Do you ever feel bad for some breeds...

[Desert Arabian]

Originally posted by cali
show bred labs drive me up the wall, those dogs are so fippin fat and bulky they they would have a heart attack if they had to do actual work.

Before you bash a breed, actually learn more about the breed, so you know what you are talking about.

There are different types of Labradors- English and American. American labs tend to me a little smaller and more lean. English labs are larger than American and WAY more stocky and bulky and their heads are very "blocky" compaired to American labs. Labradors are SUPPOSED to be fairly chunky and bulky with a nice block head- that is a perfect Lab, not a little itty bitty slim jim that looks like a black, yellow, or chocolate whippet. Have you ever touched a "fat bulky ready to have a heart attack" Lab? That "fat and bulky" lab is 95% muscle, to help them run 150 yards to retrieve game, and 5% fat to keep them warm in the 20 degree water. They are "fat and bulky" for a reason. Now the owner who gives their lab 5 buckets of food a day, so the Labs stomach is swaying on the ground- that is another story. Just about every single show lab is used in the field, either doing actual hunting or field trials. Labs were first and formost bred to be used in the field, not in the ring, so of course Labs in the ring will be found in the field. If you go to every single Lab breeder website you will see that their lab puppies have been introduced to water, gunfire, live birds, and started work in the field- even the ones that are ment to go in the show ring. Labradors' drive to hunt and work will never be taken over to look prissy in the ring. Every single Labrador has the drive to hunt and work- in or out of the ring.