When you spread their fur there's black spots underneath it - are they Dalmatians?
When you spread their fur there's black spots underneath it - are they Dalmatians?
If no chip or collar...they're yours.
You might want to name them: "Chaos" and "Calamity"???
Inside dogs do well as letting you know what's around at night. They'll alert when they hear something close buy (outside).
Aw! They are SO freaking CUTE!
Are they boys, girls, or one of each?
Thanks for the ping HairOfTheDog!
Look part Lab to me. They are huge for puppies, but I have a Yorkie, lol.
Pretty dogs, enjoy!
Having said that, your pups have some of the characteristics of purebred Golden Retrievers. Goldens do come in a light blond like that, and they can have lighter shadings and some white markings. Although these characteristics are penalized in the show ring, they can appear in any litter. For show breeders, pups with very light coats and/or white markings would be considered pet quality.
What tells me that these pups are probably mixed is the shape of their ears and heads. Here is a photo of a purebred 13-week-old Golden puppy with a light coat and lighter shadings. You can easily see the differences between this pup and your two pups.
Your pups also don't have heads that closely resemble purebred Labrador Retriever puppies either. Here's a photo of a pet-quality 13-week-old female Lab puppy. Again, you can see the differences.
Your pups are clearly a mix of either Lab or Golden and something else. The "something else" may be impossible to ever know for certain.
I hope all of this info helps.
They seem to be pretty comfortable.
Consider yourself lucky it was the puppies that found you and not el chupacabra or space aliens. lol...
They’re Louisiana Chair Hounds. (Not to be confused with the Louisiana Sofa Setter.)
I know my breeds pretty well and I see Great Pyrenees in them for sure and maybe some yellow lab, but mostly Pyrenees. Go to www.westminster.org and you can read up on them. They would be awesome herding dogs, always sought after as guardian dogs too. Goat breeders love them. They are going to be very big.
Take a look at THESE puppies!
Here is my last stray ... he weighed 10 lbs. when he found me 9 months ago.
BTW, I showed my wife (whose family owned several Hungarian Kuvasz, a relative of the Great Pyrenees, growing up) this picture, and she simply said, “judging by those paws...I’m guessing they’re part Clydesdale.”
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Rear dew claws?
They look like they are gonna be huge. Maybe Great Pyranese??
“...hamburgers would be great. He said, ‘I was talking about the dogs.’”
Oh. You are SO OWNED! :-D
Well the pictures wouldn’t show by the time I got here, but I see you now own the little girls outright. Good for you!
What little I recall offhand about the Great Pyrenees: Very common for skin to be black under all that white hair. Just like Bill Clinton, they could be our first superficially white black canid presidents! On second thought, I bet they have no talent for prevarication.
For reasons unknown to me, it’s standard to NOT remove the rear dewclaws of GPs. They look pretty odd sticking out as they do, eh? I’d go ahead and remove them unless there’s a medical reason why not.
The daughter of a beloved friend of mine rescued a stray GP from a mall parking lot, then turned him over to a breed rescue. Within a week, they adopted the big fellow right back. That dog is sharp as a tack.
I love him because he has a look in his eyes that reminds me of my long-gone collie. Those eyes say, “You smell like dog and I like you, but anybody who hurts my family is gonna be in a world of pain. Just so’s you know, human.”
I hope you don’t have dark carpet. No more on that from me because you’ll learn soon enough, LOL!
Winston’s humans keep a roll of cheap paper towels handy in about every room he tends to lounge in with them. GPs are droolers. I don’t know if breeders have worked on breeding that out; the trait that distinguishes the English mastiff from the American one is that the Yankee mastiffs have a dry mouth.
Supposedly the breed was bred white to blend in with the flock and better protect them from predators. To have them grow up thinking of the flock as their pack means a minimum of petting, with the puppies growing amid the herd. But I gotta ask how can anybody not cuddle such sweet, intelligent critters? Have them indoors as much as you can stand it. They love “their pack” and want to be near you, no?
In your climate, keep them on heartworm preventative year-round. Don’t skip the months that pass for winter just to save a few bucks. It’s expensive to you and stressful to the dog to be treated for HW. (Has to be kept still to avoid throwing a sudden clot of dead worms into a blood vessel.)
Around 12 months of age you can begin to break them to hackamore and a saddle.
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Hey, now that they have their names I can see their picture in # 271! Cute. Wow, looks like the grands tuckered them right out!
Oh, with one puppy my vet advised me to always have food in the bowl so she could feed at will. When I looked askance at her, she said not to worry - the dog would learn soon enough that there’s no need to cram full if food’s always available, and it’s better for a deep-chested breed to browse all day instead of stuffing herself all at once. She was right. Even the lab who joined us later picked up on that and only grazes when she needs to. She’s not skinny but not fat either. (Lovable tho they may be, labs are slaves to their appetites.) And I don’t have to worry over stomach torsion, which is painful and fatal if not detected quickly.
Congratulations to all of you for finding each other. Keep posting pics to the doggie list as they grow!
One thing’s for certain...they are either part lab, or part golden retreiver. Possibly they have a little of both.
What isn’t clear is what is causing the pink pads, white markings on the face, and the black spots on the skin that doesn’t translate to black spots in the coat. There are so many breeds that have the white markings that it is futile to try to figure that one out. But judging that you are in a rural area, there is a good chance that the unknown blood line is from a hunting and/or hound type of dog. It could be: english pointer, fox hound, beagle, etc. the spots can come from one of the many bull type breeds. They often have black skin spots underneath the fur. English bulldog, boxer, pitbull, etc. Terriers also commonly have these hidden spots. I’m not completely sure on this, but I thing english pointers might have the hidden spots too.
So here’s my wilda$$ guess...part lab, part golden retreiver, part english pointer, and part pitbull. The lab and golden genes are the major portion of the dogs’ genetic makup, and the pointer and pitt are only slightly there.
Lab mix for sure. I just got two males that size about 2 years ago. I’m now up to 40 lbs dog food per week. This is my 4th lab or lab mix pair. They take a while to “grow up,” but they have great, happy dispositions, very strong and loyal, good with kids and good watch dogs. They’re stubborn, so a little (at least) training is advised. They should always sit on command at the very least.
I think your pups are Yellow Labs. Our has some black skin under her coat too (you can see some on her belly).
Go to Laura Ingraham's Website. She has pics of her Yellow Lab Lucy. Her Yellow Lab has 'whiteish' fur like your pups.
http://www.lauraingraham.com/site