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    Labrador Retrievers Explained - A Beginner’s Guide: Love Your Dog Series, #4
    Labrador Retrievers Explained - A Beginner’s Guide: Love Your Dog Series, #4
    Labrador Retrievers Explained - A Beginner’s Guide: Love Your Dog Series, #4
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    Labrador Retrievers Explained - A Beginner’s Guide: Love Your Dog Series, #4

    By Dora King

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    Since 1991, Labrador retrievers have been the most popular dog breed in the U.S, U.K, Canada, New Zealand and Australia… and for good reason too!

    Labs are intelligent, playful and very peaceful dogs. The breed is favored by all sorts of sportsmen and families that live in both the city or the countryside. They are seldom aggressive and will become the best friend of everyone in the household!

    This book will explain how to choose a lab, how to train them and make sure that you raise them to be the healthiest and best dog that they can be. In this simple to understand, step by step guide, you are given all you need to make sure that your labrador retriever truly becomes ‘man’s best friend’.

    Enjoy this fantastic guide to a wonderful dog!

    LanguageEnglish
    PublisherShaharm Publications
    Release dateDec 7, 2015
    ISBN9781519927705
    Labrador Retrievers Explained - A Beginner’s Guide: Love Your Dog Series, #4
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    Dora King

    Dora King has been a dog trainer and breeder for over 20 years. She has a wealth of knowledge about our canine friends and is eager to share it with her readers. Due to her lengthy experience with many different breeds of dog, Dora is able to explain how to choose, train, care for and get the very best out of Rottweilers, Pitbulls, Poodles, Labradors and many more breeds. Her passion and enthusiasm for dogs and making sure that each breed is as healthy and well looked after as possible, helps her readers to develop fun, rewarding and loving relationships with their own dogs. If you want to raise a happy, confident and well trained dog then Dora King has the right methods to help you achieve this.

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      Labrador Retrievers Explained - A Beginner’s Guide - Dora King

      AN INTRO TO LABRADOR RETRIEVERS

      In the United States, the American Kennel Club reports that Labrador retrievers, commonly called labs, have been the most popular breed for many years. In fact, labs have been the most popular dog breed in the U.S., U.K., Canada, New Zealand, and Australia since 1991. They are followed in popularity by German shepherds and golden retrievers. Golden retrievers are a similar size and type of dog as labs, and many people get the two breeds confused. In fact, there are black, brown, and yellow labs, but yellow labs are not the same as golden retrievers.

      Labs are considered hunting dogs, or gun dogs, but they were originally bred as water retrievers. They are eager to please and able to withstand cold water to retrieve nets for fishermen off the coast of Newfoundland in Canada.

      While this breed is still favored by all sorts of sportsman, they are also favored by plenty of families who live in the city or a suburb and don't venture out in the country for sports. They are known as intelligent, playful, and very peaceful dogs.

      Many vets suggest labs as pets to have around children because they seldom get aggressive. In fact, they demonstrate quite a bit of empathy and concern over the feelings of other people and dogs in their home. It is very likely that a Labrador retriever will become the best friend of everybody in the household. That is especially true if positive behaviors are reinforced correctly and consistently.

      The only real downside to labs are that they stay active and playful puppies for a long time and shed quite a bit. The other problem is that labs, like many other fairly big dog breeds, are prone to hip displacement and arthritis when they get older. The average life span of labs is about 12, but labs that can avoid or get treated for hip problems may live until 14 or 16. It seems as if the very oldest labs are around 17, but this life span is unusual.

      Also, lab puppies will chew almost anything. This could include their favorite toys or the molding on the walls. It is very important to offer suitable chew toys. When owners aren't home to supervise, young labs need to be confined to a safe area. Otherwise, the owner is likely to return to find that his shoes – and maybe even his furniture – have become chew toys for his growing lab puppy.

      HISTORY OF THE BREED

      Even though they are called Labrador retrievers, they actually originated in Newfoundland. It is interesting note that another breed of dog that was bred about the same time and for the same reason, the Newfoundland, actually hails from Labrador. Both breeds were really stabilized in England; it is believed that British breeders mixed up the Canadian origins of both dogs.

      In any case, the Newfoundland is somewhat larger has a thicker and longer coat. The lab is smaller and usually has a fairly short coat. However, it is likely that both breeds were developed from some common ancestors, and they still have similar temperaments

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