The Labrador retriever, or Lab for short, is one of the most popular breeds of dog in the world. Its origins trace back to Newfoundland, Canada, where it was bred to be a working, retrieving, gun dog; skillfully trained by the hunter to find and retrieve the fallen game. The Lab is an excellent swimmer, with its water-resistant double-coat, its webbed feet, and its strong, powerful otter tail. As any Lab owner will tell you, that constantly wagging tail is often able to launch just about any object flying into the air, especially anything left at tail height on the coffee table.

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Labradors come in a variety of different colors: black, chocolate, and yellow, and come in two distinct builds, commonly referred to as the English Lab and the American Lab. The English Lab usually has a more stocky build, with a larger, broader head, and a thicker and blockier torso. They are commonly used in the show ring, and the English variant is what most people would recognize in the movies and on popular television shows portraying a Labrador retriever.

The American Lab is a taller, leaner, lankier version, often referred to as a field or hunting type. They have bundles of energy, and require a tremendous amount of daily exercise in order to keep that energy at bay. If they do not receive vigorous daily exercise and a lot of attention from their human owners, any type of Lab, whether it be the English or American variant, is more than happy to amuse themselves, which often happens to be at the expense of destroying the owner’s valuable furniture and other objects.

As far as personality goes, some would argue that you couldn’t find a better-tempered breed of dog. The Lab is intelligent, gentle, and great with children and strangers in general and possesses a wonderful happy, life-loving attitude. They rarely become flustered with new surroundings, and are quite comfortable to adapt to anything and everything that comes into their life.

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