Labrador Retriever coat Color

Coat Color Chart

• If I breed a Yellow to a Chocolate I will always get yellow & chocolate puppies?  Not always

• If I breed a Black to a chocolate I will always get blacks & Chocolate puppies? Not always

• If I breed a Black to a yellow I will always get blacks & yellow puppies? Not always

• If I breed a yellow to a yellow I will always get all yellow puppies? Not always

Why are the above statements not always true?  Because of the genotype makeup of your dog.

• Phenotype means the "look" of something.

• Genotype is what the "genes" make-up. 

Black Labrador Retrievers

• BBEE -- Black with no hidden colors (Will only produce black puppies)
• BBEe -- Black with hidden yellow (Black -- yellow factored)
• BbEE -- Black with hidden chocolate (Black -- Chocolate factored)
• BbEe -- Black with hidden yellow & chocolate (Black - yellow & Choc factored or Tri factored Black)

Yellow Labrador Retrievers

• BBee -- Yellow with hidden black (yellow -- black factored)
• Bbee -- Yellow with hidden black & choc (yellow - black & choc factored or tri factored yellow)
• bbee -- Yellow with hidden chocolate (Yellow - choc factored -- this will produce the liver nosed yellow)

Chocolate Labrador Retrievers

• bbEE -- chocolate no hidden colors
• bbEe -- chocolate with hidden yellow (chocolate - yellow factored)

Below is my Cheat Sheet on predicting color in dogs.

Coat Color Chart - pdf format