Hybrids of dogs with a kind and sweet labrador have a special appeal. Find out what they look like and what traits they can inherit from their parents.
Features
Métis have 2 purebred parents, but are considered to be purebred. They have no passport or pedigree. One of the advantages of these pets is that they can be purchased for free. The benefits of such a dog will be no less than from its titled parents.
Hereditary diseases in most cases do not go to mestizam.
Their psyche is stable, and one can try to get the character and external data by crossing the Labrador with the appropriate types of dogs, although the results may be unexpected.
The nature of dogs
Crossing the Labrador with other breeds of dogs, it is difficult to predict what character the future pet will have. Usually such a mixture gives mestizos with good mental data and the best qualities taken from their parents.
Quite rarely, hybrids are vicious and aggressive.
- Cross with alabai. Good dog with a powerful temperament. One can not be left for long, will create a mess in the house. Inquisitive, likes to travel and learn new places.
- With mongrel. Typically, the offspring of such a union is with a stable psyche, friendly outgoing character. Dogs are active, inquisitive and tender to the owner, they have quite good guarding qualities.
- With husky. Licadors are active, funny and funny dogs, but they will never be watchmen or guards because their ancestors did not do this. They are friendly, curious and very smart. If there is more Labrador in a metisse than likes, he will be gullible and love everyone, and if on the contrary, he will get a more independent and less sociable character.
- With a shepherd dog. By mixing these breeds, you can get a livable dog with a non-aggressive character, but at the same time with protective qualities. He will be happy to play with children using his insatiable energy. The dog gets along with other pets, but the stranger will not let go from the yard, having shown his character as a defender. Labonerans are very loyal, and although they are pleased to any family member, they choose one master for themselves and listen only to his team.
With such pets you should not give up slack, they should be brought up confidently and firmly, otherwise the dog can become the owner.
- With a pit bull. Despite the fears of breeders, mestizo from these breeds are rarely aggressive, as the genes of Labrador dominate. They are friendly, active, happy to play with children. But there are rare cases when a puppy inherits the aggressiveness of a pit bull.
- With a poodle. Very intelligent, capable of dog training. They are good-natured, accommodating and responsible. Such mestizos are prepared to help people with disabilities, pets are very enthusiastic in their work and do their job well.
- With rottweiler. A mixture of these rocks today are not popular because of the unpredictability of their nature. By crossing a funny and good-natured Labrador with a tough fighting dog, you can get an active, strong, but vicious animal. Of course, it may be quite adequate dog, but it is difficult to understand the habits of a future adult animal, looking at a mischievous puppy.
- With a spaniel. Metis is friendly and overly temperamental, in games he has no equal. He likes walking in the fresh air, shows the qualities of a hunter.It's impossible to get bored with him.
- With stuff. The families of these breeds do not start a family with small children, since the fighting character of Stafford can manifest itself at any time. Some individuals do not show aggression, are playful and tender. It is difficult to predict in advance the future nature of such a pet.
- With dachshund. It turns out a wonderful short-legged Labrador with a playful clockwork. He loves children, ready to play with them tirelessly for days on end.
- With husky (labs). Metisses are friendly, strongly attached to the owner, get along well with children. Sometimes they can manifest self-will Huskies, and at the time of danger - even a formidable temper.
- With sharpei. Genes are folded differently, the dog can be indoor and good-natured, like a lapdog, or able to guard like a Shar Pei. But in any case it will be a loving and devoted dog.
Advantages and disadvantages
Labrador Retrievers are the kindest creatures. With a light hand director T. Dreyer called them "the latest angels on Earth." Metysuses obtained from such animals have many positive qualities:
- they are adequate;
- clever mind;
- they are easy to train;
- they quickly become accustomed to the new environment;
- have good immunity;
- in food unpretentious;
- They can be purchased for a small price or just get “in good hands”.
The disadvantages include the lack of documents, pedigree and the breed itself.
They are allowed to exhibitions, but never win anything. During the mating difficult to predict the future exterior and character of puppies.
Mixtures
In pursuit of breeding a new breed, breeders are purposefully engaged in crossing different types of animals. But more often such a union occurs by chance, when you have not followed the pedigree dog. In older age, it is easier to distinguish mestizo from parents.
Labradors can be crossed with any dogs: fighting Cane Corso, guard, such as Doberman, Pointing (you can take a setter).
For boxing choose a boxer in the hope of getting a bodyguard dog, or corgi, if they want to have a cute baby, but still, with optimal mixing, the animals should be of approximately one build.
- WITH alabai. The dogs of these breeds interbreed well, as they have a similar structure, so you can meet them quite often. Thick wool of mestizo needs regular combing and special shampoo.
- With the mongrel. Such mating occurs randomly, and it is impossible to predict the appearance of offspring. Half-breed sizes will get from their parents.
- WITH husky Visually, puppies can have qualities from each breed. They have a beige, brown or black color, but almost never are white, like samoyeds. They have elongated snouts with a scissor bite. Ears can stand like a husky, or hang like a Labrador, it all depends on the dominant genes. Laykodory possess a clever friendly look, able to immediately arrange themselves.
- With a sheepdog. The mixture of these breeds is very popular, as each parent gives the puppy its best qualities. Externally, the dogs also look great. Most of the Labrunians have medium-length wool with black color. Metis usually have labador hanging ears.
- With a pit bull. Pitbull rarely crossed with a Labrador: afraid to pass on the puppy gene aggression. Metis get the size and character of a Labrador, but there are exceptions.
- WITH poodle. Labradudel (kobberdog) - the most popular hybrid today. These dogs make excellent guides who endlessly love their master and help him in everything. It is believed that the poodles mestizas received hypoallergenic qualities of wool, they may contain people with allergies. Such dogs often give birth to families with children, as they become wonderful nannies. The puppy can inherit the length, color and appearance of hair from any of the parents.
- WITH rottweiler. The strong backbone of the Labrador has a certain similarity to the backbone of the Rottweiler. But puppies, which are a cross between these breeds, are not popular today.The absolute opposite of the characters of the parents makes it possible to get an unpredictable result. To bring a non-aggressive, docile hybrid, one generation of dogs must be worked through the method of crossing.
- With spaniel. Such a union gives beautiful puppies that grow in size with a Labrador. Metis have the kindest expression of the muzzle. They have mischievous eyes and hanging ears. They resemble both their parents.
- With stuff. Half-breeds, of short stature with a strong muscular physique. Staff is often guessed in the exterior of the dog, especially the location of the eyes and the shape of the forehead. But the nose is elongated, like a Labrador, and the wool is slightly longer than that of the staff.
- WITH dachshund This is a rare and amazing mixture of animals. Labrador genes dominate the exterior of mestizos, but short-haired is transmitted from dachshund.
- With husky. Labski is one of the most popular crossbreeds, she has a lot of husky appearance: a wonderful face, often blue or even multi-colored eyes, but her ears hang like a Labrador. Puppies with erect ears are less common. In Labrador mestizo take the color and shape of the body.
- WITH sharpei Breeders rarely combine sharpei with labrador. Although the half-breeds look very cute, they look like a Labrador, only with folds. Particularly attractive look muzzle decorated with flea. The size of the mestizo gets average between two breeds.
How to choose a puppy?
If there is no need to buy a purebred dog to participate in exhibitions, and just need a friend and companion, half-breed Labrador is suitable for these purposes as well as possible. People who turned to the crossbreed, most likely, want a friendly dog. The presence of 2 breeds in obtaining offspring gives an additional chance to acquire the desired qualities. But we must remember that the genes of parents affect the offspring in different ways. In any case, the puppy should be selected based on the task.
Watchdog Metis
If a family with young children needs a guard, the dog will need a friendly, with adequate character, a stable psyche and at the same time with guard qualities. In such cases, refer to mestizam Labradors and guard dogs:
- St. Bernard - this service dog can pass on the puppy's genes to the guard, rescuer, nanny and friend;
- pinscher - half-breed has the ability to be a cheerful, resilient, active watchdog with a powerful hunting instinct;
- shepherd dogs any types endowed with official and protective qualities;
- mastiff give the puppy the genes of the bodyguard, the watchman and the companion;
- Dobermans They have unsurpassed guard qualities, but along with them can be transmitted genes of aggressiveness.
Dwarf
Some owners want to have a small, almost toy dog, but most of the representatives of such breeds do not shine with intelligence, besides they often have a vicious uncontrollable temper. The ideal option is to have a puppy with the external data of a mini pet and the character of a Labrador. To solve this problem, you can buy a cross between Labrador and certain breeds.
- Spitz - very cute puppy with a flexible, but temperamental character.
- Bolonki funny, mobile and good-natured animals. If you choose dwarf rocks, can significantly reduce the growth of mestizo.
- Pekingese - half-breed can get a pretty face, the average between the built-in form of a Labrador and the flat Pekingese. The owners are lucky if the puppy acquires the character of a Labrador.
- Italian Greyhound - very clever and agile dog, which coincides with the nature of the Labrador. Metis can get reduced size and more elongated face.
In the next video you will be able to observe the abilities of half-breed Labrador in training.