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Question
I have been searching the web for the name of this labrador.He has greenish-yellow eyes and his nose is pinkish color instead of the black. can you tell me his type and where i can see photos on the web of it.

Answer
The pink nose and eye color are just variations within the yellow Lab.  Of course the yellow, chocolate, and black are just all color variations with in the breed.  Breed certain parents, and you can have all three colors in one litter.  There may be certain lines where the green eyes and pink noses are more common, but that is not an area I know much about.  

The yellow Labs have 3 varieties of nose colors, always black, always pink, and photo responsive.  Those dogs the nose color depends on how much sun they are getting.  The pink nose is a defect in show dogs.  My 12 year old Aster's nose stays pink all year around now, but her first summer it was black.  Her mother too.  I was looking at an old picture of her mother yesterday, and her nose was black in it.  This is a more recent picture of them, http://www.photolocker.net/images/Labman/asters11thbirthday.jpg