Comments on: Finding A Good Labrador Mix Dog

By: bill

bill — Sun, 18 Oct 2009 14:37:54 +0000

I have a 10 month Dobie/Lab mix. He is a beautiful red with disticnt doberman markings and body style and behavior of a lab.

I also have a black catahoula and they are best friends.

He, Harley, always gets compliments at the dog park and he is huge although they still think they are little lap dogs (ugh)

By: Morgan

Morgan — Mon, 12 Oct 2009 20:53:02 +0000

I also have a lab/shar pei mix, and after reading the first post by Ms. Anderson, I feel compelled to share. My baby girl is almost 5, very affectionate, compassionate, playful, and loyal. She’s great with children of all ages. She’s always got kisses for us on a bad day, loves to cuddle under the sheets, & NEVER has accidents in the house, even if I’ve worked a double & haven’t been home for 15 hours. I’ve never met such a sensitive & caring, human-like animal. She is a true companion. She sleeps a lot, but has energy when it’s playtime, or time for a walk. The only time she’s shown aggression towards another dog was once when a large, aggressive puppy lunged at me, and she backed off immediately upon my command. She is a true lover of all people, listens & understands insanely well, & honestly goes out of her way to make our days a little brighter. Downfalls, she is very emotional, refuses to eat until both me & my fiancee are home & she gets depressed if one of us aren’t home for an extended period of time. She also has skin allergies, which I easily clear up with generic benodryl. I can’t imagine a life without my precious shar pei/lab mix! she was the PERFECT choice!

By: Naomi

Naomi — Thu, 08 Oct 2009 16:21:23 +0000

I am currently hand raising a shar pei black lab mix. His mother died in a car accident when he was 7 days old. He is 4 weeks only today, so I can’t speak to his personality. He and his siblings all have very stocky builds, fat heads, and small ears like shar peis although a few of them did have more pointed snouts. None of them had any wrinkles, but their fur is so soft and fuzzy. As long as I keep him fed regularly, he’s very quiet and not fussy at all. He doesn’t like to relieve himself in his bed, so it’s been fairly easy keeping everything clean.

By: Carla Anderson

Carla Anderson — Wed, 06 May 2009 04:14:49 +0000

Rainey, lab/sharpei , MY ANGEL. I recommend a lab sharpei, although they are not as common. They are very smart,a nd if you can get one with the narrow nose, and big eyes, they look very much like lbradore,,,Rainey was so so loyal and sweet, and preferred people over animals. But she would NEVER BITE. She worried about me when I was gone, and had irritable bowel. She stressed. It did not matter if it was for a day, or 4 days. She would get sad, and not digest food well. At age 9 she got a strange tumor, in her intestine, and she did not show it, until it was 4 inches long,and pressing against her intestinal wall. They removed the tumor, and washed everything out, and put drains in, with antibiotics. She was on baby food for a week,, and then chicken and rice, but after 12 days, she started to not want to eat, and then you could tell the tumor was growing again,and spread. She got peritonitis and it hurt baaad. That was it, it had spread into her lymph and in 4 days she lost a ton of wieght, and her eyes got wide with pain. She looked at me, like , “I am way too young to stop guarding you, but I am in way too much pain.”… she would not go in the car, and I got a vet to come to the house, so we could let her go to heaven on my bed with a tranquilizer, and pain meds. She was almost there anyway she was so tough. I cannot wait to be with her. She was my soulmate. I have no other family.

By: Tracy

Tracy — Thu, 26 Feb 2009 00:27:24 +0000

I don’t think the puppy will forget you. I had a friend visit from CA this past weekend and she hadn’t been here for 8 months. Roxy seemed to know who she was. Roxy didn’t jump up and down like she does for strangers, but actually curled up on the couch next to my friend, head in her lap. When I call the previous owers, who are out of state and still friends, I put the phone to Rosy’s ear and she makes small barking sounds, as if she recognizes the person’s voice.

Make sure you bond well and when you are away, send toys that you have handled.

By: Michael

Michael — Tue, 24 Feb 2009 15:27:00 +0000

This may have little to do with what you guys are talking about. Im not a breeder or anything like that. Im wondering if it would be a good idea to get a lab puppy, nows hes got a little german shepard in him. Im in the military and going overseas for about a year and wonder if he’ll know me when I get back? Or will he be attached too my Dad? Right now hes 2 months old.Thank you. Michael

By: Mike

Mike — Thu, 05 Feb 2009 22:59:32 +0000

I’ve read the four responses about lab/doberman mixes; where do I get one? They sound like great dogs/friends. Should any of you recheck your posts, can you please tell us the approximate weights? Hoping that they (or, perhaps a runt of the litter) would top out at 45 pounds; does that work? Thanks in advance for any help.

By: Tracy

Tracy — Mon, 12 Jan 2009 22:15:21 +0000

I have a 6 yr old female Lab/Dobie mix. As in an above post, she looks more like a chocolate lab, but the doberman trait shows in her face, a little. Before she was given to me, she was in training to be a dog that would assist a woman going blind. That person had another, smaller dog, trained for the same purpose and were moving out of state and couldn’t take the bigger dog- my gain.

At first, I was only going to foster Roxy until I found her a home. I have 2 siamese cats (12 and 14 yrs old) and I wasn’t sure how well Roxy would fit into the household, also, had not had a dog since I was a child. After less than a month, I knew I could never giver her up.

She is sweet, intelligent, affectionate, good with the cats and my 12 yr old daughter. She suffers being dressed up in clothing by my daughter. She has sensitive, black dense, nails, but pedi paws took most of the probems with nail clipping away. She understands regular commands as well as ones that are singular to my house, such as “Go sleep with the baby” and she goes upstairs to sleep with my daughter. She loves new toys that squeak and long walks. She isn’t picky about what food she is given and gently nudges my arm when she has to go outside to the bathroom.

She does jump on new people coming into the house, in a happy, frolicking manner, but few people have complained- most tell me to let her go when I try to stop her and stand there until the jumping stops. At 6, she still acts like a puppy.

She never chews furniture or clothing- but I can’t leave any food down, especially chocolate- or it WILL be gone.

In the summer, she has seasonal allergies, but the medication and vet visit for that is much less than routine shots. She has a benign fatty cyst on her side, but I am told that is common in many breeds.

She loves to be hugged and understands a command ‘give kisses’, lol She understands “Where is your NEW toy” and will go and retreive the newest one, not just any toy.

This is a smart mix of dog. She fits well in a home where Siamese cats- one of or even the smartest cat breed, resides. Good with children and has an engageing personality.

She is a member of the household and my friend.

By: Magda

Magda — Thu, 04 Dec 2008 02:41:18 +0000

I also have a lab doberman mix. She is very funny loving, likes to cuddle, loves walks playing outdoors is is super friendly and obietiant. She looks like a chocolate lab but thinner with doberman markings on her face. Shes the best I Love my Ginger !

By: Angela

Angela — Sun, 16 Nov 2008 04:38:43 +0000

My husband and I adopted two lab mix puppies from a rescued litter brought up from North Carolina. They are fun but can be challenging. They like to dig and have torn up our garden. We may have to fence off part of the yard if they don’t calm down by the spring. But, we have no regrets. They are affectionate and playful dogs and are keeping us young!The male looks like a small flat-coat retriever and has a beautiful silky coat. The female looks like a small lab/fox terrier. She has an amazing vertical jump and is very athletic.