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Labrador Retriever The Labrador Retriever (also Labrador, Labby, or Lab for short) is one of several kinds of retriever, a type of gun dog. The Labrador is the most popular breed of dog (by registered ownership) in the world, and is by a large margin the most popular breed by registration in the United States (since 1991), and the United Kingdom. With training, the Labrador is one of the most dependable, obedient and multi-talented breeds in the world History The early Labrador originated on the island of Newfoundland, now part of the province of Newfoundland and Labrador, Canada.The breed emerged over time from the St. Johns Water Dog,(圣·约翰水犬) also an ancestor of the Newfoundland dog (to which the Labrador is closely related), through ad-hoc breedings by early settlers in the mid to late 16th century. The original forebears of the St. Johns dog have variously been suggested to be crossbreeds of the black St. Huberts hound from France, working water dogs from Portugal, old European pointer breeds and dogs belonging to the indigenous peoples of the area. From the St. Johns Dog, two breeds emerged; the larger was used for hauling, and evolved into the large and gentle Newfoundland dog, likely as a result of breeding with mastiffs brought to the island by the generations of Portuguese fishermen who had been fishing offshore since the 1400s. The smaller short-coat retrievers used for retrieval and pulling in nets from the water were the forebears of the Labrador Retriever. The St. Johns area of Newfoundland was settled mainly by the English and Irish. Show standards Size:Labs are a medium-large but breed. They should have an appearance of proportionality. They should be as long from the shoulders back as they are from the floor to the withers. Males should stand 22.5-24.5 inch (55.9-62.5 cm) tall at the withers and weigh 65–80?lb (30–36?kg). Females should stand 21.5–23.5?inch (54.5–60?cm) and weigh 55–70?lb (25–32?kg). By comparison under UK Kennel Club stand