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which lab color to choose

Question

I am looking to get a lab and I prefer the look of the chocolate.

I have, however, had a lot of people tell me that the chocolate labs are dumb and nowhere near as smart as the black or yellow.

Is there any truth to this and if they are is it so significant that training would be a problem?

Answer

I only have experience with our black lab Tasha, however have researched this for you. From my findings I would definately say that even though people suggest that chocolate labs are less intelligent the literature shows nothing to prove this.

I think colour bares no influence on the intelligence of a dog. Intelligence will depend on the individual dog, his genes and the training provided.

I love chocolate labs, they are so cute!!

Does anyone own a chocolate lab? We would love to hear your thoughts :)

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which lab color to choose

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Jan 06, 2010
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starstarstarstarstar 		my choc lab puppy
by: Anonymous

i just bought a choc lab, shes 8 weeks old, shes very 'chewy' but absolutly gorgeous, she loves the children, all four of them, and of course they love her, when we took her home she wasnt a bit scared, she just fitted right in, like she'd always been here, the only problem is we are stuck on names, we were going along with the chocolate theme, eg. buttons, star ( majic) etc, so far got fudge but im still unsure, def didnt want co co, 99% of choc labs are called that lol! any ideas?
Jan 11, 2010
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starstarstarstarstar 		choc lab names
by: Anonymous

We have a 5 month old choc lab and we have called him Conker !!
Jan 24, 2010
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starstarstarstarstar 		I HAVE A CHOC LAB
by: Anonymous

ALFIE IS A 12 MONTH OLD CHOC LAB AND BY NO MAENS STUPID HE LOVES COMPANY WE HAVE TWO CHILDREN AND FIND ALFIE IS VERY CAREN TOWARDS THEM IWOULD RECOMMED A CHOC LAB TO ANY ONE WHO ARE LAB LOVERS ALFIE IS ONE OF A KIND
Feb 04, 2010
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starstarstarstarstar 		crazy toffee
by: Anonymous

toffee is very hyper and chews a lot, no time for cuddles with her, but shes soooo adorable, just hoping in time she will settle to be a calm caring dog, so far shes just crazy lol, she 12 weeks and already tripled her size since we got her at 8 weeks! ive found if i make her sit on my lap and stroke her, she eventually settles a bit!
Jun 09, 2010
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starstarstarstarstar 		Have 2 chocolate labs
by: Chocolatelabcrazy!!!

I have 2 chocolate labs, one is 10 months old ( female) her names Mia and a 10 week old ( male) his names Gunner and they are extremly smart it unbelievable how intelligent they are and the are thr sweetest most loving dogs ever I wouldn't want anyother breed!!!! They are my babies!!!! :)
Nov 23, 2010
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starstarstarstar 		Choc Labs Are Not Less Intelligent
by: Marianne

I breed and own 3 choc labs. We have akc breeders and friends that have black, yellow, and choc. In the many years we have owned labs all are chocolate, I've never seen intelligent issues just by the different colors, actually my oldest female and youngest are champion bird dogs.
Apr 27, 2011
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starstarstarstarstar 		Chocolate Labs are very smart
by: Carol

We have a 2 year old chocolate lab and love her to pieces. MY brother-in-law and niece also own chocolate and yellow labs and find that all of them have no intelligence issues. Our lab is great and while I don't find her hyper she is a bundle of energy and it takes lots of playing from the whole family to give her all the exercise she needs. This is the first lab we have owned and can't believe the difference in this breed compared to all the others we have had(cocker spaniel, collie, English setter mix, collie/golden retriever). My 14 year old daughter taught her a series of tricks in just a matter of a month or two. She can speak, whisper, sit pretty, shake paws, give high five, to name a few of our favorites. She has been very easy to train and picks up what we are trying to teach after being rewarded once. She is also very sensitive and sniffles when my daughter goes away overnight. Yes, chocolate labs are just as smart as others and I believe it has more to do with the breeding than anything else. I have seen some yellow labs that weren't too smart but others that are amazing.
Oct 04, 2011
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starstarstarstar 		My Monty
by: M

i have never owned a dog before and when it was finally time for me to be able to have one fate introduced me to my Monty.
I was also told that brown labs are stupid, i can safely say that my Monty is definitely not! at 8 months old he is so very well behaved, he is the star of the puppy training classes, he is so good natured, and its a surprise to us if he barks. he makes me so happy when i see him.
quite simply, i just love him!
Nov 07, 2011
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starstarstarstarstar 		Choc lab
by: Anonymous

We have a 12 month old choc lab. This is our first lab but have a lot of experience with golden retrievers. Ali is a great dog. From our experiences we found that Ali shows no aggression towards other dogs, but does show aggression towards strangers. Apart from that, Ali appears as intelligent as our retrievers. We trust her with our children 100%. The only difference to our retrievers is the colour really.

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