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Labrador Retriever
The Labrador Retriever is a friendly and intelligent dog. He is best known as a hunting dog, retrieving fallen ducks and tracking game. He has an amazing memory and can remember where several items have been placed. He is tenacious, stopping at almost nothing to complete the task his owner has requested. We have known a Lab who ran on the ice to retrieve a duck, fall through the ice and continue to swim to the duck, confused that her owner desperately called her back in. Cold and soaking, she would not get out until she had that duck.
The Labrador Retriever is an excellent family dog and loves children. The Lab will protect the family and risk his life to save anyone in his pack. They have unconditional love and have an even temper with little aggression. This dog is sturdy, beautiful, tough as nails and full of love.
Your Labrador Retriever will be extremely unhappy stuck inside an apartment all day. This dog must have daily exercise with lots of running and retrieving. If your Labrador Retriever begins to run around the house, he is not getting enough exercise outdoors. This dog is best suited to an outdoor loving family who is happy to bring the dog on every adventure.
Training
The Labrador Retriever is exceptionally intelligent and is used in a wide variety of services, from drug detection to therapy dogs. It will be difficult to find any trick your Labrador Retriever cannot do.
Exercise
The Labrador Retriever must have a good amount of running and playing time daily to be happy and healthy. A Lab left indoors all day may become bored, unhappy or destructive. If you do not love the outdoors, a Labrador Retriever is not for you.
Grooming
This breed has to be brushed every few days, if not daily, to remove shedding hair. If you do not like dog hair on your furniture, clothes or car seats, please consider a different breed.
Health
The Labrador Retriever is prone to hip dysplasia, gastric torsion, retinal dysplasia and muscular dystrophy.
