Facts About The Labrador Retriever.AKC number 1 Breed. Most Popular Dog Breed. Only come in 3 Colors
the Labrador Retriever was bred to be
both a friendly companion and a useful
working dog breed there are top 10
interesting facts about Labrador
Retriever 1 origin
Labrador Retrievers actually come from
Newfoundland not Labrador in the 18th
century greater Newfoundland dogs bred
with smaller water dogs to produce st.
John’s water dogs these smaller canines
looked a lot like modern-day labs but
with white muzzles and paws the st.
Johns water dog eventually went extinct
but it served as the ancestor for the
Labrador Retriever to bred for fishing
Labrador retrievers were bred to be the
perfect water dogs they have water as
iStent double coats that provide
insulation and their short fur keeps
them warm but doesn’t drag them down
when it gets wet their webbed toes
facilitate speedy swimming fishermen
used the dogs to bring in Nets pull
ropes between boats and recover escaped
fish three intelligence the Labrador
Retriever is a canine brainiac ranked
within the top ten most intelligent dog
breeds in the world this means that they
are likely to be able to understand a
new command given to them with fewer
than five repetitions of the command and
that they will obey a command that they
have learned reliably the first time
that you ask them to over 95% of the
time not only are they very intelligent
but they are also very willing to please
and so Labradors will really try their
hardest to meet your expectations and do
what you want them to for swimming
Labradors love to swim and once they
have learnt about the water and
establish both that they can move
through it and that this is great fun
will often take every opportunity to get
their paws and bodies wet if you can
make provision for your lab to be able
to swim safely during the warmer weather
then this will almost certainly please
them greatly take care to train your
Labrador not to enter any body of water
without permission however or you may
find that they will be apt to take a dip
when it is not safe
or appropriate to do so five guide docks
the guide dogs of Mariko say their breed
ratio is 70% Labrador Retrievers 15%
golden retrievers and 15% German
shepherds labs are found to be the best
breed for the job
thanks to their strong desire to please
their also the right size easily
adaptable and easily trained six colors
regardless of the parents color a single
litter can include black yellow and
chocolate puppies there are two genes
that cause the pigmentation of the coat
so the variation can be just as common
as different hair colors in a human
family 7 food love while all dogs can
generally be considered to have a very
enthusiastic relationship with their
dinner this is never more true than with
the Labrador the weight of the Labradors
heart really is through their stomachs
and positive reinforcement training
using treats is one of the easiest ways
to teach your Labrador new skills
however labs really take their love of
food to the next level and will never
miss an opportunity to get their teeth
into something tasty
this means that they may also be adept
beggars and scavengers and may well have
a propensity to eat first and think
later potentially eating something that
may prove to be harmful to their health
H they can find cancer
thanks to their powerful noses Labrador
retrievers have been trained to sniff
out and identify early stages of cancer
through work with cancer cell samples
dogs can learn to smell the disease the
canine doctors can make a diagnosis by
smelling a patient’s breath blood or
stool so far the only known way to
screen for easy stages of ovarian cancer
is by letting a lap sniff the patient
they have very high success rates
scientists believe the labs sniff out
changes in volatile organic compounds
that suggest cancer 9 perfect companion
the fun loving loyal Labrador Retriever
is a mild-tempered family dog with an
outgoing
personality that makes them great
companions to both human and pop pals
alike they do well in almost any climate
and are easy to train wanting nothing
more than to make their owners happy 10
search-and-rescue a black lab named Jake
one of only 200 certified rescue dogs in
the nation became famous after aiding
the search for survivors at Ground Zero
post September 11th for 17 days he also
aided in recovery efforts after
hurricanes Katrina and Rita and spent
his later years as a therapy dog for the
elderly and for burn victims this is
amazing but it’s even more amazing
considering Jake was abandoned as a pup
and was found with both a dislocated hip
and a broken leg thanks for watching
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