Chocolate Labs

Nogales AZ

Description

AKC Chocolate Labradors Pictures are in groups 3 each Chocolate Males, Chocolate Females, Chocolate + Tan Males 1 each Chocolate + Tan lab Female 10 AKC Chocolate Pups ready to go on August 10. 6 males + 4 females born June 12. Vet papers and registration will be provided. Ready to go to new homes August 10. Rehoming Fee is required. Some of the pups have the rare chocolate and tan markings. I have included Information below. Source can be emailed. Labs having Tan Points Early breeding records indicate that a Labrador puppy with tan points on the ears, muzzle, and above the eyes (as found in the Doberman and Rottweiler) would occasionally be whelped to pure-bred Labrador parents. Breeders attributed this to previous interbreeding of Labradors with Gordon Setters during the early history of the breed. Because this trait was considered undesirable as a characteristic of the breed, breeders chose not to breed individuals expressing the trait in hopes of reducing frequency of its expression in future offspring. Today, it is recognized that tan points are controlled by the "at" allele of the A locus and that it is recessive to most of the alleles found at the A locus of Labs. Because this allele is recessive, it may be passed through many generations before a breeder is aware that the allele is present. In order for the allele to be expressed, a carrier would have to be bred to another carrier of this same allele and both parents would have to be carriers of the wild-type (E+) Mc1 receptor. This explains the low frequency of expression of this trait in the current Labrador population.