Both Labrador and golden retrievers consistently rank among America’s most popular dog breeds. Non-hunting owners love the friendly demeanors that make the two great family dogs. They are highly ...

The name is a bit of a give away here, retrievers have been bred to assist with hunting. When a hunt shoots a bird, a retriever will track the bird down, pick them up and take them back to their owner ...

Donald Denmark had been a lifelong Southern deer hunter with more than 30 years of whitetail gunning experience. He'd seen it all, or at least he thought he had. He was in South Carolina hunting with ...

GEORGETOWN TOWNSHIP -- Ely has the right amount of desire. Too much fire in a gun dog can be a liability during hunting tests, said Tim Doane, the 70-pound black Labrador Retriever's owner. Judges do ...

I had a friend whose last wish was that he wouldn't die without a Labrador by his side. He didn't mention his wife and kids but maybe they made honorable mention. On the overnight flight from Miami to ...

America’s most popular gun dog, the Labrador retriever, is bred for the water, yet it’s also equally at home in the uplands and in the house. Labs make great all-purpose hunting and family dogs, and ...

Sometimes I wonder what my black lab Boston would have been like if he lived the life of a retriever he was bred to be ...

He’s been around Labrador retrievers for a couple of decades now, and his kennel produces about 10 litters a year. Still, every once in a while, a puppy surprises Jeff Fuller. But no, not in the ...