Once you have hunted with a good retriever, you will want one as your own hunting dog. A duck dog lets you hunt places you couldn’t otherwise hunt—and take shots you wouldn’t otherwise take, for fear ...

Labs descend from the St. John’s water dog, a breed developed in Newfoundland as a fisherman’s working dog. Hardy dogs able to stand cold water, they hauled nets and lines in the water. Visiting ...

She was a chocolate lab born to a backyard breeder in Shasta County. I found her in the classified ads for $500 — the best money I ever spent. We took her home at six weeks. We named her Gaddy. That’s ...