10 Facts on Labrador Retriever as a                           Family Dog.                    

Labrador Retriever is the most popular breed of dog all over the world. Labrador Retriever breed of sporting dog that originated in new Founfland to retrieve nets for fisherman and later on to retrieve fowl and games for hunters and was brought to England about 1800.              

If you are interested to adopt this breed, this information is for you Labrador Retriever is a family dog but this dog breed is right from your house environment? Here you will get all the answering questions about the Labrador which help you determine if living with a Labrador would be the ideal dog breed for your family.

        1- Face of Labrador Retriever.

 Labrador retriever has a well-looking face, broad head, beautiful noise, expressive eyes, and drop floppy ears.

 2- Size of Labrador Retriever.

  Labrador Retrievers are strong-built large breed dogs. They are almost square in appearance. A fully grown male has a weight of about 29-36 kg and measures around 56-57 cm to the withers. Females include weight 25-32 kg and measure around 55-56 cm to the withers. Labradors have shortened legs, distinctive features include their tail being thick at the base and tapering toward the end.

      

3- Coat Colour Labrador Retriever.      

        Labradors have a short, dense coat of black, brown, and yellow colour. The correct colour depends upon its breed, the standards are wholly black, yellow or chocolate, and yellow ranges from light cream to red fox.  

 

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4-Life Span of Labrador.   

       The Life span of a Labrador retriever is 10--12 years on average age depending upon the care and physical conditions.   

5-Feeding Nature.

       Labradors are very fond of food and if you do not control their notorious habits food lovers

, they gain weight.     

     

 

6- Working Dog/ Rescue Dog.

        Labradors are a variety of working dogs. This breed had been originated for retrieving the objects in the water, Labrador can be easily trained for various activities for help and rescue. In many countries Labradors are used in military and police work as rescue dogs and guide dogs for the blind.   

        

    

7-Club Recognition of Labrador Retriever.

          The Kennel Club of UK, says. The labrador is the most popular of all pedigree breeds and his popularity comes from his versatility as a family companion service dog. guide dog as well as working gun dogs.

            AKC-------- classification sporting.

            UKC---------classification as a gun dog.

 

8- Are labradors like Water?

This breed of dogs was originally bred for retrieving objects from the water Labradors generally like water .Labradors generally like swimming and splashing in the water.

9- Nature and Personality of Labrador.

        Labrador is the family dog. The characteristics of love, loyal nature, intelligent, playful temperament. this breed is suited to become a family pet. Labradors are good with other dogs, other family pets like cats and enjoy the company of kids.         

    

10-Excercise.

        Due to its food lover habit, Labrador needs to be given the right amount of exercise to stay fit and healthy. An ideal amount of exercise for this breed is two hours a day.