Labradors are very popular, because these dogs have many advantages. Consider breeds similar to Labradors, similarities and differences between them.
Features
Labradors are docile and kind dogs. They are very well trained, trust people and have remarkable hunting qualities. Such animals can accompany blind people, treat autistic children, and search for people. Labradors are very hardworking and helpful to people. There are breeds related to Labrador.
These dogs have similar qualities, however, all breeds have their own unique characteristics.
Golden retriever
Golden Retrievers are also called Goldens. Such dogs are particularly similar to Labradors, and people who do not understand the rocks at all, very often take one for the other. However, the differences are still there, and they are very significant. Golden is easier than a Labrador, it is less strong and squat. The hair of golden retrievers slightly weaves, it is longer and softer. Brown and black golden does not exist, such dogs are only golden, fawn.
As for the nature - there are also differences. Golden retrievers are calm, intelligent, and Labradors are simple, direct. If you throw a stick in the river to the dogs, you will notice a significant difference in their behavior. Golden will first think about how best to run for a stick, estimate the distance and many other factors, and Labrador will rush to run almost immediately. As for hunting - Goldens are only suitable for ducks, and Labradors are more versatile, they can also bring hares.
Chesapeake Bay Retriever
These are the only American retrievers. Since the coat of such dogs is coarse, thick and short, and their ears are rather high, they bring heavy booty and work better in the cold than labradors. Chesapeks are very hardworking, but they are quite capricious and stubborn, Therefore, the education and training of such dogs must be given a lot of time.
The Chesapeake can fend for itself, but it is not aggressive towards other animals. Ordinary people almost never acquire American retrievers: they are more suitable for experienced hunters.
In our country, representatives of this breed are very rare.
Curly Coated Retriever
This breed is called "Curley." Curly Coated Retrievers are the oldest. This is a mix of Irish Spaniel and Newfoundland. Labradors, poodles and setters are also relatives of such dogs. Curly Coated Retrievers are less contact than Labradors. They are more restrained, calm.
Curly show themselves as good guard dogs and are great hunters, like all retrievers. Their coat is brownish or black. Wool cover is a large number of hard curls.
People who are seriously engaged in hunting, most often prefer brown curls, because such dogs are more difficult to notice on the shores of lakes and rivers.
Labrodull
This breed appeared relatively recently. The official organizations of cynologists have not yet recognized it. In such dogs, a variety of breeds are combined: Curly Coated Retriever, Poodle, Labrador and others. Labrodley can be called ideal: they got wonderful hypoallergenic wool from the poodles, which does not fall into mats, from Labradors - an absolutely balanced nervous system. Such dogs were taken out especially for blind people prone to allergic reactions.
Labrodudly come in many different colors: from black, silver to light brown, creamy, white. These dogs are miniature in size and standard. Choosing a pet for his children, Barack Obama particularly singled out the Portuguese water dog and labrod for. As a result, he still opted for the first option, but the Labrodudli immediately became very popular.
Mosh scotland retriever
This dog is also called a toller. She looks like a golden retriever and a Labrador at the same time. The task of tollers is rather complicated: they lure ducks so that they find themselves at a distance of a shot, and then bring killed birds. New Scots retrievers appeared relatively recently, but at the same time they have already gained very great popularity in European countries, especially in Scandinavian ones. Tollers are rather low (height at withers - up to 50 cm).
New Scottish retrievers can be kept in an urban setting, however, it should be borne in mind that usually the character of such a dog is quite difficult. The master of the toller will have to put a lot of effort into convincing him to constantly carry out the same commands. The training of such an animal should be diverse and multifaceted.
The dog is very intelligent, but can not tolerate monotony. Tollers are indifferent to strangers (Labradors are usually more sociable and friendly).
Most often, such a puppy chooses one person in the family and considers only him as the owner. In Russia, representatives of such breeds are rare.
Small
The Labrador is very similar to a flat (straight-haired retriever). The size of such dogs can be called average: their height at withers does not exceed 60 cm. Straight-haired retrievers were known in European countries before the advent of Labradors. These dogs are often hunted by hunters. At the beginning of the 20th century, Labradors and Golden Retrievers pressed flats a little, however, such dogs again became more popular, because they are light and compact.
Straight Hair Retrievers are less prone to articular pathologies than labradors. They are not very aggressive, but their guardian instinct is remarkably pronounced. Mini-copies of Labradors were also bred: they appeared as a result of inbreeding and intentional breeder experiments.
However, they did not win much popularity, because they had many diseases due to defective genes.
Long haired
Labradors look like long-haired setters and Novo-Scottish retrievers. The coat of golden retrievers, which are close relatives of Labradors, very much resembles the slightly curly, soft and airy hair of setters and tollers. We can say that Newfoundlands are also very similar to Labradors. Newfoundlands resemble their body structure and proportions, but these dogs can be called simply enormous, they are much larger.
On the features of Labradors, see the following video.
