Full Grown Black Lab Border Collie Mix

Hair length is also similar to that of the collie but just a bit shorter.

Full grown black lab border collie mix. Although skin and dental health of the borador is excellent cleaning their ears at times is necessary. The border collie labrador mix is a result of mating a labrador retriever with a border collie. Coat color patterns. That are common to the lab mixes constipation and overweight issues too are common to this breed.

The border lab mix lifespan is around 14 to 15 years. The mother can be either breed. Keep in mind some dogs will fall outside this range. They play well together already.

Border collie lab mix is a cross of a border collie and a labrador retriever also known as borador or border lab. The sire and dam in this breed are interchangeable i e. It s a medium to large dog at about 19 to 24 inches tall weighing between 40 to 46 pounds. Her coat is all black with a touch of white on her chest.

Being a medium sized dog a border collie lab mix grows up to 15 17 inches tall at the shoulder and weighs between 35 65 pounds. She is surprisingly long legged like her mom. Her fur feels like velvet. You could also end up with a beautiful black lab border collie mix.

The border collie lab mix stands between 16 and 19 inches tall and weighs approximately 60lbs as a fully grown adult. Our pup s mother was a silver lab her dad was a border collie. Borador full grown borador images borador photos borador pictures borador puppies. We think she will be quite a bit larger than her border collie papa.

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. 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. Being prone to chewing these dogs would love to chew even wrists fingers eyeglasses etc and. They are generally built like a labrador but on the thin side.

Both breeds usually enjoy a clean bill of health and are friendly dogs that can be easily socialized. The border collie lab mix or borador is a cross between a purebred border collie and a purebred labrador retriever. She has no fear of her full grown 20 month old big sister a great danoodle. As both of his parents have working backgrounds you could argue that the border collie lab mix is a working dog.