Do Chocolate Lab Puppies Have Blue Eyes

Light eyes have oftentimes been a problem for breeders of chocolate Labs who were trying to achieve dark chocolate or black eyes. Some breeders will successfully breed for dark eyes by breeding only black labs that are known producers of chocolates.

Do chocolate lab puppies have blue eyes. I have always heard that all puppies eyes are blue at birth, then change as they "grow up". I went and played with a litter of black labs this weekend and their eyes were blue (they are 4 weeks). 05-15-2006, 08:58 PM #6 The nose and paw pads of a chocolate Lab should be the same color as his coat. While the breed standard permits some fading of the nose color, actual discoloration disqualifies a dog from the show ring. As with the yellow and black Labs, a chocolate Lab's eyes can be brown. Unlike the others, hazel is a permissible eye shade for the chocolate Lab. Do Labrador puppies have blue eyes. All puppies, not just Labrador puppies, are born with blue eyes, but they can be born with pure blue eyes, or bluish eyes that have flecks of grey, green, or brown in them. A puppies eyes are closed at birth and stay closed for the first 8 to 14 days of life. It this stage they are wholly blue. ALL puppies under the age of 3-4 months old have blue eye color. An older puppy or adult chocolate lab should NOT have blue eye color - if it does, then its not a purebred dog. 2 0.. NO Labs should never have blue eyes, below is the AKC's required color for their eyes.

We have a Dudley lab pink nose yelllow hazel eyes redder coat. He is 13.5 years and diagnosed with mega esofogus last april when he turned 13. He was 100 lbs and now he is 78 lbs. We feed him special food. I am so thank ful that he is still alive and doing well. My son rescued him when he was 3 months. I have had him since he was 3. From the origins of the chocolate Lab, to finding chocolate Labrador Retriever puppies, it’s all here. And you’ll find more great info in the green box above. Throughout the history of the breed, a chocolate Labrador or two (sometimes referred to as liver Labradors) has appeared occasionally in litters of Labrador puppies Silver Lab Puppies have been produced since 1950. In the debate of Silver Lab with blue eyes, some are in favor of this breed. Whereas, quite a few are against this breed due to its authenticity. Also, people think three types of Silver Labrador Puppies including black, yellow, and chocolate. Finding the right Chocolate Lab puppy can be dog gone hard work. PuppyFind® provides a convenient and efficient means of selecting and purchasing the perfect Chocolate Lab puppy (or Chocolate Lab puppies) from the comfort of your home, 24 hours a day, 7 days a week.

If a yellow Lab has two genes that encode for chocolate then the dog will have liver (chocolate) pigment also known as a "Dudley" and this can vary from very light flesh colored on a light yellow to a dark brown on a red or dark yellow. These different combinations can arise from various breedings depending on what color the parents are AND. However, this isn’t a rule. It was only found that dogs can have blue eyes for the same reason they have white fur – AKA lack of pigment. But what happens with dogs that don’t have areas of white fur around their eyes, but still have blue eyes, such as Border Collies? How come they have blue eyes? Science has the answer. 2. Blue Eye Gene Puppies will have blue eyes, but as they age they will change from blue, to green, to brownish gold. So unless you know from the dam and sire that the puppies will be GUARANTEED to have blue eyes (which is considered a defect in choc labs), you won't be able to tell just by looking at the puppy's eyes. The number of Silver Labradors with Blue Eyes in the United States has increased significantly over the past several decades.. Despite the long-lived controversy surrounding the purity of breeding of silver labs, they're still an extremely popular dog. A lot of breeders actually specialize in breeding nothing but Silver Labrador Retrievers, and the demand for these beautiful dogs has grown.

we have new lab puppies. the black, and chocolate pups have dark eyes. the two yellow labs have blue eyes. will their eyes change to dark or do labs ever have blue eyes? also..one of the chocolate lab … read more Hi there. Thanks for the question. according to AKC breed standards, Labradors can not have green or blue eyes. Their eye color should be brown to dark brown/black or yellowish. I dont think that a dog with blue or green colored eyes could be registered pure bred. Just a bit more information - chocolates and Dudley yellows (yellows with chocolate/liver pigment) can have blue or green eyes as puppies which change to light brown/amber color when they mature. All of the dogs here that said they had blue eyes as pups fall into that category. It takes awhile to uncover puppies’ “true” eye colors, which can range from brown to amber to the rare permanent blue color. At First Sight. Puppies’ eyes are closed for the first 8 to 14 days of their lives. Their eyes only begin to reveal themselves — and slowly open after that point.