I'm a volunteer breeder caretaker with a service dog organization. The organization breeds Labs, Goldens, and Lab-Golden crosses. My breeder girl is a Lab. One of her litters was sired by a Golden. The only way you can tell they're not a full Lab is their tail. It's a bit fuller like a Golden's. (Otherwise, they look like full Labs.) The Lab-Golden crosses bred by this organization have a slightly higher success rate in becoming service dogs than do the full labs and full Goldens.

 

My assumption is that each litter looks different, but do you find that most of the Lab-Golden crosses take after the Lab or Golden?

 

This was my Golden/Lab mix. She was the best dog! K miss her every day.

 

Great looking dog! Mamba is my first golden, but definitely will not be my last.

 

Mamba is a good looking boy.

 

Mamba looks so good in his bandanna!

 

Thank you! He was just about 4 1/2 months old then. We went to the mall to take family photos and so we were very lucky to have a photographer that was so comfortable with dogs. He held treats in his hand while holding the camera and took pictures. One of my favorite pictures of Mamba!

 

I had some friends who had a Golden Black lab mix. She looked a lot like Mamba. When she was full grown her hair was long like a Golden but a beautiful shiny black. I kept her a few times when she was a puppy and we bonded for life. I really loved her but she was a wild thing way past the 2-3 year age when you expect them to settle down so keep working hard on training.

 

He picked up on potty training very quickly. I can count on one hand how many times he had an accident after we got him. We have lots of wild Turkey in our neighborhood so taking him for a walk has a bit of a learning curve for us. Trying to get down the loose leash walking, but those turkeys are just so interesting!

 

Mamba is a really beautiful boy. I love his look, the beautiful long silky black coat. I imagine that will come in more as he matures since most Golden’s coat take till 2 to fully come in.
Keep posting it will be good to see how he matures.

 

Thank you! Just this month his tail really seemed to fill in and you can start to see the feathering on it. Definitely looking forward to see how is coat will turn out.

 

Random question... is there anything going on with his eyes? Has he been checked by the vet? It could be a reflection of light, but looks like cataracts.....

 

He has been checked out by the vet, no issues with his eyes. When I zoom in I see that it is the lighting from the cell phone.

 

My friend says that the "goldador" they had was the best hunting dog ever, and best pet ever.

 

Beautiful!!

 

My daughter just got a lab-golden mix - Hazel! She is about 13 weeks and smart as a whip. I don't think I have ever seen a puppy this smart. They lady she got her from said she is 50-50%. She is soft and has furry ears, but much longer legs than our goldens did. My daughter is very anxious / excited to see what she will look like. I am just flabbergasted that this tiny pup has two adult Golden males wrapped around her little paw - they defer to her for everything! Even our Sash who has a bull in a china shop reputation is careful and sweet with her.

 

Hazel's adorable, that's so funny about her having the two Goldens wrapped around her paws.

 

Our family’s first dog was a lab-golden mix, probably 75% golden. She, too, looked like a flat coat retriever, except that her paws were a bit gold instead of pure black. We named her Eclipse, because the black was eclipsing the sunny golden, and called her Clipper for easier recall. She lived to 16, and has now been gone for 15 years, but she was the most perfect, loving family dog ever. She’s the reason I wanted a pure golden this time around.

 

 

Omg I just rescued my third and she looks exactly like your pup.

 

I am in love...

 

My Miley Moo is now 10 months!

 

My Miley Moo is now 10 months!

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He’s adorable. Looks so similar to our onyx. Love this mix!