Find out how we get chocolate, black or yellow puppies and what color pups we might get when we mix Labradors of different colors. Labrador coat colors made simple! However the Chocolate Lab coat is known to be hard to maintain in one uniform colour. A beautiful, varied color of the Labradoodle family, chocolate Labradoodles are popular. As with any Lab, temperament and type will depend on the bloodlines of the dog regardless of color. Any help would be greatly appreciates. He is actually quite a dark chocolate lab, but his head seems to be a more "normal" chocolate and he has this very pale fleck throughout his coat! Any other color or combination of colors is a disqualification." A Chocolate Labrador Retriever can vary in color from a medium brown coat through to a very dark brown. Explanation of the inheritance of black, yellow, and chocolate coat colors in the Labrador Retriever. I recently ran across a web site regarding fox red and cream color labs. ... sumtimes its just their nature.. many dogs change theyre color when they grow.. I have 3 labs, 2 black and the baby girl is chocolate. Dad was chocolate but mum was a gorgeous two tone black /chocolate. Will silver Labs make good companions? Jonas. Since chocolate lab colors can range from a lighter brown to very dark brown (like my chocolate lab), based on whether they were from a yellow/chocolate breeding or a black/chocolate breeding I would not be too concerned. Mine does it every spring. Many chocolate labradoodle puppies change color as they mature. 0 0. Some change a little and some you wouldn’t think to call ‘chocolate’ when their coat is done changing. The AKC standard for the Labrador specifically states: "The Labrador retriever coat colors are black, yellow and chocolate. All 3 have very different situations when it comes to their coats. Here are the variations of Chocolate Labradoodles: 4 years ago. The 5yr old has a soft black coat but sheds like crazy and gets very flaky in the summer months. ... Getting ready to blow his coat is all. Strictly speaking, there are only three different types of Labrador color: black Labs, brown Labs (usually referred to as chocolate) and yellow Labs. The same can be the case for Chocolates; the color CAN change from light-to-dark until they have gained their adult coat. Her undercoat was was the chocolate so when the sun caught she changed colour. My chocolate lab is 4 months old and on his back and tail patches of his coat are changing to a lighter brown. I have tried to call the breeder but she has changed her number. The older lab now 15yrs old has a very wirey coat. I've never seen this in labs and noticed our pup's coat does it too, it's really quite stunning. Is he losing his puppy coat or is he not a purebred? All labs lose their "baby" coat and start to get their adult coat of fur. They all have a rose colored noses. Probably about 2 months ago, Bran started growing these paler hairs throughout his coat. Includes explanation of how to deduce the hidden genes for color in a given dog, how to predict the colors obtained in a breeding, and a brief summary of basic genetics. My chocolate labs hair has started changing into a much lighter, almost yellow, color in several spot around his hips. The chocolate now 1 1/2 has a soft coat but has bad allergies in the summer. However, chocolate Labradors can have skin pigmentation on their lips, nose and eye rims. Variations in colour can occur due to moulting and through sun exposure, basically this coat colour is less " set " than the Golden and Blacks. So your typical chocolate Lab is kind of chocolate all over! A lab coat of any color serves two primary purposes: (a) to save yourself from harm, and (b) to protect their underclothes. They usually come with a broad brown nose and matching brown eyes. Other professionals who utilize a lab coat apart from medical professionals and car technicians include scientists, electricians, chemists, and more. This particular breeder claims that these two colors that are in the yellow spectrum are not rare; that they're just normal varying shades of yellow.