Understanding Dog Breeds: Labrador Retriever

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Learn how to understand the dog breed Labrador retriever with this video. Expert: Julia Szabo

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I'm Julia Szabo, also known as a Pet Reporter, and I am the ""Living with Dogs"" columnist for dogster.com. I've actually written 6 books and I'm hard at work on my next one. It will be about about dogs -- that's as much as I can say right now. I love dogs and I think nobody's life is complete without one. So I'm here to tell you about a variety of different dogs breeds that might suit your lifestyle. I hope you'll adopt one soon.

The Labrador Retriever; is probably one of the most popular breeds in the world, certainly in America. It's always in the top 3 of the most popular breeds. They're incredibly great dogs, they can be trained to do so many things.

The most recent interesting application for Labradors in terms of helping humans, is, that, they're amazing at, detecting the, sugar lows, that people with diabetes experience. So, uh, their actually what's called ""Dogs for Diabetics"", that's the group that trains them and what they do, is that, they take dogs, Labradors, who didn't make it through all the way, to the ""Guide Dogs for the Blind Program"", and, for whatever reason they flunked, maybe they liked to rearrange a person's shoes, and you can't do that to a blind person.

So, that dog still has all that amazing training. So, they're recycled to actually help people with Diabetes.

So, um, Labs are incredible, they're very playful, they're very athletic, and they love an athletic owner. A friend of mine, um, she's an editor and a writer, and she runs every single day with her lab. She's actually, like, a marathon runner and the way she stays in shape is running with her lab, and the lab stays in shape, it stays happy, it doesn't destroy the house. Um, they're amazing water dogs. They love to be around the water. So, if your lifestyle in anyway incorporates swimming or boating or any of those things they would love to be with you.

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[vougz28]

she is showing us her pitbull, NOT labrador ret.

[hadd13]

I just rescued a lab yesterday and I'm calling it the best day in my new life

[George Bakhsoliani]

I got a black retriever from Canada i liv in Georgia

[Hope Weed]

I have a one year old yellow lab named Sadie and she is amazing!!!!! She is my best friend!!!!! I have a heart problem and if my breathing pattern changes,she comes over and lays next to me!!!! I love her so much!!!!!! :) <3

[bgsquiggy]

I have a dudley lab---Bailey Rose--she will be 14 years old on May 1, 2013.

We love her.

[EverythingCute98]

heyy i need help figuring my dogs breed could you please help me?

[serenesista]

I love pitbulls and I love labs so I'm not mad at this video. 

[hgurke]

Wtf is up with all of the pitbull shots? This video was really poorly done, labs are one of the most popular breeds in the United States and you couldn't find one for this vid? And why was the video so short, almost nothing of significance was said about the lab breed. Please use common sense the next time you bother to make a video.

[chazzatheninja]

This angered me greatly. Besides, which dog-writer or dog lover would not have a Lab? Maybe even just borrow one for the vid, so silly.

[chazzatheninja]

I know what you mean. My Labradors have saved me from some pretty bad times, make sure you cherish every second with your dog, they are a gift.

[MrCraigary123]

I just watched the add before the vid. Screw getting animals tagged! something is fishy about that

[simplysingin]

She's talking about Labs and showing Pits. Ugh!