Love the shaggy lab look...

[Gunnar's Dad]

This is Gunnar. He is 10 weeks old today. Christmas present for our family -4 kids. We have been researching breeds and getting ready for a dog for years, but the kids were surprised.
He's been great, super smart, sits on command, goes to his crate on command, very few potty accidents.

So far he seems more lab like, which I prefer. He definitely sheds and makes me sneeze a little (I got over a nasty cat allergy as a kid through exposure so I'm not worried about a little sneezing from my buddy). He does have some longer beard hairs but his coat is pretty straight. Will be interesting to see how he turns out. Love his white toes and chest. Mom was a standard yellow lab and sire was a standard caramel poodle. Bred by a local farmer who also docked their tails st about half length. Not something I would have done but being a practical farmer he does all his dogs for cleanliness I guess. Parents are healthy and gene tested.

My in laws adopted his brother Tank at the same time. My office is attached to their basement so I've been taking him with me to work a few days a week to train him and his brother and let them wrestle. He's great with the kids and we have most of his puppy biting curbed except with the younger two kids who he treats more like litter mates. (6 and 3). We are working on the loud yelp method to teach him.

Gunnar was the somewhat shy and laid back little guy and Tank of course was the biggest bulldozer of the littler with huge paws.

Kids have loved him. Our oldest has Down Syndrome and this has been super good for him. He loves dogs. Poor Gunnar hasn't had a minute's peace with our son and 3 crazy girls loving on him!

This is my first dog. More photos in my profile.

[Nancy, Ned, Clancy, and Charlie]

He is adorable and I love his socks.

[Gunnar's Dad]

The socks were what caught my wife's attention and pushed her over the edge in getting him.  They are cute for sure.  No idea where they came from since his mom and dad and his litter mates didn't have them at all.

Dad is a caramel colored standard poodle and mom is a yellow lab, both with completely uniform colored coats.

[Lori, Daphne, Lucy & Pippa]

Oh my gosh, both Gunnar and Tank are adorable! I love the scruffy look they are starting to get. Your children are precious!

[Gunnar's Dad]

Thank you and thank you.  Tank is going to be a bit more "doodley" I think.  His hair is longer and has some wave to it.  Gunnar only has slight curls on his tail.  Gunnar is 30 pounds at 15 weeks and Tank is almost 34 pounds.  They're doing their best to kill each other (not really, just wrestling) at my feet as I type this.

But hey, with 4 human kids, what's one more wrestling match?