Comments on: Brindle and Black and Tan Labrador Retrievers

By: William Stratton and the brindle retriever « The Retriever, Dog, & Wildlife Blog

Sat, 31 Dec 2011 03:14:12 +0000

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By: Brindle Labrador Retrievers

Brindle Labrador Retrievers — Thu, 02 Jun 2011 18:28:25 +0000

[...] Brindle and Black and Tan Labrador Retrievers [...]

By: Peggy Shay

Peggy Shay — Sat, 23 Jan 2010 13:09:08 +0000

Sorry it’s been so long since you asked your question. Yes, you are right. It is a Gordon Setter not a Morgan Setter. Early dimensia I guess. Anyway, these “mismarks” as they refer to them are beautiful dogs and definitely purebreds.

By: Bridget

Bridget — Fri, 18 Sep 2009 14:41:54 +0000

Dear Peggy,

Thank u for writing about the amazing Sir Hershley, Haven’t heard about him till now. Here in Europe I think we don’t have anything like him.

You tell that the brindiling comes from a Morgan Setter. Now, I didn’t find any pic or defining about the breed in the net. Or, do you mean the black-and-tan-colourer Gordon Setter?

By: Peggy Shay

Peggy Shay — Fri, 28 Aug 2009 13:44:04 +0000

Kristen, Just saw your comment and looked at your doggie pics. Could definitely be a purebred lab. Your dog has very similar coloring to Maia. The pics above include one of my babies, Tora, that traveled to Denver to be with her cousin, Maia. They are both decendents of a 5 time world champion pointer retriever, Sir Hershey of Surrey. I personally believe that is the line with the brindling in it. From the research I have done, the story goes that back in the 1800′s they mixed a lab with a Morgan Setter to develop a pointing, retreiver dog. This is where the brindling comes from. It only occurs with two blood combinations. They are just great dogs aren’t they. Sorry for the late comment. I’ve been busy with our latest litter which includes 2 pups with brindling.

By: Lori Cross

Lori Cross — Wed, 20 May 2009 02:36:47 +0000

on 5/5/09 we had a litter of 9 puppies of which 7 are chocolate and two are chocolate with tan on their chest, face, paws, and under their tale. Are these Brindle puppies?

By: Colby

Colby — Mon, 18 May 2009 18:47:54 +0000

@Kristen, I’m sorry I can’t see the picture in the link you posted. It gives me a “Content is currently unavailable” error.

By: kristen

kristen — Mon, 18 May 2009 00:46:55 +0000

i just got a puppy and the rescue i got her from doesn’t know about her origin.. could be rottie or lab or both. any ideas?
http://www.facebook.com/photo......=680286521

By: Sarah Hamilton

Sarah Hamilton — Fri, 27 Mar 2009 02:07:42 +0000

I just saw a picture of a black and tan pup in a book about labs yesterday. I also saw a couple of pups that were very, very red in color. When my yellow lab whelped two years ago, I remember being shocked as she had two black, two yellow, then a Rotti, then a red pup! I sold the “Rotti” and the red pup as “cross-breds” for $200 less a piece! I thought somehow my bitch had been bred by a Rotti, but apparantly it wasn’t a mixed litter after all. She was bred to a black! Somebody got a deal on a couple of nice pups!

By: Marie Newham. Australia.

Marie Newham. Australia. — Sun, 22 Mar 2009 06:34:23 +0000

I was very interested in seeing the photos of the Black and Tan Labrador. Our boy, Tyson, is also a Black and Tan, aged 11 years and an absolute joy. Everyone thinks he is a Lab/Rotweiller cross, and they are quite surprised when we tell them his parents were both Black Labs. If we dipped him in a bucket of black paint there wouldn’t be any queries at all about his breeding.

Marie Newham, Pakenham, Victoria, Australia.