8 Facts About Labrador Retrievers
8 Facts About Labrador Retrievers
- Using registered ownership as a gauge, the Labrador Retriever is the most popular dog in both the United States and the United Kingdom.
- The Labrador Retriever was originally bred in Newfoundland.
- The Michigan State Spartans mascot is a Labrador Retriever.
- The first yellow lab on record was born in 1899.
- Both of former President Clinton’s pets, Buddy and Seamus, were Labrador Retrievers.
- The first Labrador Retriever registered by the American Kennel Club was in 1917.
- The Chocolate Lab emerged from breeding in the 1930’s.
- In the United States as well as the United Kingdom and some other countries, there are over twice as many Labrador Retrievers as there are the next most popular breed.
