The Second Best Working Dog Breed: Labrador Retriever

Here's the second hardiest work dog - the Labrador Retriever. The Labrador Retriever, which is also known as Labrador, or just Lab in short is one of different types of retriever dog breeds. It falls under the group Gun Dog, and is the most popular breed in Canada.

Spanning back to the history of Labs, we can find the origin of this beautiful dog breed was the island of Newfoundland that is presently a part of the province of Newfoundland and Labrador, Canada. The founding dog of the Labrador was the St. John's Water Dog, that had also acted as the platform breed for Newfoundland dog.

Let's see what Animal Planet has to say about the breed's working ability.