Full Grown Chocolate Lab Border Collie Mix

However since labradors are a bit bigger you may see that your canine is maybe 5 pounds heavier than a collie at most.

Full grown chocolate lab border collie mix. She is sometimes referred to as a border collie lab mix a border lab mix a collie lab mix a labrador collie mix and a lab and collie mix. The border collie lab mix stands between 16 and 19 inches tall and weighs approximately 60lbs as a fully grown adult. We were told she was about 2 years old. Dog training northern virginia.

We adopted a border collie lab mix from the shelter back in august. Since the border collie labrador mix has a body that is more similar in shape and size to a collie than a lab then you can expect the canine s weight to be similar to that of the collie as well. Ron f 54 083 views. She is amazing and full of love and energy.

As both of his parents have working backgrounds you could argue that the border collie lab mix is a working dog. She has a life expectancy of 12 to 15 years and is put in the breed groups of sporting and working with talents in guiding herding watching companionship retrieving and guarding. Both breeds usually enjoy a clean bill of health and are friendly dogs that can be easily socialized. Unlike smaller designer breeds such as puggles.

Consistent positive training and ample exercise will channel his seemingly boundless energy in a positive way. The mother can be either breed. The border collie labrador mix is a result of mating a labrador retriever with a border collie. When we took her to be spayed they told us that she couldn t be more than 8 9 months old and she had not had a heat cycle yet.

The sire and dam in this breed are interchangeable i e. If your borador leans more to the lab side of the family he ll probably shed quite a bit. If we don t keep her busy she destroys everything in site. 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.

Border collie lab mix the adventures of koda duration. If you sense your dog has the border collie s herding instincts consider letting him try his hand at herding trials. No matter which breed is dominant you ll likely have a good.