My mutt

[SheilaStar]

Our current position!

 

[AllenK RGV]

Our current position! View attachment 1232786

definately the "Cuddle Monster" variety! Hopefully yours doesn't have the gene mine has that makes it want to eat compost or any garbage that might shed a calorie!

 

[AllenK RGV]

Our current position! View attachment 1232786

Also, she has huge feet to grow into, so I would expect a minimum of 25-40 kilos. She doesn't have the stunted runt look at all. What a great find for your family!

Also for your sake I hope she gets to keep the white. We can't see ours at night as she runs off chasing the javalinas or jaguarundis. We call ours "Midnight" during the dark hours cause she is absolutely invisible a white patch would serve us well.

 

[Beer can]

Looks just like my chocolate lab did when he was a pup. One of the smartest easiest training pups we've ever had.
Shelters don't always know what they have. The last pup we got from a shelter was supposed to have been a boxer mastiff mix, sure doesn't look it.
Looks like a pure brindle Tennessee mountain cur and have had many people tell me the same, Lol!

 

[Beer can]

I do see your pup has some white on it's chest, pure bred labs are usually almost always solid color so maybe a sign of mix, but they can have a little white on the chest and still be pure.
Cute pup.

 

[AllenK RGV]

I do see your pup has some white on it's chest, pure bred labs are usually almost always solid color so maybe a sign of mix, but they can have a little white on the chest and still be pure.
Cute pup.

Oh yes and nobody has mentioned this yet, just in case this is news to you they are about the slowest to mature breed of dog. Expect to have a "puppy" for her first three years. However as beer can said they are hyper intelligent if you work with them and train them. Mine was a very head strong animal who resisted learning when off leash, but we worked through those issues, and now I can't even count the number of commands she can follow. She herds my chicken when I ask, investigates what I point her at, just an excellent working dog, also she got the neighbors to block their fence side from their little chiuaha pups coming over as she has our blessing to keep those coccidia monsters off my property and she takes that task very seriously. My wife wouldn't let me set her on a falcon that slammed into the house the other day and stunned itself hunting my roosters, but she would have jumped at the chance to finally get a wild bird. She is an absolute hoot to take to the beach as she runs 10 miles to my 1 walked chasing birds, and there is a very shallow freshwater lake she can run out 1 mile in near my beach which is funny to watch her trying to catch herons in as she "walks on water" trying to get to them. Photo is of her at the beach doing "her thing"!

 

[AllenK RGV]

I really liked your post as it reminded me of how much I love my ageing dog.

For me it is a shame she is 7ish and showing signs of ageing I want her to remain young and strong forever. 10 years just isn't going to be enough time for her to be with me. You are lucky to have found a young lab ours found us after the 4th of July in 2014 due to firework anxiety.

 

[Starlings and dogs]

maybe part german short haired pointer

 

[drumstick diva]

Looks like a lab to me.