The Labrador retriever dog is also called as Labrador. It is originated from British and it is retriever gun dog breed. It is developed as the fishing dogs that are imported from the colony of Newfoundland. After, that region named as the colony Labrador. It is the common pet dog in many countries mainly in the Western world.
The 10th Earl of Home and his nephews Lord John Scott and the 5th Duke of Buccleuch have been imported to parents of the breed from the Newfoundland to the Europe to use them as gun dogs. The 2nd Earl of Malmesbury was the person who bred the Labrador retriever dogs for their expertise in water fowling.
The 3rd Earl of Malmesbury, the 6th Duke of Buccleuch and the 12th Earl of Home were collaborated to develop and to establish the Labrador retriever breed during the 1880’s. The Labrador retriever’s coat will be short and dense, but not wiry. The coat is water resistant so the dog won’t get cold in winter. It has a dry oily coat. The head will be broad with slightly noticeable eyebrows.
The Labrador retriever male dog height is 56 cm to 57 cm and the female dog’s height is 54 cm to 56 cm.
The weight of the Labrador retriever male dog is 29 kg to 36 kg and the female dog weight is 25 kg to 32 kg. The Labrador retriever life span is 10 years to 12 years.
The Labrador retriever dog is very friendly, playful and energetic.
It was a specifically bred for hunting and for sports. But it was widely used as a companion dog. It can also be trained as an assistance dog or as a guide or for rescue or therapy work.
The Labrador retriever eyes look very kind and expressive. Eyes are brown and hazel in color. The stripes around the eyes are black.
The Labrador retriever dog jaws are very strong and powerful.
The jaws are hang on little bit and curve delicately towards back. It has a powerful and a muscular body. The coat and tail are distinctive features of the Labrador by the both Kennel Club and AKC. The AKC said that the true Labrador retriever temperament is a hallmark of the breed as the otter tail. The Labrador retriever dogs are mostly in black, chocolate and yellow colors according to the AKC standards.
Labrador retriever puppies are litter colored. Coat color is mainly determined by their parents’ genes. The first gene determines the density of the coat’s eumelanin pigment granules. If that pigment is allowed, the granules are dense in a black coat.
The 2nd coat B locus determines whether eumelanin is produced. If pheumelanin pigment is produced, the coat is yellow due to the genotype at the B locus. A 2011 study found that 13 of 245 Labradors studied were heterozygous for M264V. This is the mutation responsible for the melanistic mask and the other is homozygous.
Labrador retriever dog is has been used as a war dogs during the Vietnam War.
They were like a scout dogs to track down the dead or the wounded soldiers or the enemy positions. It is also used in water rescue and also they were used in the Italian School of Canine Lifeguard.
The Labrador retriever dog has the ability to work quietly parallel to hunters.
They can also be used for chasing; pointing and they make excellent upland game as hunting partners. Labrador retriever dogs are highly intelligent, initiative and self-directed in their work.
Some of the Labrador dogs are previously trained as assist their owner in removing money from an ATM and bring credit cards etc. The Labrador retriever dogs are healthy with few major health issues. Labrador retriever dogs are especially prone to health problems related to inherited disorders and obesity.
