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 ...

America’s most popular gun dog, the Labrador retriever, is bred for the water, yet it’s also equally at home in the uplands and in the house. Labs make great all-purpose hunting and family dogs, and ...

A Grand Junction hunter, whose hunting dog-in-training was swept away when it chased its quarry into the Colorado River, jumped into the water and saved the pooch, but lost his shotgun, waders and ...