Labrador Retriever (CompanionHouse Books) Breed Details and Expert Advice on Adopting, Training, Solving Bad Behavior, Feeding, Exercising, and Caring for Your New Best Friend Quotes

“It can be fatal, so it is treated with steroids, which can themselves have very significant side effects. Steroids calm down the allergic reaction to the body’s tissues, which helps the lupus, but also calms down the body’s reaction to real foreign substances such as bacteria, and also thins the skin and bones.”
― Dog Fancy Magazine, Labrador Retriever

“As a rule, a yellow Labrador is never called a “golden” Labrador.”
― Dog Fancy Magazine, Labrador Retriever

“Adult Labrador Retrievers need thirty to sixty minutes of interactive exercise every morning and evening. You can’t just put a Lab in the yard while you’re cooking dinner because Labs tend not to exercise themselves—at least not in constructive ways. They may bark, chew, and dig, but most owners interpret that as unruly behavior, not exercise. Labs only get appropriate exercise when it is directed by a person, either by walking, hiking, swimming, or retrieving. Don’t think bad weather is an excuse to take the day off; the typical Lab thinks a hurricane only makes the outing more invigorating.”
― Dog Fancy Magazine, Labrador Retriever

“The Labrador Retriever coat colors are black, yellow, and chocolate. Any other color or a combination of colors is a disqualification in the show ring, according to the breed standard. A small white spot on the chest is permissible, however, but not desirable. Black—Blacks should be all black. Yellow—Yellows may range in color from fox-red to light cream, with variations in shading on the ears, back and underparts of the dog. Chocolate—Chocolates can vary in shade from light to dark chocolate.”
― Dog Fancy Magazine, Labrador Retriever