Comments on: Ranger The Brindle Labrador Retriever

By: Tom

Tom — Mon, 19 Mar 2012 14:22:50 +0000

That dog is as much of a full bred labrador as I am the Pope!!! Just the reason bad genes are getting into the PURE BRED line…

By: Janice Newton

Janice Newton — Fri, 02 Oct 2009 15:55:22 +0000

Hi Jenny,
I just love rangers face, he has those I love you eyes, as I call them. Labs seem to have love bread into them! Ranger is quite pretty and looks to be quite playful as most labs are. I really love the puppy pic.

By: Colby

Colby — Fri, 02 Oct 2009 02:20:40 +0000

@Jenny, sorry for the confusion. I changed the caption. Please let me know if anything else needs to be changed (don’t worry my feelings won’t be hurt). I appreciate the time and effort you put in to sending me information on Ranger and keeping up with the comments on the post.

By the way, I never really thought about Labs and howling, but now that it was mentioned I really can’t recall hearing any of our Labs howl.

Thanks everyone for commenting.

By: Jenny

Jenny — Fri, 02 Oct 2009 01:12:00 +0000

Hi all…nice to see some comments on Ranger’s story here. Thank you all for your kind remarks!

Bridget, as you can see from my original post, we were as surprised as you to hear that our dog turned out to be a purebred. We thought for sure that he would turn out to be some kind of large hound with some lab in him. We were wrong.

I have also noticed what you did about his ears, though to tell the truth, he tends to perk up his ears when he hears his name, and that’s how I got his attention to get a nice picture. I will have to look and see if I have a more candid shot. His normal ear position is typical of a lab’s. (The second picture from the top is more normal for him…not as perky!)

As for the howling…well, Ranger wasn’t really howling in that picture (I didn’t have the heart to correct Colby. He captioned the pictures, not me.) In reality, he was barking, and not howling. Ranger doesn’t howl at all.

Janice, I look forward to seeing your beloved Dixie. I will go over right now and take a look at her.

Again, thanks for the comments.

Regards,
Jenny

By: Janice Newton

Janice Newton — Sun, 27 Sep 2009 23:45:49 +0000

To see Dixie look her name up in the search box it is posted in here.

By: Bridget

Bridget — Thu, 17 Sep 2009 10:58:34 +0000

It’s not typilcal for a lab to howl that much (if at all), as the owner of Ranger-puppy tells the dog does. But you tell that the gene test directly says, that Ranger is a pure lab. So, maybe we just have to believe you in this case.
Still I wonder: could it be so that the brindle-gene is connected somehow with this special kind of behavior not typical for a lab?

By: Janice Newton

Janice Newton — Wed, 16 Sep 2009 19:44:58 +0000

Oh yea, Dixie is striped almost like a tiger!

By: Janice Newton

Janice Newton — Wed, 16 Sep 2009 19:41:55 +0000

I have a Brindle Lab, Her mother is dark chocolate and her father is black, and yes she is full blooded. Dixie is one of the most beautiful dogs you have ever seen. I have never seen one like her before. The brindle is not just in spots it is all over her body, just a beautiful sight to see. I am very proud to own her.

By: Bridget

Bridget — Wed, 09 Sep 2009 17:29:07 +0000

About Ranger-boy: allright with the color, if it comes from the very resessive genes… But his ears – they really are NOT the labradorian ears. They seem to be nearly half-erected.
So that’s why I don’t believe he is a pure bred.

And as you may know, one litter can have two ore even more fathers..

By: Jenny

Jenny — Wed, 06 May 2009 20:52:24 +0000

Hey Kim,

We had no idea Ranger was any kind of purebred dog when we saw him at the shelter. We just took one look at that face and we knew he was the one for us!

Over the years, I’ve often thought about purchasing a purebred dog from a reputable breeder, but every time I thought about it, I also thought about all those puppies and kittens at the shelters who had no one to care for them, and I just couldn’t do it. And so…every dog and every cat I’ve ever owned has either been a stray or an adoption, and to tell the truth, I really couldn’t be happier. They’ve all be great pets.

Thanks for your kind words, though.

Best regards,
Jenny

PS: I’m sure this is some kind of blasphemy or something, but…I think the brindle-coated labs are better looking than teh solid colored ones. I’ve always prefered dogs with markings.