

**cyber-sibes** · 02-04-2007, 04:54 PM

I hear they shed more than huskies do...Now that's saying something!
All the lab/lab mixes I see at the dogpark seem like very loving dogs. A trainer I went to did say that they have a very long "puppyhood". I'm sure lab owners here will fill you in!

**luvofallhorses** · 02-04-2007, 05:13 PM

Originally Posted by cyber-sibes

I hear they shed more than huskies do...Now that's saying something!
All the lab/lab mixes I see at the dogpark seem like very loving dogs. A trainer I went to did say that they have a very long "puppyhood". I'm sure lab owners here will fill you in!

I do think huskies shed more than labs. I have met a few that have came through the shelter where I volunteer and they would shed like crazy. I love their coats and the breed of course.

Huskies are awesome, just not for me.