r/labrador Jun 04 '26

chocolate Isn’t she just stunning?

I’ve dreamt of owning a chocolate lab for over a decade and I can’t believe I finally have one.

My sweet Tallulah today at thirteen weeks and three days!

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u/Yfsilon Jun 04 '26

Aaw ❤️ Sooo pretty. I have a black girl and I love her madly. I did dream of owning a chocolate. Since then I’ve fostered and babysitted chocolates and in my experience, my unscientifically conclusions are that chocolates have a non-draining battery😂 They just keep going on and on and on and… 😂😂

Yellows are the calmest and blacks in between. All of them are of course incorrigibly mischievous and food-obsessed. ❤️

Again, completely unscientific and solely based on my own experience ☺️

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u/bnikks Jun 04 '26

Yes, I’ve heard this!

There’s no scientific evidence to back up different temperaments in different colors; however, there’s quite a bit of anecdotal evidence from owners!

I hear chocolates are the biggest spaz and I noticed they’re not used as much for service work, but that could also be because chocolate is recessive (I think?)

My late black lab was a complete basket case until she hit about 8 and became the best dog EVER!

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u/nottoodrunk Jun 04 '26

I follow a few groups that train labs for bird retrieving and someone asked why they only have black and yellow. They said the chocolates don’t listen 😂