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Facts about Labrador retriever Puppies

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Labrador is the most fascinating dog in the United States. The Labrador retriever is believed to be a hands-down type of dog in the United States. The breed has an easy-going personality, athletically built ability, brains, and most importantly loyalty. The breed has more interesting things that are associated with it that would make you want to stick around and learn.

Many dog breeds get their names from where they first originated from. But there is an exception to the Labrador species. The breed originated from south of Labrador in 1700, on an island of Newfoundland. The dog was mostly referred to as the St. John's dog, a name similar to the capital city of Newfoundland.

The Labrador is a dog that likes water and is believed to have played an important role around helping men in the fishing areas by retrieving nets, plus ropes, or even retrieving fish that had escaped from nets. The breed of dog spread to England from Newfoundland, starting with the second Earl of Malmesbury, believed to have initiated the translocation of the St. John's dog around 1830. It is believed that the third Earl of Malmesbury is the first person to have named the dog as a Labrador and so the name stuck as the dog's popularity spread to North America.

The Labrador has maintained the stance of popularity as a breed in the United States for close to 24 years running. The dog is believed to be helpful in disposition, and loyal, affable in nature, the ideal size and has the strength in assisting in the search and rescue missions to hunting adventures giving it the status that it deserves. But before the Labrador could be well famed it almost got extinct. The Newfoundland government had limited families to have to own only one dog per household, and taxation imposed on the owners of labrador retriever puppies. Female Labrador puppies had to be culled in order to control their population. And if you were to own any female Labrador you were likely to be heavily taxed. This led to many owners of dogs choosing other types to avoid such punitive taxation.

Thankfully, in American, the Kennel Club recognized the dog in 1917 while in England the dog was recognized as a breed through the Kennel Club of 1903. The Labrador retriever pet owners and fans need to thank England and Malmesbury family in particular for having rescued this type of dog from extinction. Labradors their love for water is based on the physical features beginning from the webbed toes to rudder-like tails. They can withstand cold water given the double coat that insulates them from the harsh cold weather.