Thank you for the photos, Hershel.
However, even a field bred lab is still too tubby for him to be half lab, IMO. I've only seen the rare field bred who comes close to being near his skinny-ness, lol.
Yes, he is half ESS. His mother is a BYBred ESS who is about the size of a Jack Russell Terrier, though much wider.
My question is for people to give me guesses on the other side of his parentage. Since his da looks exactly like him and he got nothing but his personality from her, I figured pictures of him would do.. since I don't actually have any of his dad.
And Lauren.. LOL... what Labs aren't backyard-bred these days? I don't think I've ever met one of good breeding. And I don't consider the show ones of good breeding, honestly, they look like Bassets. Labradors are supposed to have nice long legs, you know? Not Giraffe-like, but enough to make them taller.
And some of the other favorite guesses are Rottie and Boxer.
Today while Cristy and I were sitting in front of Starbucks with Daisy and Middie, one woman even asked if he was a Boxer, lol.