Labrador Retriever - Skye

General Appearance
Strongly built, short-coupled, very active; broad in skull; broad and deep through chest and ribs; broad and strong over loins and hindquarters.

Characteristics
Good-tempered, very agile. Excellent nose, soft mouth; keen love of water. Adaptable, devoted companion.

Temperament
Intelligent, keen and biddable, with a strong will to please. Kindly nature, with no trace of aggression or undue shyness.

Head and Skull
Skull broad with defined stop; clean-cut without fleshy cheeks. Jaws of medium length, powerful not snipy. Nose wide, nostrils well developed.

Eyes
Medium size, expressing intelligence and good temper; brown or hazel.

Ears
Not large or heavy, hanging close to head and set rather far back.

Mouth
Jaws and teeth strong with a perfect, regular and complete scissor bite, i.e. upper teeth closely overlapping lower teeth and set square to the jaws.

Neck
Clean, strong, powerful, set into well placed shoulders.

Forequarters
Shoulders long and sloping. Forelegs well boned and straight from elbow to ground when viewed from either front or side.

Body
Chest of good width and depth, with well sprung barrel ribs. Level topline. Loins wide, short-coupled and strong.

Hindquarters
Well developed, not sloping to tail; well turned stifle. Hocks well let down, cowhocks highly undesirable.

Feet
Round, compact; well arched toes and well developed pads.

Tail
Distinctive feature, very thick towards base, gradually tapering towards tip, medium length, free from feathering, but clothed thickly all round with short, thick, dense coat, thus giving ‘rounded’ appearance described as ‘Otter’ tail. May be carried gaily but should not curl over back.

Gait/Movement
Free, covering adequate ground; straight and true in front and rear.

Coat
Distinctive feature, short dense without wave or feathering, giving fairly hard feel to the touch; weather-resistant undercoat.

Colour
Wholly black, yellow or liver/chocolate. Yellows range from light cream to red fox. Small white spot on chest permissible.

Size
Ideal height at withers: dogs: 56-57 cms (22-221/2 ins); bitches: 55-56 cms (211/2-22 ins).

Faults
Any departure from the foregoing points should be considered a fault and the seriousness with which the fault should be regarded should be in exact proportion to its degree and its effect upon the health and welfare of the dog.

Very pleasing yellow bitch, with a lovely kind expression. on the first pic looks lovely, beautiful neck, shoulders and front, but would need to see the front "in the flesh" to assess it properly. Bit "throaty" for me but doesnt detract too much. Excellent pigment and eye colour.
dawn.

Thanks Dawn, I often wondered how she compares, I know her brother is doing really well in shows...

She looks lovely. The pictures aren't the easiest, i'd prefer to see a profile one of her stood on a level surface, but she looks to have a beautiful face and lovely dark pigment.

From those pictures (and it could just be the pictures!!) i would like to see her elbows more under her and she looks to toe out very slightly but that is probably just how she's stood in the pics

Very nice lab though.

Very nice Lab, but then you know that!

Nice head shape, ears set well back and a nice size. Big ears on Labs bug me!

Lovely straight front legs with a well laid shoulder.

Nice level topline and quite short coupled for a bitch. Also not overly tucked up, which is good to see.

Well turned stifle and hocks seem to be well let down as the standard states.

Although the tail is difficult to see properly in these pics, I know from others that she has a lovely otters tail.

In short a lovely example of a Lab, but then you know what I think of this dog!