I have a 4 yr old choc. Lab who is really cute, but dumber than a box' rocks!
Man, that's the first Lab I've ever heard of that wasn't intelligent.
In my dog training classes, I've noticed that the chocolates are generally not as smart, or trainable, as the black Labs, or the yellows. That is purely an observation with no science to back it up. It makes no sense, unless there is a genetic connection between coat color and brains. Of course all of the Labs are smarter than my Goldens, but my Goldens are sweeter and more beautiful. As my dog trainer said about my sweet boy, "A pretty face will save your life and get you adopted..."
"I have a 4 yr old choc. Lab who is really cute, but dumber than a box' rocks!"
I live with an eight year old springer/lab mix, a five year old Aussie shepherd, and two one year old Choc labs. I prefer to think my "puppies" (each topping eighty-five pounds - I don't think they're purebred) are just "laid back, real far back." I love 'em though.
We have a 4-year old rescue dog who claims to be a Lab, and he has papers to supposedly prove it.
We are, however, convinced that he is a manipulative alien, posing in cute doggy body in order to be waited on hand and foot by humans.