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[Pipe_Dream]

Labs (as well as other dogs) have been known to overeat, as well as eating things they shouldn't. Our younger dog (on the left in photo) partially ingested a dead mole, which I suspect had been poisoned. He was only around 6 months old at the time, and we feared we would loose him. Vet endoscoped (sp?) his stomach -- it was full of ulcers. It took nearly a full month for recovery, and during that time he could hardly eat, and that in what should have been prime growth spurt. I believe to this day that he would have been larger than our older Lab, but for the illness. To this day we "monitor" our dogs whenever they're outside -- I don't intend to let anything like that happen again. (He STILL wants to pick up dead stuff!)

Tin, according to the "experts," there is no difference in black, yellow and chocolate except color. My wife, with 23 years of experience in the veterinary field, will tell you different. Blacks and yellows are very much alike, but she maintains chocolates are . . . well . . . stupid. BUT, one of the nicest Labs I know is a chocolate, so there you go. I put more stock in breeding and training/handling as to what kind of dog you end up with. If we lived Up North, we'd probably have gotten blacks, but like Reel said, it's hot enough in the South for a yaller dog, much less a black dog since black absorbs more heat from the sun. And as Reel also noted, it's much easier to spot dirt, ticks or fleas on a yellow Lab than a black (and easier to see them at night!).

I could go on . . . a subject near and dear to my heart . . . ::)