Who hasn’t seen a Labrador at least once? Nowaday’s a very popular breed, but do we know what a Labrador really is? The Labrador Retriever is a strong built, medium-sized, well-balanced, elegant, beautiful dog with short, dense, weather resistant coat easy to maintain with a regular grooming care.  These dogs are for retrieving wherever it’s needed with an extraordinary ability, great instinct and awesome technique to swim. This is not all, the Labrador is a noble, sweet, affective, kind, willing to obey, brave, independent, loyal, working, pleasant, happy, a magnificent game-partner and most of all, very smart and with great sensibility. The Labrador is a dog appropriate for one or many owners, for adults and children, for active or sedentary people. It’s a dog able to adapt to every situation. Besides its aspect, it’s a captivating dog able to be a winner at dog shows. Has a great dowry for any obedience or agility competition. Its intelligence and sensibility are the cause of the big fame, because it’s an easy-going breed and very easy to train. The Labrador is ideal if there are children; they will be incapable to harm them, due to their patience and kindness. They are lovely dogs and give hope to people unable to have a normal life; this is why they are used as therapy dogs. At home, street or wherever you are they are polite, obedient, sociable, and well behaved dogs. At the same time, they bring security to their owners because of their image and never ending state of alert. The Labrador Retriever is always willing to please their owner, but most of all, it has been proved that it’s an ideal dog for blind people as guiding dogs. They are used as police dogs, army dogs, drug and explosives detectors and much more. All this qualities make the Labrador a very versatile dog, able to be a great friend and partner for everything.
 
The Labrador Retriever: The Most Versatile Friend By: Alejandra Hernández Landa García & Gerardo Bernard Hernández Landa