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Labrador
Retriever History
The Labrador is believed to have originated
on the island of Newfoundland, now part
of the province of Newfoundland and
Labrador, Canada. The breed is not indigenous
to the Newfoundland area nor is there
evidence that they accompanied early
Inuit settlers. It emerged over time
from the St. John's Water Dog (also
known as the St. John's dog, no longer
in existence), a crossbreed of native
water dogs and the Newfoundland dog
(to which the Labrador is closely related),
through ad-hoc breeding by early settlers
in the mid to late 15th century. The
original forebearers of the St. John's
have variously been suggested to be
crossbreeds of the black St. Hubert's
hound from France, working water dogs
from Portugal, old European pointer
breeds and dogs belonging to the indigenous
peoples of the area. Two breeds emerged;
the larger Newfoundland used for hauling,
and the smaller short-coat retrievers
used for retrieval and pulling in nets
from the water. The Lab is of the latter
type.
The St. John's area of Newfoundland
was settled by the English. Local fishermen
originally used the St. John's dog (or
early Labs) to assist in bringing nets
to shore; the dog would grab the floating
corks on the ends of the nets and pull
them to shore. A number of these were
brought back to the Poole area of England
in the early 1800s, then the hub of
the Newfoundland fishing trade, by the
gentry, and became prized as sporting
and waterfowl hunting dogs. A few kennels
breeding these grew up in England; at
the same time a combination of sheep
protection policy (Newfoundland) and
rabies quarantine led to their gradual
demise in their country of origin.
The first and second Earls of Malmesbury,
who bred for duck shooting on his estate,
and the 5th and 6th Dukes of Buccleuch,
and youngest son Lord George William
Montagu-Douglas-Scott, were instrumental
in establishing the Labrador breed in
nineteenth century England. The dogs
Avon ("Buccleuch Avon") and Ned given
by Malmesbury to assist the Duke of
Buccleuch's breeding program in the
1880s are usually considered the ancestors
of all modern Labradors.
Yellow Labrador
Newborn Puppies. All Yellow Lab
Puppies are born with pink pigment,
their eyes
and ears closed. Their pigment
will gradually turn to black as their
eyes and
ears open
at about twelve days old.
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