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LABRADOR RETRIEVER

FRIENDLY, ACTIVE, OUTGOING

S p o r t i n g G r o u p

m e e t t h e

LABRADOR RETRIEVER

THERE ARE THREE ACCEPTABLE COLORS IN LABRADORS: BLACK, YELLOW,

AND CHOCOLATE.

DID YOU KNOW?

H o w s i m i l a rARE YOU?

YOU VS.THE LABRADOR RETRIEVER

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FIND OUT!

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T h e L a b r a d o r R e t r i e v e r w a s o f f i c i a l l y r e c o g n i z e d b y t h e A K C .

HISTORY

V e r y A c t i ve ; L a b s a r e h i g h - s p i r i t e d a n d n o t a f r ai d t o s h o w i t .

TRAINING &TEMPERAMENT

COLORS &MARKINGS

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HIGH ENERGY &

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ENERGY & SIZE

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MOST POPULAR DOG BREED

AKC DOG RANKING

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BREED STANDARD

E m b e d t h e b r e e d s t a n d a r d o n y o u r s i t e .

D o w n l o a d t h e c o m p l e t e b r e e d s t a n d a r d o r c l u b f l i e r P D F s .

F r i e n d l y a n d o u t g o i n g , L a b s p l a y w e l l w i t h o t h e r s

PERSONALITY

ACTIVE

FRIENDLY

OUTGOING

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T h e L a b r a d o r R e t r i e v e r i s a s t r o n g l y b u i l t , m e d i u m -s i z e d , s h o r t - c o u p l e d , d o g p o s s e s s i n g a s o u n d , a t h l e t i c , w e l l - b a l a n c e d c o n f o r m a t i o n t h a t e n a b l e s i t t o f u n c t i o n a s a r e t r i e v i n g g u n d o g ; t h e s u b s t a n c e a n d s o u n d n e s s t o h u n t w a t e r f o w l o r u p l a n d g a m e f o r l o n g h o u r s u n d e r d i f f i c u l t c o n d i t i o n s ; t h e c h a r a c t e r a n d q u a l i t y t o w i n i n t h e s h o w r i n g ; a n d t h e t e m p e r a m e n t t o b e a fa m i l y c o m p a n i o n . P h y s i c a l f e a t u r e s a n d m e n t a l c h a r a c t e r i s t i c s s h o u l d d e n o t e a d o g b r e d t o p e r f o r m a s a n e f f i c i e n t R e t r i e v e r o f g a m e w i t h a s t a b l e t e m p e r a m e n t s u i t a b l e f o r a v a r i e t y o f p u r s u i t s b e y o n d t h e h u n t i n g e n v i r o n m e n t .T h e m o s t d i s t i n g u i s h i n g c h a r a c t e r i s t i c s o f t h e L a b r a d o r R e t r i e v e r a r e i t s s h o r t , d e n s e , w e a t h e r r e s i s t a n t c o a t ; a n " o t t e r " t a i l ; a c l e a n - c u t h e a d w i t h b r o a d b a c k s k u l l a n d m o d e r a t e s t o p ; p o w e r f u l j a w s ; a n d i t s " k i n d , " f r i e n d l y e y e s , e x p r e s s i n g c h a r a c t e r , i n t e l l i g e n c e a n d

GENERAL APPEARANCE

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g o o d t e m p e r a m e n t .

T h e   h e a d   s h o u l d b e c l e a n - c u t a n d f r e e f r o m f l e s h y c h e e k s ; t h e b o n y s t r u c t u r e o f t h e s k u l l c h i s e l e d b e n e a t h t h e e y e w i t h n o p r o m i n e n c e i n t h e c h e e k . T h e s k u l l m a y s h o w s o m e m e d i a n l i n e ; t h e o c c i p i t a l b o n e i s n o t c o n s p i c u o u s i n m a t u r e d o g s . L i p s s h o u l d n o t b e s q u a r e d o f f o r p e n d u l o u s , b u t f a l l a w a y i n a c u r v e t o w a r d t h e t h r o a t . A w e d g e - s h a p e h e a d , o r a h e a d l o n g a n d n a r r o w i n m u z z l e a n d b a c k s k u l l i s i n c o r r e c t a s a r e m a s s i v e , c h e e k y h e a d s . T h e j a w s a r e p o w e r f u l a n d f r e e f r o m s n i p p i n e s s - t h e   m u z z l e   n e i t h e r l o n g a n d n a r r o w n o r s h o r t a n d s t u b b y .

T h e L a b r a d o r s h o u l d b e s h o r t -c o u p l e d , w i t h g o o d s p r i n g o f r i b s t a p e r i n g t o a m o d e r a t e l y w i d e c h e s t . T h e L a b r a d o r s h o u l d n o t b e n a r r o w c h e s t e d ; g i v i n g t h e a p p e a r a n c e o f h o l l o w n e s s b e t w e e n t h e f r o n t l e g s , n o r s h o u l d i t h a v e a w i d e s p r e a d i n g , b u l l d o g - l i k e f r o n t . C o r r e c t c h e s t c o n f o r m a t i o n w i l l r e s u l t i n t a p e r i n g b e t w e e n t h e f r o n t l e g s t h a t a l l o w s u n r e s t r i c t e d f o r e l i m b m o v e m e n t . C h e s t b r e a d t h t h a t i s e i t h e r t o o w i d e o r t o o n a r r o w f o r e f f i c i e n t m o v e m e n t a n d s t a m i n a i s i n c o r r e c t . S l a b - s i d e d i n d i v i d u a l s a r e n o t t y p i c a l o f t h e b r e e d ; e q u a l l y o b j e c t i o n a b l e a r e r o t u n d o r b a r r e l c h e s t e d s p e c i m e n s . T h e u n d e r l i n e i s a l m o s t s t r a i g h t , w i t h l i t t l e o r n o t u c k - u p i n m a t u r e a n i m a l s . L o i n s s h o u l d b e s h o r t , w i d e a n d s t r o n g ; e x t e n d i n g t o w e l l d e v e l o p e d ,

HEAD

BODY

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p o w e r f u l h i n d q u a r t e r s . W h e n v i e w e d f r o m t h e s i d e , t h e L a b r a d o r R e t r i e v e r s h o w s a w e l l - d e v e l o p e d , b u t n o t e x a g g e r a t e d f o r e c h e s t .

F o r e q u a r t e r s s h o u l d b e m u s c u l a r , w e l l c o o r d i n a t e d a n d b a l a n c e d w i t h t h e h i n d q u a r t e r s . S h o u l d e r s - T h e s h o u l d e r s a r e w e l l l a i d - b a c k , l o n g a n d s l o p i n g , f o r m i n g a n a n g l e w i t h t h e u p p e r a r m o f a p p r o x i m a t e l y 9 0 d e g r e e s t h a t p e r m i t s t h e d o g t o m o v e h i s f o r e l e g s i n a n e a s y m a n n e r w i t h s t r o n g f o r w a r d r e a c h . I d e a l l y , t h e l e n g t h o f t h e s h o u l d e r b l a d e s h o u l d e q u a l t h e l e n g t h o f t h e u p p e r a r m . S t r a i g h t s h o u l d e r b l a d e s , s h o r t u p p e r a r m s o r h e a v i l y m u s c l e d o r l o a d e d s h o u l d e r s , a l l r e s t r i c t i n g f r e e m o v e m e n t , a r e i n c o r r e c t . F r o n t L e g s -W h e n v i e w e d f r o m t h e f r o n t , t h e l e g s s h o u l d b e s t r a i g h t w i t h g o o d s t r o n g b o n e . T o o m u c h b o n e i s a s u n d e s i r a b l e a s t o o l i t t l e b o n e , a n d s h o r t l e g g e d , h e a v y b o n e d i n d i v i d u a l s a r e n o t t y p i c a l o f t h e b r e e d . V i e w e d f r o m t h e s i d e , t h e e l b o w s s h o u l d b e d i r e c t l y u n d e r t h e w i t h e r s , a n d t h e f r o n t l e g s s h o u l d b e p e r p e n d i c u l a r t o t h e g r o u n d a n d w e l l u n d e r t h e b o d y . T h e e l b o w s s h o u l d b e c l o s e t o t h e r i b s w i t h o u t l o o s e n e s s . T i e d - i n e l b o w s o r b e i n g " o u t a t t h e e l b o w s " i n t e r f e r e w i t h f r e e m o v e m e n t a n d a r e s e r i o u s f a u l t s . P a s t e r n s s h o u l d b e s t r o n g a n d s h o r t a n d s h o u l d s l o p e s l i g h t l y f r o m t h e p e r p e n d i c u l a r l i n e o f t h e l e g .

T h e c o a t i s a d i s t i n c t i v e f e a t u r e o f t h e L a b r a d o r R e t r i e v e r . I t s h o u l d b e s h o r t , s t r a i g h t a n d v e r y d e n s e ,

FOREQUARTERS

COAT

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g i v i n g a f a i r l y h a r d f e e l i n g t o t h e h a n d . T h e L a b r a d o r s h o u l d h a v e a s o f t , w e a t h e r - r e s i s t a n t u n d e r c o a t t h a t p r o v i d e s p r o t e c t i o n f r o m w a t er , c o l d a n d a l l t y p e s o f g r o u n d c o v e r . A s l i g h t w a v e d o w n t h e b a c k i s p e r m i s s i b l e .

T h e L a b r a d o r ' s h i n d q u a r t e r s a r e b r o a d , m u s c u l a r a n d w e l l - d e v e l o p e d f r o m t h e h i p t o t h e h o c k w i t h w e l l -t u r n e d s t i f l e s a n d s t r o n g s h o r t h o c k s . V i e w e d f r o m t h e r e a r , t h e h i n d l e g s a r e s t r a i g h t a n d p a r a l l e l . V i e w e d f r o m t h e s i d e , t h e a n g u l a t i o n o f t h e r e a r l e g s i s i n b a l a n c e w i t h t h e f r o n t . T h e h i n d l e g s a r e s t r o n g l y b o n e d , m u s c l e d w i t h m o d e r a t e a n g u l a t i o n a t t h e s t i f l e , a n d p o w e r f u l , c l e a r l y d e f i n e d t h i g h s . T h e s t i f l e i s s t r o n g a n d t h e r e i s n o s l i p p a g e o f t h e p a t e l l a e w h i l e i n m o t i o n o r w h e n s t a n d i n g . T h e h o c k j o i n t s a r e s t r o n g , w e l l l e t d o w n a n d d o n o t s l i p o r h y p e r - e x t e n d w h i l e i n m o t i o n o r w h e n s t a n d i n g . A n g u l a t i o n o f b o t h s t i f l e a n d h o c k j o i n t i s s u c h a s t o a c h i e v e t h e o p t i m a l b a l a n c e o f d r i v e a n d t r a c t i o n . W h e n s t a n d i n g t h e r e a r t o e s a r e o n l y s l i g h t l y b e h i n d t h e p o i n t o f t h e r u m p .  

HINDQUARTERS

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l a b r a d o r r e t r i e v e r

CARE

G o o d n u t r i t i o n f o r t h e L a b r a d o r R e t r i e v e r i s v e r y i m p o r t a n t f r o m p u p p y h o o d t o h i s s e n i o r y e a r s .

NUTRITION& FEEDING

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A d o u b l e - c o a t e d b r e e d w h i c h s h e d s s e a s o n a l l y , r e g u l a r g r o o m i n g k e e p s h i s c o a t a t i t s w a t e r - r e s i s t a n t b e s t .

COAT &GROOMING

V e r y A c t i v e ; L a b s a r e h i g h - s p i r i t e d a n d n o t a f r a i d t o s h o w i t .

EXERCISE

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L a b r a d o r R e t r i e v e r s a r e g e n e r a l l y a h e a l t h y b r e e d .

HEALTH

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LABRADOR RETRIEVER COMMUNITY

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CLUBS & EVENTS

t h eLABRADOR RETRIEVER CLUB, INC.

NATIONALBREED CLUB

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F i n d t h e L o c a l C l u b s i n y o u r a r e a .

LOCAL CLUB

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E x p l o r e m e e t u p s . c o m a n d s e e a l l o f t h e l o c a l L a b r a d o r R e t r i e v e r s i n y o u r a r e a .

MEETUPS

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b r e e d s

SIMILAR TO THE LABRADOR RETRIEVER

GOLDEN RETRIEVER

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FLAT-COATED RETRIEVER

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CLUMBER SPANIEL

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WEIMARANER

POINTER

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A b o u t A K C

e x p l o r e

OTHER BREEDS

BY DOG BREED

BY DOG GROUP

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F a m i l y D o g M a g a z i n e

E m a i l N e w s l et t e r

W e e k l y W i n n e r s G a l l e r y

W o o f i p e d i a

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G o v e r n m e n t R e l a t i o n s

P r e s s

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