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11 Ways To Bond With Your Black Labrador

Lucy Easton — Wed, 18 Jun 2025 09:51:31 +0000

Well bonded dogs are happy, settled, and let’s face it, much easier and nicer to live with than ones who feel less secure in their attachments. And what’s wonderful, is that once you start to connect more to your black Labrador, you’ll realise that the benefits for both of you go even further. Whether it’s...

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7 Reasons People Dislike Silver Labs

Pippa Mattinson — Sun, 08 Jun 2025 16:21:10 +0000

The first thing to say is that this is not an in-depth report on the myths and mystery that surround the history of the silver lab and its arrival in the Labrador owning community. If it’s ‘in-depth you are looking for, you’ll find that on this page, (it’s quite a long read so grab a...

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The Emotional Intelligence of Labradors: Understanding Their Empathy & Connection

Sarah Holloway — Mon, 24 Mar 2025 15:07:37 +0000

One of the joys of running our Facebook page and moderating our forum is that we get to see the very best of what life with a Labrador has to offer. Every day, members of our community leave messages about how gentle, affectionate, and loving their dogs are. For example settling by their owner’s side...

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10 Labrador Myths Busted

Sarah Holloway — Mon, 24 Mar 2025 15:05:32 +0000

Labradors are one of the world’s most popular, and most talked about, dog breeds. But here at The Labrador Site HQ, we’re sometimes taken aback by the things said about them. So in this article, it’s time for some myth busting! I’ve compiled a list of most commonly-circulated misconceptions about Labs that we’ve heard over...

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American Labrador: Raising And Training A Lab From Working Lines

Pippa Mattinson — Sat, 07 Sep 2024 11:13:00 +0000

I have been around working retrievers for most of my life but it wasn’t until I started talking to retriever trainers in the USA that I came across the phrase American Labrador. You hear the term used more widely now, but in the UK it’s still more common for American Labs to be referred to...

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Schnauzer Lab Mix

Sarah Holloway — Thu, 25 Jul 2024 14:01:00 +0000

Has your head been turned by a handsome Schnauzer Lab mix pup? You’re already pretty lucky, as they’re pretty rare designer dogs. Although there are a huge number of crossbreed dog mixes vying for our attention these days, from the ubiquitous Labradoodle to the many Cockapoos waiting impatiently at the gates of my daughter’s Kindergarten...

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Mastiff Lab Mix: Meet The Mastadors

Lucy Easton — Mon, 26 Feb 2024 09:51:00 +0000

The Mastiff Lab mix is a large designer cross breed, combining the English, Spanish or Bullmastiff with the Labrador Retriever. This breed combination surprises some as they have historically very different purebred ancestors. One designed to protect property and the other to fetch game in the field. To drill down to the realities of life...

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Australian Labradoodle

Rebecca Bayuk — Thu, 11 Jan 2024 13:35:00 +0000

The Australian Labradoodle is a mixed dog breed, with Labrador, Poodle, English and American Cocker Spaniel, Curly Coated Retriever, and Irish Water Spaniel ancestors. The aim of the Australian Labradoodle was to produce a new purebred with its own breed standard and with predictable traits than a first-generation Labrador Poodle cross. Your adult Australian Labradoodle...

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Meet 20 Husky Lab Mix Owners

Lucy Easton — Wed, 13 Dec 2023 10:24:00 +0000

The Husky Lab mix joins two intelligent, active, large dog breeds into one goofy yet protective canine combination. The Siberian Husky and Labrador Retriever breeds aren’t the most natural cross. They have very different heritages, temperaments and characteristics, which play out in a variety of ways when you scramble them together. To really get to...

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The Goldador

Caitlin Riffee — Tue, 05 Dec 2023 15:19:00 +0000

Originally two intelligent, trainable hunting breeds, the cooperative Golden Retriever Labrador hybrid surged in popularity just a few decades ago thanks to service dog charities. In fact, the first Goldador I met was a seeing eye dog puppy, being socialized by a family friend. Goldadors are enthusiastic about reward based training, easy to motivate and...

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