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Labrador Retriever

About the breed

Labradors are friendly unagressive dogs. They are often used as service dogs for the visually impaired and folk in wheelchairs. They are said to come from Labrador, Newfoundland area of Canada. See origins of dogs. Fishermen trained Labradors jump into the sea and haul the fishing nets to shore. The Labrador's dense coat protected him from the cold water.

Later in England, the Labrador was used as a gun dog to retrieve game that the hunter had shot.

Labradors are good with children, and make good pets. They do well with training and love to retrieve and fetch a ball.


Black Labrador	Yellow Labrador	Chocolate Labrador

Labradors are large, strong dogs who love to go for a walk or a swim. They like people and make great companions. Mind you don't get whammed by a wagging "otter" tail!

Colour: black, chocolate, or yellow. The "golden" Labrador retriever is now called "yellow", so as not to confuse it with the Golden Retriever, which is a different breed.

Height at shoulder: males 56 - 57 cm, females 54 - 56 cm.

A yellow Labrador puppy. Pic taken July 2010	Chocolate Labrador puppies at age 3 weeks. Photo taken March 2008

Labradors were trained by Canadian fishermen to pull their nets to the shore. Once when Jesus's friends were fishing, they had to get a second boat to help them to pull the nets and catch the fish. They had been about to give up, but because Jesus urged them to try once more, they came home with a bumper catch! Let's never give up! Let's pray for strength to try one more time!

Read Luke chapter 5.

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