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Purebred labs are usually pretty easy to distinguish from mutts. What makes you think the dog has some pit bull in it, as opposed to another breed? (not that it's a bad guess, a good % of mixed breeds these days are part pit)

Labs and pit bulls both have their mouth corners turned up, which makes it seem like they are smiling. They also both act like overgrown puppies well into adulthood and like to mouth a lot.

My mother, it turns out, thought he had something else in him from the beginning. She has long experience with Labs. If she hadn't said anything, I would have assumed he was a Lab, if not a textbook looking one. The vet agreed with my mother's assessment. Take a look at the video in the previous post and see what you think; he's the first dog shown. He'll probably be healthier if he ends up having a little of something else in him. Two of the last three purebred Labs we've had had autoimmune issues.

I don't know about part pit bull, but he does seem low to the ground for a lab. There's not a lot of jaw development visible in the video so I kind of doubt there is pit bull blood, since that trait is usually dominant, but who knows. The half-cocked ears do seem to bring to mind a pit bull, and pit bulls can be all black while most other breeds would leave splotches in the coat. But if I had toput money on it, if he is a mutt I'd bet he has a shepherd or spaniel breed in him. And thanks to puppy mills, there are a lot of really poorly bred labs out there. A common feature of puppy mill "labs" seems to be that kind of pseudo-dwarfism. A well bred black Lab will be big and strong with long legs.

He's a decent height for a Lab already, but he is very narrow. And apparently, he's good swimmer, as he did a lot of that in Texas. He's only 10 months though, so he has some time to fill out, but a well-bred Lab would have a squarer, more typically Lab head by this point, even if his body was still rangy.