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by Green eyes on 06 January 2013 - 21:01
My puppy went throught the terrible illness of Puppy Strangles and I'm unsure whether this has changed his coat or whether he was born the only one out of a litter of 10 a flatcoat
Please read my story and give me your thoughts.
www.tullowmedia.co.uk/puppystrangles. (Changed)
Please read my story and give me your thoughts.
www.tullowmedia.co.uk/puppystrangles. (Changed)
by Psycht on 06 January 2013 - 21:01
Your link does not work (at least for me). Do you mean Flatcoated Retriever?
by Green eyes on 06 January 2013 - 21:01
Sorry www.tullowmedia.co.uk/puppystrangles
by Psycht on 06 January 2013 - 21:01
The Flatcoated Retriever is a seperate breed from the Labrador Retriever. There is no such thing as purebred labradors called Flatcoat Labradors. With that said, there are "fluffy" Labradors that occasionally crop up in breedings: http://webpages.charter.net/lofgren/Fluffy.htm and http://www.chereponlabradors.com/long_coat_gene.html . It looks like your pup is out of unregistered parents. It could be that there is a non-lab in his pedigree somewhere or he is a fluffy. I would bet it is one of these two things rather than a side effect of the puppy strangles. Whatever it is, you have one cute puppy :-)
by Green eyes on 06 January 2013 - 22:01
Thank you fr the clarity :)
by Psycht on 06 January 2013 - 22:01
No problem :-) There appears to be a DNA test for the long coat gene for labradors: http://www.vetdnacenter.com/canine-long-hair-test.html
by EuroShepherd on 06 January 2013 - 23:01
strangles or any canine disease would not cause a dog to go from shorthair to longhair like your pup. He's either a longhair labrador, a true Flatcoat Retriever or he's not purebred.
by dragonfry on 06 January 2013 - 23:01
Considering that the lab has been crossed with the Newfoundland and the Golden in the past it's not a suprise to see a long coat crop up once in a blue moon.
http://www.woodhavenlabs.com/mismarks.html
They also have some weird mismarked dogs from time to time. Check out the link
http://www.woodhavenlabs.com/mismarks.html
They also have some weird mismarked dogs from time to time. Check out the link
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