Newly listed! Charlie & Lilo became parents on January 26th 2010. The puppies will be ready to go home March 14th 2010. They had four beautiful black and chocolate Lab puppies; one chocolate male, two chocolate females and one black female. The males will mature out at 75-80 lbs., the females 55-60 lbs. These puppies will get along with existing dogs or cats. Learn more >

*The picture is from the previous litter together.

To check availability or speak with a professional; call Tripper Wood @ 704-975-2726

Chocolate Labs

In the early days, black Labs with a white diamond on their chest were the most desired. (This has been mostly bred out by the Show Lab breeders). Yellow Labs were tolerated. Chocolates, however, were not. They were first suspected as a genetic mistake, and given disparaging names. The accepted practice of the day was to drown them, therefore removing them from the gene pool.
By the early 1970's, genetics had proven that chocolates were just as pure as blacks or yellows. Chocolates suddenly became one of the most desired dogs in the world. The problem was their recessive genes had nearly been eradicated after 500 years of persecution, leaving very few Labs capable of producing chocolates. Breeders, in their haste to make good with this sudden market demand, began breeding anything that was brown and had four legs, calling them "Chocolate Labs". (The Chesapeake Bay Retriever seemed to be the favored stand in.) Papers were a dime a dozen, and only as good as the breeder's word. This led to dilution of the chocolate Lab, leading to the false impression that chocolates were dumb or temperamental. A pure chocolate was as smart and well tempered as the black or yellow.