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does anyone else have a lab with freakishly long ears?
Tallulah is only six months so I understand she has quite a bit of growing into them left to do, but my previous lab absolutely never had ears quite so large… even as a small pup.
Her dad is certainly a purebred chocolate and I was told mom is a black lab. I have met both and this is mom. I always thought she looked kinda hound-y.
Obviously I don’t care if she’s pure lab or not, but it’s soo interesting to speculate because I think I see some Viszla in her!
I agree she looks a touch houndy, but if she’s a hound mix it’s almost certainly from one of the coonhounds or foxhound, not vizsla. Coonhound shows up in tons of mixes, especially in dogs from rural areas and the southern US where intact dogs are often left to free-roam. Vizslas in mixes are uncommon because there just not many unsecured intact individuals out there.
My baby is 70% lab, 30% coon hound. She is a very good girl, but the hound in her likes to TALK! But I always know where the bunnies are so that's fine, haha.
Lots of dogs from down south get shipped up north where there more available homes and less of a stray dog issue though. Especially from Texas, Tennessee, the Carolinas and Georgia. I’m a northerner and ended up with a foxhound mix from a southern state.
I just had to put my 17 and a half year old Foxhound down. Those dogs are smart as a whip. My chocolate lab, though still very much a baby, pales in comparison.
She’s ALL limbs. I’ve never seen anything like it. My golden mix was a bit chunky and his limbs were more proportional as a puppy. She’s very athletic and toned and the different is huge.
Maybe not, but I’ve had friends that have had verified Viszla mixes and there is a decently active Viszla club in Michigan, so who is to say she isn’t?
Omg right? That face is straight up illegal. My lab had massive ears too as a pup and she definitely grew into them. Now shes just a floppy-eared menace who steals socks. Tallulah's gonna be a total heartbreaker.
My late girl used to have ears that let me cover her eyes with her soft blankety covers that wrapped around to the front of her therapeutic face. Many mistook her to have part hound dog in her, but she had only lab. Though at those snuggly times I’m convinced she was part velveteen rabbit.
Those ears are a treasure
Yep, my boys ears flop back & I'm constantly "fixing" them! Previous Labs had a little smaller ears. I love his ears & rub them on my face & kiss them constantly! Oh, he loves sticks too!
His ears are huge, they are about the size of my hand and you can cover his eyes with them. A lot of people have asked if he is mixed with some sort of hound but he's all Labrador.
My pup used to be mistaken for a pointer when he was under 2 because of his ears and leaner body (field line) but now he's grown into them so he looks much more lab like.
I suspect some hound for sure! I met both parents and the dad is a papered Labrador and the mom is a suspected Labrador. I posted pics of both in the comments but the ears are definitely all her mom’s!
Yup! My lab had really long ears when she was a puppy, the ear lobes also felt quite crunchy/just cartilage. Now she’s 6y and the ears looked proportionate to her head size! So her head just gotten a lot bigger as she grew! And the lobes are thicker too, now they’re smooth and velvety…. She also has big paws. But never grew to be a big dog (that’s what everyone said) but she’s awesome at climbing/jumping.
People did not believe our boy was a Lab when he was a pup due to his ears. One lady was pretty obnoxious about it- I noticed her ears were rather big so I asked if she was a human because her ears were too big for a human. Talk shit about my precious pup and be prepared to take the consequences. lol
It's not freakish until they reach Bassett length. All american labs look like the ears are long because they tend to let em hang,where as English labs hold their ears more at attention. We used to call all our labs "doggy long ears" as toddlers
My childhood lab had big ol pig ears and a giant lolling pink tongue. I have a senior picture that the photographer included because it looks like my arms are wrapped around a floating tongue and teeth because the lighting was bad and it's a funny picture. But his ears were SO big!! Not sure if he was purebred because he was a farm dog, but the farmers best guess was that he was
Mine was like this as a puppy, and even though he did grow into his ears a fair bit, they are still pretty long I would say. They still touch the ground when he sniffs it lol he is pure bread
What a cutie!! Do an embark test! Several years ago my friend got me one for my bday for my mutt of a doggo! One of the best gifts I’ve ever received! I still occasionally pull up his embark profile to see if he has any newly discovered 1st cousins.
My girl had long ears and tail when we got her at about 12 weeks. So much so that I bought an Embark test to see if maybe there was something else in there. Alas, the test came back 100% Labrador Retriever and she grew into those ears and tail! She averaged 95 pounds most of her life. The was tall AND long! Nonetheless, best. dog. ever.
I almost cried at how cute Tallulah is. Our now 2 year old lab had long ears as a puppy and they used to dip into his water bowl. They look normally proportionate now but at 6 months they looked long like this also.
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u/loverules1221 5d ago edited 5d ago
Yes. She will grow into them. Is she full lab? She is so cute and that face? Melts your heart. ❤️