Black Lab Border Collie Mix

If you adopt a border collie and labrador retriever mix it will take some time to learn which genes reign supreme.

Black lab border collie mix. The labrador retriever and border collie are both intelligent willing to work and energetic. Unlike smaller designer breeds such as puggles. As both of his parents have working backgrounds you could argue that the border collie lab mix is a working dog. The border collie labrador mix is a result of mating a labrador retriever with a border collie.

The most common places to see white on these dogs is the face and chest. The borador typically appears as a mix of both breeds with the black and white coat of the border collie or a predominately black lab or golden lab coloring with white markings on the face chest and feet. The combination of smarts and their happy go lucky attitude is what makes a lab border collie mix a highly positive friendly dog. This mixed dog breed is also known as border lab mix or collie lab mix or labrador collie mix or labrador retriever border collie mix or lab and collie mix.

You could also end up with a beautiful black lab border collie mix. If your borador leans more to the lab side of the family he ll probably shed quite a bit. However they channel their efforts in very different ways. If you re wondering if the border lab mix is a shedder they are but not as much.

Hair length is also similar to that of the collie but just a bit shorter. Studies conducted by the american psychological association shows that a black lab and border collie mix has the mental abilities similar to a 2 year old human. Both the labrador retriever and border collie shed throughout the year so this mixed breed is not hypoallergenic. Black lab x tri border collie puppy s 400.

Dalbeattie dumfries and galloway 400 mum is a black labrador and dad is a tri coloured border collie black and tan and white. The mother can be either breed. Most boradors have black and white markings like their border collie parent. However the amount of white fur varies greatly with some individuals being nearly black and others possessing several large white patches.

Also while labradors are often seen with a solid yellow brown or black coat the border collie lab mix takes on the distinct dual or tri coloring of the border collie. The sire and dam in this breed are interchangeable i e. She is a happy and clever dog known for her participation in a variety of activities like competitive obedience agility drug detection search and rescue main trailing and police work.