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Can a full blooded black lab female give birth to 7 puppies with 5 being not full blooded and 2 full blooded

my full blooded black lab got pregnant with an unknown dog. she had 7, 4 are brown with the white chest and one black with the white chest but one is chocolate with no white and the other is black with no white. so can she have had to full blooded labs and the other 5 not full blooded


Asked by Guest 729658 on Jul 5th 2009 Tagged fullblooded, notfullblooded in Mixed Breeds
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Neka

You kind of answered you own question in your 1st sentence ... "UNKNOWN DOG" means you are not sure what the sire was, so the pups are very likey NOT "full blooded labs ... Thats why they call them MIXED BREED!!!

Color doesn't mean much, what kind of dog do the puppies look like?


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Bam-Bam, CGC

There is such a thing as a dual sired litter, but unless you test, there is no way to know if those pups are full-blooded or just inherited the lab phenotype.


Bam-Bam, CGC answered on 7/5/09. Helpful? Yes/Helpful: No 1 Report this answer


Bear, Princess, Coco, & Sheba

Agreeing with Bam-Bam. A dog can successfully mate with more than one male in one heat, and a littler of half-siblings is entirely possible.

To reiterate, there is no way to know for certain that a dog is purebred when you don't know who the sire was unless you do a DNA test.


Bear, Princess, Coco, & Sheba answered on 7/5/09. Helpful? Yes/Helpful: No 0 Report this answer


CH ChekrdFlags Vegas GoGo Girl

It is possible but VERY unlikely with the scenario you gave...The only way to know for sure is DNA testing...It would be very unethical to sell any of the pups as purebred because, most likely, they are not.
Please have your dog spayed after the litter is weened...You are very irresponsible to have let her get pregnant when there are so many dogs in the world who are dying in shelters for lack of homes...Please read this:
www.woodhavenlabs.com


CH ChekrdFlags Vegas GoGo Girl answered on 7/5/09. Helpful? Yes/Helpful: No 0 Report this answer


Zack

I agree with the others - if your dog mated with two different males, one of which was a purebred lab, then yes, some of the puppies could be purebred. But since you don't know what breed the sire was, there is no way to know unless you do a DNA test. If the sire was not a purebred lab, then ALL of the puppies are mixed breed puppies - they still got half of their DNA from their father, even if his genes are not expressed in their physical appearance.

It may be more clear as the puppies get older - young puppies of many breeds look very similar, and it's not until they are 6-12 months old that you can tell what breed they are.

As the puppies grow, you may notice they have inherited other traits from their father - physical size, temperament, etc.

It works the same as with people - a baby might look "exactly" like his/her mother or father, but they still got half of their DNA from the other parent, even if you can't tell by physical appearance.


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Angel

My mom bought 2 puppies.There are 7 puppies in the litter. 2 of the puppies are Catahuola leopard dog border collie mixes and the others are all border collie. We can tell this by there color. Most leopard dogs are merle and the 2 puppies are merle. The rest are black and white. In this case, some labs can have white spots on their chest. So unless tested, you may never know unless you saw the other dog.


Angel answered on 7/6/09. Helpful? Yes/Helpful: No 0 Report this answer


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