Labrador Day!

Forest of Bowland Moorland Group

On Sunday we celebrated Labrador Day! The Labrador Retriever has consistently been one of the top dogs in annual lists of the UK's favourite breed and this certainly rings true with our keepers and beaters who regularly have labs by their side on shoot days. Not only are they used for shoot days but they are much loved members of gamekeeper’s families and trusty companions when lone working.

The English Kennel Club registered Labrador Retrievers as a breed in 1903. The Labrador retriever comes in three colours - yellow (and variations of), black and chocolate. These water loving dogs have something called ‘otter tail’. The tail and the webbed feet help them to be excellent swimmers. They were bred to be duck retrievers. Later their retrieving abilities spread out to game hunting and waterfowl hunting.

They are intelligent, sensible, hard workers, and are extremely eager to please almost everyone and anyone. These attributes make them one of the most versatile workers. They can do everything!

Enjoy some of our keepers favourite pictures below, there was too many to choose from