I call him Roofus Goofus 
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Happy dog! So good of you to give him a chance.
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I LOVE that! He is totally goofy.
I am so glad that you are enjoying Tiger, even if he is a bit much for your old man dog. He has come so far in such a small time frame. He is trying to be a great dog.
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Tiger has so much energy I think he will always be built like he is…. Unless he gets super fat 
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Ps your dog is awesome is the other half hound ?
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Thank you! He’s the perfect little dude. No hound at all (if embark is to be trusted) - but I also assumed he was when we got him.
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Love his name! The Yorkie is a real head scracther!
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So the mother is known Lab
How do genes work? Can we assume father was half lab, half Aussie? Or can the tested dog have 75 % genes from one parent? If the father is half Lab and mother is full Lab then we can see how that’s going to really determine her looking very Lab.
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Something to keep in mind: Those genetic breed tests are not accurate by any stretch and are for entertainment value, as there are no DNA tests that can positively identify specific breeds. 
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From what I gather, “silver” in labs is a recessive dd gene. So perhaps having a sire that carried merle would allow that silver to come out.??? I have no clue, I am not experienced at all with genetics.
I have photos of the “silver” puppies, but the pictures are really bad. Its a cuddle puddle of black and gray labs and a bit out of focus and dark. But you can totally see the color differences.
Regarding Lilly’s 75-20-5 mix, parents do not equally contribute 50/50. It can be lopsided like Lilly, but like Unfforgettable stated above, Embark and these DNA tests are really just for fun.
I do know that the mother is full on, pure, papered Labrador. The women that owns her used to bred full pure labs and GSDs (not together, as a younger woman). This was an ooops litter with a male wondering around the neighborhood. When I look at Lilly, you can see that she is more heavily influenced by her Lab genes, and then she has a very collie’ish head structure.
BTW if any one wants one, she had another oops litter… just stayin… I will send you a pup. I would take a full sibling to Lilly, but DH said no.
I have done my own DNA through 23&Me and I express more genetic traits passed down from my father than my mom.
Silver is not a color found in purebred Labradors, it is a scam meant to part people from their money for a “rare” color for a dog that is not purebred Labrador. The dd gene comes from Weimaraners crossed into Labs back in the mid 1900’s. People breeding these are lying when they register them, as AKC does not have silver listed as a color for registration. The “breeders” say they are registering them as their “base color” of chocolate, which is false. The parent club to AKC, Labrador Retriever Club, has been battling this for decades. AKC just wants their money and doesn’t care.
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Thank you Unfforgettable, I am rubbish with genetics.
Any individual gets 50% of their genes (exactly) from the mother and 50% from the father.
But beyond the first generation you are dealing with random distributions, probability, and expected value.
For instance, of the (50% of the total) genes it gets from a father, the EXPECTED VALUE is that 50% of them (25% of the total) will come from the father’s father,. But it could be as much as 100% (50% of the total) or as small as 0% (0% of total).
That is why, every once in a great while, you get a fertile mule.
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So this means the father of this dog was half lab. With the known full lab mother.
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Hey @Janet and @Scribbler
I just found out yesterday that the lady that I got Lilly from had another “oops litter” and now I am beginning to think these litters are on purpose.
She posted a photo of the sire along with the mom. (in the foreground and sire in the back). She claimed that she did not know the sire of Lilly’s litter. I found this on her facebook page pimping out 10 more pups.
That sire surely is an Aussie - Lab cross. (at least that head is a dead giveaway) Lilly has the same eye set has he does.
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Nice dogs even if it’s a bit of shady breeding.
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Six month Tiger update!
Love this dog. He is goofy personified.
He has a really good recall now. Perfect house manners. But so much big puppy energy. Still wants to chew everything. Mostly leashes. And he PLAYS and plays. He’s decided my shavings pile bin is his water park playground. He romps
in the pooled water on top and slides down. Lather rinse repeat!
Hopefully this video works.
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Oh my gosh, he’s hilarious! I literally lol’d watching the video
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