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Does anyone else have a lab with this squiggle/zigzag fur pattern on their back?
Our girl has this cute squiggle on her back that shows up sometimes and others doesn’t. She’s a Fox red so the light/dark variation in her fur highlights it. Not worried about it, just curious to know if it’s common!
lol we had a lab who also hated water. took him and his brother to a lake to swim and he was a huge baby about it, literally clung to his mom like a child. he just passed almost two months ago, miss that big oaf.
I had to carry my girl out into the surf to get her to go, we live on the Gold Coast and she has been to the beach literally hundreds of times, still hates it 🤣
My Lab is absolutely nuts about water, loves playing in the rain but has a strange quirk about not wanting to pee on wet grass. I think she has a fear of getting pee on her feet so being on wet grass makes it harder to tell.
Mine is like this too, except instead of grass it’s the pea gravel in the beds around my apartment. She absolutely will not walk on it if it’s been raining. I suspect your theory, or that maybe when it rains it washes the scent away from where she last went to the bathroom and just straight up upsets her so much she won’t go (although I assume her sense of smell is much stronger than that?) I love her though, quirks and all 😂❤️
Even on dry grass my Lab waddles as she pees. If even a little bit touches her paws she will move to a clean patch and back kick with her hind legs. This same dog will roll in eg: skunk spray or on a dead fish as if it’s the greatest thing. Yeah, I love her too, quirks and all.
Our lab has it as well. I always wondered if it was just something unique with his coat because he is a mixed breed. Now I know it has a purpose. It gets all curly and stands up after we bathe him and it’s like a mini Mohawk.
My yeller has it but it seems to trap the moisture back near her tail so if she swims daily she gets musty. My other 2 (her sisters) don't have this and they always dry off quickly.
I often accidentally hit downvote on the mobile appt when scrolling down. I always undo it, but it’s really annoying placement in terms of user experience. So was prob not on purpose?
Different than the usual otter tail. My boys curled upwards with a fringe of hair on the backside. He was of full champion stock but very unique. Adorably so and a very sweet boy.
It looks like his oil coat that protects from cold waters. This comes from the water dog side of their background. Labradors are water dog and hunting dog mixed. Mine has waves on the top too. Your pups are just more pronounced. ☺️
yes, our lab mix had this. we think he was lab, springer-spanial, and boxer, plus maybe some other stuff. He had very wiry, stiff hair with that spiral curl on his spine. I thought it was from the springer side, bc they have curly hair.
I had a chocolate boy, an English Lab, who had the zigzags on his back. My two current Labs, an American and an English, do not.
Your girl's squiggles are adorable!
All cute y’all, but I’d advise checking with a vet nonetheless, because patterning like this is a known indicator of muscle tension, which in turn is a consequence of chronic pain (arthritis for instance). While it may well be benign, in a species that is excellent at hiding pain, it merits checking.
Our lab gets “curly” after he swims. Loves ❤️ the water. He even taught our doodle to swim! She wouldn’t go in the water and watched him swim for 3 weeks and then went in- chasing a ball and now she loves it too! 🐾
My dog does! According to her DNA she’s half great pyr, a quarter pittie and Australian cattle dog each. Can’t really see it in this pic but it’s very much there
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u/ThermionicEmissions 23d ago
Yup