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Lab colors and personalities #4538658 09/04/13 05:17 PM
Joined: Oct 2012 Posts: 65 Calvert, Texas L Lildude91 OP Outdoorsman
OP Lildude91 Outdoorsman L Joined: Oct 2012 Posts: 65 Calvert, Texas	Do y'all think that the color of your lab has to do with their personalities and willingness to learn and their behavior? If it flys it dies

Re: Lab colors and personalities [Re: Lildude91] #4538665 09/04/13 05:20 PM
Joined: Aug 2012 Posts: 412 Kempner, TX J JakeJJ Bird Dog
JakeJJ Bird Dog J Joined: Aug 2012 Posts: 412 Kempner, TX	No We interrupt this marriage for hunting season. USAF 07-Present OIF 09-10 OSS 14

Re: Lab colors and personalities [Re: Lildude91] #4538669 09/04/13 05:21 PM
Joined: Feb 2012 Posts: 3,811 Humble, Tx T Trout-killer Extreme Tracker
Trout-killer Extreme Tracker T Joined: Feb 2012 Posts: 3,811 Humble, Tx	Yup. Labs are just like mood rings

Re: Lab colors and personalities [Re: JakeJJ] #4538679 09/04/13 05:22 PM
Joined: Aug 2012 Posts: 412 Kempner, TX J JakeJJ Bird Dog
JakeJJ Bird Dog J Joined: Aug 2012 Posts: 412 Kempner, TX	I've had chocolates that we great and chocolates that were stubborn as hell. I've had yellows, blacks, and chocolates and each personality/ability to learn is solely dependent on that dog, and on bloodline. We interrupt this marriage for hunting season. USAF 07-Present OIF 09-10 OSS 14

Re: Lab colors and personalities [Re: JakeJJ] #4538686 09/04/13 05:24 PM
Joined: Dec 2007 Posts: 2,843 I ishootspoonies Veteran Tracker
ishootspoonies Veteran Tracker I Joined: Dec 2007 Posts: 2,843	Color has nothing to do with it. Except yellow. They are smarter. Originally Posted By: RoosterCogburn13 I like spoonie, his humor is dryer than my duck lease.

Re: Lab colors and personalities [Re: ishootspoonies] #4538709 09/04/13 05:30 PM
Joined: Feb 2012 Posts: 3,811 Humble, Tx T Trout-killer Extreme Tracker
Trout-killer Extreme Tracker T Joined: Feb 2012 Posts: 3,811 Humble, Tx	Originally Posted By: ishootspoonies Color has nothing to do with it. Except yellow. They are smarter. To bad yours is more of a light cream bright white. Edit: Just looked back at some old pics Last edited by Trout-killer; 09/04/13 05:33 PM.

Re: Lab colors and personalities [Re: Trout-killer] #4538728 09/04/13 05:36 PM
Joined: Sep 2010 Posts: 329 Texas D Double-R Bird Dog
Double-R Bird Dog D Joined: Sep 2010 Posts: 329 Texas	color has nothing to do with it. seen all colors hard headed / hyper, seen males and females hard headed / hyper. It doesn't matter at all. depends on combination of bloodline, individual dog, and how he or she was raised/ trained. -No Here- Rope em' up Retrievers

Re: Lab colors and personalities [Re: Double-R] #4538868 09/04/13 06:16 PM
Joined: Jan 2011 Posts: 3,069 Grayson County, TX MDMORROW Veteran Tracker
MDMORROW Veteran Tracker Joined: Jan 2011 Posts: 3,069 Grayson County, TX	Be happy with whatever color, search for personality traits first. I wanted a chocolate but wound up with a yellow. I'm glad that I didn't pass on her over color because she's awesome. Yellow does show mud easier though.

Re: Lab colors and personalities [Re: MDMORROW] #4538904 09/04/13 06:30 PM
Joined: Nov 2007 Posts: 5,958 The Great State L LarryCopper THF Trophy Hunter
LarryCopper THF Trophy Hunter L Joined: Nov 2007 Posts: 5,958 The Great State

Re: Lab colors and personalities [Re: LarryCopper] #4539013 09/04/13 06:59 PM
Joined: Jan 2008 Posts: 5,605 Wise County L Leonardo THF Trophy Hunter
Leonardo THF Trophy Hunter L Joined: Jan 2008 Posts: 5,605 Wise County	I am going to disagree a little with the majority of responses on here. I do believe great dogs come in all colors and bad ones come in all colors as well. However there was and is a time when people were breeding for color rather than characteristics that make a good dog. I think the chocolates have mostly recovered from this but the new thing happens to be silver and fox red. They seem to be high on the priority list based on color alone. Pick your dog based on desired characteristics of a good hunting partner and everything should be fine.

Re: Lab colors and personalities [Re: LarryCopper] #4539019 09/04/13 07:01 PM
Joined: Nov 2010 Posts: 1,070 Possum Kingdom Lake O Ol_Yeller Pro Tracker
Ol_Yeller Pro Tracker O Joined: Nov 2010 Posts: 1,070 Possum Kingdom Lake	Heck ya...can't have just one ornery red head!! "Duck hunter's minds are like concrete. All mixed up and permanently set."

Re: Lab colors and personalities [Re: Ol_Yeller] #4539041 09/04/13 07:09 PM
Joined: Dec 2008 Posts: 1,164 Prosper, Texas D Duck Em' Woodie! Pro Tracker
Duck Em' Woodie! Pro Tracker D Joined: Dec 2008 Posts: 1,164 Prosper, Texas	I got a woodie! Whoo Hoo

Re: Lab colors and personalities [Re: Trout-killer] #4539070 09/04/13 07:17 PM
Joined: Dec 2007 Posts: 2,843 I ishootspoonies Veteran Tracker
ishootspoonies Veteran Tracker I Joined: Dec 2007 Posts: 2,843	Originally Posted By: Trout-killer Originally Posted By: ishootspoonies Color has nothing to do with it. Except yellow. They are smarter. To bad yours is more of a light cream bright white. Edit: Just looked back at some old pics Whiter the berry, the smarter the juice. Originally Posted By: RoosterCogburn13 I like spoonie, his humor is dryer than my duck lease.

Re: Lab colors and personalities [Re: ishootspoonies] #4539173 09/04/13 07:49 PM
Joined: Mar 2011 Posts: 1,524 Brazos and Robertson Counties,... S splash556 Pro Tracker
splash556 Pro Tracker S Joined: Mar 2011 Posts: 1,524 Brazos and Robertson Counties,...	Once you go black, you never go back. We're talking Labs here, right?

Re: Lab colors and personalities [Re: splash556] #4539181 09/04/13 07:51 PM
Joined: Mar 2010 Posts: 3,122 Ft. Worth, Texas H huck18 Veteran Tracker
huck18 Veteran Tracker H Joined: Mar 2010 Posts: 3,122 Ft. Worth, Texas	It doesn't mean anything. Just get one with quality genetics.

Re: Lab colors and personalities [Re: Lildude91] #4539212 09/04/13 07:58 PM
Joined: Aug 2012 Posts: 421 East of Dallas C Cole P Bird Dog
Cole P Bird Dog C Joined: Aug 2012 Posts: 421 East of Dallas	Originally Posted By: Lildude91 personalities and willingness to learn and their behavior? All of these are based on the way you socialize, train, and generally how well you riase your pup. I got my pup at 8 weeks old, took her pretty much every where with me to get her around and used to people, kids, and other dogs. I also did all my pups obediance and hunting training myself (Dokkens Retreiver training book and a few DVD's) and she turned out to be an AWESOME dog that everyone loves and braggs on all the time. Last edited by Cole P; 09/04/13 08:00 PM.

Re: Lab colors and personalities [Re: Duck Em' Woodie!] #4539230 09/04/13 08:03 PM
Joined: Oct 2012 Posts: 65 Calvert, Texas L Lildude91 OP Outdoorsman
OP Lildude91 Outdoorsman L Joined: Oct 2012 Posts: 65 Calvert, Texas	I had a conversation with a man at my local feed stood and he swore up and down that yellow labs were harder to train and picked up things alot slower than blacks and chocolates and that chocolates were to high strung and can't pay attention for long periods of time, and that blacks were all around better dogs because they learned quicker, they were not as hard headed and listened to their owner better. My opinion is that they are all the same as far color I think it comes down to the breeding of the dog and how much effort you put into training your dog. I have a 14 week old chocolate and she is doing extremely well in my mind with what I have tried to teach her. If it flys it dies

Re: Lab colors and personalities [Re: Cole P] #4539235 09/04/13 08:05 PM
Joined: Jan 2012 Posts: 4,753 Boise, ID Nathan Nelson Extreme Tracker
Nathan Nelson Extreme Tracker Joined: Jan 2012 Posts: 4,753 Boise, ID	Love my Red but he is high energy....

Re: Lab colors and personalities [Re: Lildude91] #4539424 09/04/13 09:16 PM
Joined: May 2006 Posts: 6,262 DALLAS TEXAS R RICK O'SHAY THF Trophy Hunter
RICK O'SHAY THF Trophy Hunter R Joined: May 2006 Posts: 6,262 DALLAS TEXAS	NO.... I had a black that was a knot head and hyper but her momma (also black) was one of the smartest and attentive dogs I've seen. DISCLAIMER ATTENTION: Your decision should NEVER be based SOLELY upon my advice, recomendation, or opinion.

Re: Lab colors and personalities [Re: Nathan Nelson] #4539425 09/04/13 09:17 PM
Joined: Sep 2009 Posts: 976 Noack,Tx R rdh1 Tracker
rdh1 Tracker R Joined: Sep 2009 Posts: 976 Noack,Tx	Yellow is my pick all 3 from different litters no papers on any of them Buck I got for $50. And he is the best Sandy for $75. She has more drive And Zeva for $0 she is 1 � old and on her first solo Monday afternoon she made 28 retrieves ok I am bragging Zeva,Buck & Sandy

Re: Lab colors and personalities [Re: rdh1] #4539430 09/04/13 09:19 PM
Joined: Oct 2009 Posts: 911 Henderson Texas G GigEmAggies Tracker
GigEmAggies Tracker G Joined: Oct 2009 Posts: 911 Henderson Texas	yeh color doesn't make a difference and all but............once you go black you won't go back They're not looking for one thing right....they're looking for one thing wrong.

Re: Lab colors and personalities [Re: GigEmAggies] #4539451 09/04/13 09:25 PM
Joined: Sep 2007 Posts: 5,029 Cedar Park, Texas T TexasEd THF Trophy Hunter
TexasEd THF Trophy Hunter T Joined: Sep 2007 Posts: 5,029 Cedar Park, Texas	You can get all three colors from the same litter

Re: Lab colors and personalities [Re: Lildude91] #4539557 09/04/13 09:54 PM
Joined: Mar 2010 Posts: 3,122 Ft. Worth, Texas H huck18 Veteran Tracker
huck18 Veteran Tracker H Joined: Mar 2010 Posts: 3,122 Ft. Worth, Texas	Originally Posted By: Lildude91 I had a conversation with a man at my local feed stood and he swore up and down that yellow labs were harder to train and picked up things alot slower than blacks and chocolates and that chocolates were to high strung and can't pay attention for long periods of time, and that blacks were all around better dogs because they learned quicker, they were not as hard headed and listened to their owner better. My opinion is that they are all the same as far color I think it comes down to the breeding of the dog and how much effort you put into training your dog. I have a 14 week old chocolate and she is doing extremely well in my mind with what I have tried to teach her. The guy at your feed store needs to stick to selling feed. Last edited by huck18; 09/04/13 09:55 PM.

Re: Lab colors and personalities [Re: huck18] #4539633 09/04/13 10:18 PM
Joined: Oct 2012 Posts: 65 Calvert, Texas L Lildude91 OP Outdoorsman
OP Lildude91 Outdoorsman L Joined: Oct 2012 Posts: 65 Calvert, Texas	I hunted with the guy twice last year and he does have very good black lab but it does not have to do with the color of it he sent it off to be trained If it flys it dies

Re: Lab colors and personalities [Re: Lildude91] #4539877 09/04/13 11:32 PM
Joined: Jul 2006 Posts: 14,278 Black Dog, Texas F Fooshman THF Celebrity
Fooshman THF Celebrity F Joined: Jul 2006 Posts: 14,278 Black Dog, Texas	I'll take any color...as long as it's black.

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