List of Labrador Retrievers

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A typical yellow Labrador retriever YellowLabradorLooking.jpg
A typical yellow Labrador retriever
Endal, the world's most decorated dog, wearing his PDSA Gold Medal Endal Dickin.jpg
Endal, the world's most decorated dog, wearing his PDSA Gold Medal

This list of Labrador Retrievers covers notable individual dogs that belong to this breed. The Labrador retriever is the most popular breed of dogs (by registered ownership) in both the United States and the United Kingdom. The breed is exceptionally affable, intelligent, energetic and good natured, making them excellent and popular pets, companions and working dogs. They have a high work ethic [1] Common working roles for Labradors include: hunting, tracking and detection, disabled-assistance, carting, and therapy work. Approximately 60–70% of all guide dogs in the United States are Labradors.

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As both the most popular breed by registered ownership and also the most popular breed for service dogs in several countries, there have been many notable and famous Labradors since the breed was recognized.

List of famous dogs

Assistance dogs

Labrador guide dogs Modoken.jpg
Labrador guide dogs

Police, military, rescue and detection dogs

Jake, together with Mary Flood, his handler Jake and mary flood.jpg
Jake, together with Mary Flood, his handler

Other heroic labs

Pet dogs

Field (working) dogs

Fiction, TV, books, films and media

Mascots and adverts

Notable individuals in the development of the breed

A surviving picture of "Buccleuch Avon" (born 1885), the foundational dog of all modern Labradors Buccleuch Avon (1885).png
A surviving picture of "Buccleuch Avon" (born 1885), the foundational dog of all modern Labradors

Other

Humphrey Templeton-Knight: Famous dog that escaped a hit from a train going up to 90 km/h (56mp/h) in Fremantle, Western Australia. Was found with life-threatening injuries however, he lives to tell the tail.

Notorious labs

Notorious Labrador mixes

See also

References

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