List of Labrador Retrievers - AbsoluteAstronomy.com

This list of famous Labradors covers notable individual dogs that belong to this breed. The Labrador retriever

Labrador Retriever

The Labrador Retriever is one of several kinds of retriever, a type of gun dog. A breed characteristic is webbed paws for swimming, useful for the breed's original purpose of retrieving fishing nets. The Labrador is the most popular breed of dog by registered ownership in Canada, the United...

is the most popular breed

Dog breed

Dog breeds are groups of closely related and visibly similar domestic dogs, which are all of the subspecies Canis lupus familiaris, having characteristic traits that are selected and maintained by humans, bred from a known foundation stock....

of dog (by registered ownership) in both the United States

United States

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and the United Kingdom

United Kingdom

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. The breed is exceptionally affable, intelligent, energetic and good natured, making them excellent and popular pet

Pet

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s, companions and working dogs. Working dogs help the blind and deaf because they are very smart. They have a high work ethic Common working roles for Labradors include: hunting

Hunting

Hunting is the practice of pursuing any living thing, usually wildlife, for food, recreation, or trade. In present-day use, the term refers to lawful hunting, as distinguished from poaching, which is the killing, trapping or capture of the hunted species contrary to applicable law...

, tracking

Search and rescue dog

The use of dogs in search and rescue is a valuable component in wilderness tracking, natural disasters, mass casualty events, and in locating missing people. Dedicated handlers and well-trained dogs are required for the use of dogs to be effective in search efforts...

and detection

Detection dog

A detection dog or sniffer dog is a dog that is trained to and works at using its senses to detect substances such as explosives, illegal drugs, or blood. Hunting dogs that search for game and search dogs that search for missing humans are generally not considered detection dogs...

, disabled-assistance

Assistance dog

An assistance dog is a dog trained to aid or assist a person with a disability. Many are trained by a specific organization, while others are trained by their handler .-Classification:...

, carting

Carting

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, and therapy work

Therapy dog

A therapy dog is a dog trained to provide affection and comfort to people in hospitals, retirement homes, nursing homes, schools, people with learning difficulties, and stressful situations, such as disaster areas....

. Approximately 60–70% of all guide dog

Guide dog

Guide dogs are assistance dogs trained to lead blind and visually impaired people around obstacles.Although the dogs can be trained to navigate various obstacles, they are partially color blind and are not capable of interpreting street signs...

s in the United States are Labradors.

As both the most popular breed by registered ownership and also the most popular breed for service dog

Service dog

A service dog is a type of assistance dog specifically trained to help people who have disabilities including visual or hearing impairment, and also to help people with mental disabilities including Post Traumatic Stress Disorder and severe depression...

s in several countries, there have been many notable and famous labradors since the breed

Dog breed

was recognized.

Assistance dog
Assistance dog
An assistance dog is a dog trained to aid or assist a person with a disability. Many are trained by a specific organization, while others are trained by their handler .-Classification:...

s

Endal
Endal
Endal was a male Labrador retriever in Britain whose abilities as a service dog and as an ambassador for service dog charitable work have had considerable news media coverage....

, a service dog
Service dog
A service dog is a type of assistance dog specifically trained to help people who have disabilities including visual or hearing impairment, and also to help people with mental disabilities including Post Traumatic Stress Disorder and severe depression...

in England
England
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. Among other distinctions, "the most decorated dog in the world" (including "Dog of the Millennium" and the PDSA's Gold Medal
PDSA Gold Medal
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for Animal Gallantry and Devotion to Duty), the first dog to ride on the London Eye
London Eye
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, the first dog known to work a 'chip and pin
Chip and PIN
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' ATM card, and the first dog to place a human being in the recovery position
Recovery position
The recovery position refers to one of a series of variations on a lateral recumbent or three-quarters prone position of the body, in to which an unconscious but breathing casualty can be placed as part of first aid treatment.An unconscious person The recovery position refers to one of a series of...

without training following a blackout. some three hundred camera crews from several countries have interviewed Endal and his owner/handler, and a film
Film
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of a year in his life is in production.
Lucy, David Blunkett
David Blunkett
David Blunkett is a British Labour Party politician and the Member of Parliament for Sheffield Brightside and Hillsborough, having represented Sheffield Brightside from 1987 to 2010...

's best known guide dog
Guide dog
Guide dogs are assistance dogs trained to lead blind and visually impaired people around obstacles.Although the dogs can be trained to navigate various obstacles, they are partially color blind and are not capable of interpreting street signs...

, who once vomited in the British House of Commons
British House of Commons
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during a Parliament
Parliament of the United Kingdom
The Parliament of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland is the supreme legislative body in the United Kingdom, British Crown dependencies and British overseas territories, located in London...

ary speech.
Timber, named "Heroic Guide Dog of the Year" by Guide Dogs for the Blind
Guide Dogs for the Blind
Guide Dogs for the Blind is a guide dog school located in the United States, with campuses in San Rafael, California, and Boring, Oregon. It was founded in 1942 to help veterans who had been blinded in World War II.- History :...

(UK) in 2005, after saving the life of his owner, Arthur Griffiths, during a traffic collision.
Omar Riviera's yellow Labrador guide dog "Dorado". Riviera was on an upper floor of the Twin Towers
World Trade Center
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at the time of the September 11, 2001 attacks. Despite extreme confusion, noise and panic, Dorado led Riviera down 70 stories just before Tower 1 collapsed
Collapse of the World Trade Center
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. According to media reports, "Riviera even tried to release Dorado so the dog could have a better chance at survival, but found the dog would not leave his side".

Police, military, rescue and detection dogs

Jake
Jake (rescue dog)
Jake was a well-known American black labrador who served as a search and rescue dog following the September 11 attacks and Hurricane Katrina...

, a black Labrador who became a national canine hero after burrowing through "white-hot, smoking debris" in 2001 during the September 11 attacks in search of survivors at the World Trade Center
World Trade Center
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. Also helped search for Hurricane Katrina
Hurricane Katrina
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victims in 2005. As a puppy, Jake was abandoned with a broken leg and dislocated hip, but as an adult became one of fewer than 200 U.S. government-certified rescue dogs, and described by a member of the 9/11 Federal search and rescue teams as "a world class rescue dog". He died of cancer
Cancer
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at age 12 in July 2007.
Lucky and Flo
Lucky and flo
Lucky and Flo are a pair of black Labrador retrievers, notable for being the first animals trained to detect optical discs by scent. They are sponsored by the MPAA and FACT, as part of an initiative to combat copyright infringement relating to motion pictures and DVDs.Although the dogs are...

, twin Black Labrador counterfeit detection dogs who became famous in 2007 for "sniffing out nearly 2 million pirated
Copyright infringement
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counterfeit DVD
DVD
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s" for the Motion Picture Association of America
Motion Picture Association of America
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whilst on a 6 month secondment to Malaysia in 2007. The two later repeated a similar feat in several Queens, New York stores. Following the $multi-million 6-arrest Malaysian detection, they became the first dogs to be awarded Malaysia's "outstanding service award", and software pirates were stated to have put a £30,000 contract
Contract killing
Contract killing is a form of murder, in which one party hires another party to kill a target individual or group of people. It involves an illegal agreement between two parties in which one party agrees to kill the target in exchange for consideration, monetary, or otherwise. The hiring party may...

out for their lives.
Sabi
Sabi (dog)
Sarbi is an Australian special forces explosives detection dog that spent almost 14 months missing in action in Afghanistan having disappeared during an ambush on 2 September 2008. Sarbi was later rediscovered by an American soldier, and was reunited with Australian forces pending repatriation to...

, an Australian special forces
Special forces of Australia
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explosives detection dog
Detection dog
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that spent almost 14 months missing in action
Missing in action
Missing in action is a casualty Category assigned under the Status of Missing to armed services personnel who are reported missing during active service. They may have been killed, wounded, become a prisoner of war, or deserted. If deceased, neither their remains nor grave can be positively...

(MIA) in Afghanistan
Afghanistan
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before being recovered safe and well in 2009.
Sadie, a black Labrador who saved the lives of dozens of soldiers in Afghanistan by detecting a bomb. Recipient of the Dickin Medal
Dickin Medal
The Dickin Medal was instituted in 1943 in the United Kingdom by Maria Dickin to honour the work of animals in war. It is a bronze medallion, bearing the words "For Gallantry" and "We Also Serve" within a laurel wreath, carried on a ribbon of striped green, dark brown and pale blue...

, the animal equivalent of the Victoria Cross
Victoria Cross
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.
Sirius, a yellow Labrador New York Port Authority Police Canine, was killed as he waited for his handler in one of the twin towers during 9/11.
Zanjeer, a detection dog
Detection dog
A detection dog or sniffer dog is a dog that is trained to and works at using its senses to detect substances such as explosives, illegal drugs, or blood. Hunting dogs that search for game and search dogs that search for missing humans are generally not considered detection dogs...

who detected arms
Weapon
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and ammunition used in 1993 Mumbai
Mumbai
Mumbai , formerly known as Bombay in English, is the capital of the Indian state of Maharashtra. It is the most populous city in India, and the fourth most populous city in the world, with a total metropolitan area population of approximately 20.5 million...

(Bombay) serial explosions. Zanjeer was born on January 7, 1992, and was inducted into the Bomb Detection and Disposal Squad on December 29, 1992. He was trained at the Dog Training Centre of the Criminal Investigation Department in Pune
Pune
Pune , is the eighth largest metropolis in India, the second largest in the state of Maharashtra after Mumbai, and the largest city in the Western Ghats. Once the centre of power of the Maratha Empire, it is situated 560 metres above sea level on the Deccan plateau at the confluence of the Mula ...

. During his service, his haul was excellent. He helped recover 57 country-made bombs, 175 petrol bombs, 11 military bombs, 242 grenades and 600 detonators. His biggest contribution to the police force and the city was the detection of 3,329 kg of RDX
RDX
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. He also helped detect 18 AK-56 rifles and five 9mm pistols. He died at a veterinary hospital in Parel
Parel
Lower Parel or Parel is central part of Mumbai. It is also lends its name to two railway stations on the Mumbai suburban railway. Most of the mills in Mumbai used to be in this area till some years ago...

.

Pet dogs

Buddy
Buddy (dog)
Buddy , a male chocolate-colored Labrador Retriever, was one of two pets owned by Bill Clinton while he was President of the United States. The Clintons' other pet was a cat named Socks.-Life:...

, U.S. President Bill Clinton
Bill Clinton
William Jefferson "Bill" Clinton is an American politician who served as the 42nd President of the United States from 1993 to 2001. Inaugurated at age 46, he was the third-youngest president. He took office at the end of the Cold War, and was the first president of the baby boomer generation...

's Labrador, and Seamus, Clinton's other Labrador, received for Father's Day
Koni
Koni (dog)
Koni , full name Connie Paulgrave , also known as Connie, is a female black Labrador Retriever owned by former President and current Prime Minister of Russia Vladimir Putin...

, Russian President Vladimir Putin's
Vladimir Putin
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Labrador Retriever
Widgeon - Prince William's black Labrador.
Marley, "The World's Worst Dog", featured in journalist John Grogan
John Grogan (journalist)
John Grogan is an American journalist and non-fiction writer. His memoir Marley & Me was a best-selling book about his family's dog Marley.- Career :...

's autobiographical
Autobiography
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book Marley & Me
Marley & Me
Marley & Me: Life and Love with the World's Worst Dog is a New York Times bestselling autobiographical book by journalist John Grogan, published in 2005, about the thirteen years he and his family shared their life, home, and heart with Marley, a possibly neurotic, and certified "untrainable",...
Bailey Dozer "Beebo" Charbonneau (known as Mr. Bee on facebook
Facebook
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).

Field (working) dogs

King Buck (1948–1962), first dog to appear on a US postage stamp
Postage stamp
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(1959), and "the most famous dog in the history of duck hunting". Won the National Retriever Championship in both 1952 and 1953.
Blind of Arden (born approx 1934), first dog to appear on the cover of Life
Life (magazine)
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(1938), also winning the No.1 competition at the time, the open all-age stake of the Long Island Retriever Club, with a "remarkable" blind recovery.
NFC-AFC San Joaquin Honcho won the 1976 National Field Trial Championship and accumulated 142 All-age points during his competitive career. He was owned and trained by the famed retriever trainer, Judy Aycock, who purchased him on recommendation from the retriever legend Rex Carr.
NFC AFC Storm's Riptide Star, or "Rascal," was the first chocolate lab to win the National Field Trial Championship. He was the 1996 National Field Trial Champion. He was handled by Mike Lardy. He was also a finalist in the 1998 National Open.

Fiction, TV, books, films and media

Bat, a blind Black Labrador mix, plays a role in the manga/anime Ginga Densetsu Weed
Brian Griffin
Brian Griffin
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from Family Guy
Family Guy
Family Guy is an American animated television series created by Seth MacFarlane for the Fox Broadcasting Company. The series centers on the Griffins, a dysfunctional family consisting of parents Peter and Lois; their children Meg, Chris, and Stewie; and their anthropomorphic pet dog Brian...

is a white Labrador Retriever.
Bouncer and Jake (a black lab), from Neighbours
Neighbours
Neighbours is an Australian television soap opera first broadcast on the Seven Network on 18 March 1985. It was created by TV executive Reg Watson, who proposed the idea of making a show that focused on realistic stories and portrayed adults and teenagers who talk openly and solve their problems...
Brown, is Labrador Retriever in Rule of Rose
Rule of Rose
is a survival horror video game for the PlayStation 2. The game was developed by Punchline and released in 2006.Set in 1930 England, the plot revolves around a nineteen-year-old girl named Jennifer, who becomes trapped in a world ruled by young girls who have established a class hierarchy called...
Denmark, a sentient Labrador retriever who is one of the two companions in Castaways of the Flying Dutchman
Castaways of the Flying Dutchman
Castaways of the Flying Dutchman is the first novel in the Castaways series by Brian Jacques, published in 2001. It is based on the legend of the cursed ship the Flying Dutchman...

, a series by Brian Jacques
Brian Jacques
James Brian Jacques was an English author best known for his Redwall series of novels and Castaways of the Flying Dutchman series. He also completed two collections of short stories entitled The Ribbajack & Other Curious Yarns and Seven Strange and Ghostly Tales.-Biography:Brian Jacques was born...
Digger, is puppy Labrador retriver in Big Barn Farm
Big Barn Farm
Big Barn Farm is a live-action television series commissioned by Michael Carrington at the BBC, narrated by Ben Fairman in series 1 and Dave Lamb in series 2. The programmes are about four young animals, the Farmyard Bunch - Petal the piglet, Gobo the ‘kid’ goat, Dash the young donkey and Digger...
Jet (f.k.a. Bootsy), briefly adopted by the fictional detective genius Nero Wolfe
Nero Wolfe
Nero Wolfe is a fictional detective, created in 1934 by the American mystery writer Rex Stout. Wolfe's confidential assistant Archie Goodwin narrates the cases of the detective genius. Stout wrote 33 novels and 39 short stories from 1934 to 1974, with most of them set in New York City. Wolfe's...

in Rex Stout
Rex Stout
Rex Todhunter Stout was an American writer noted for his detective fiction. Stout is best known as the creator of the larger-than-life fictional detective Nero Wolfe, described by reviewer Will Cuppy as "that Falstaff of detectives." Wolfe's assistant Archie Goodwin recorded the cases of the...

's 1954 novella "Die Like a Dog"
Jordan, belonging to KVBC
KVBC
KSNV-DT, channel 3 , is the NBC-affiliated television station in Las Vegas, Nevada. It is the flagship station of Intermountain West Communications Company...

's chief meteorologist in Las Vegas. He was a local favorite to residents and had many minutes of fame on the air throughout his 13 years of life.
Labramon, is based on Labrador retriever in Digimon
Digimon
, short for , is a Japanese media franchise encompassing digital toys, anime, manga and video games. The franchise's eponymous creatures are monsters of various forms living in a "Digital World", a parallel universe that originated from Earth's various communication networks.-Conception and...
Luath, from The Incredible Journey
The Incredible Journey
The Incredible Journey, by British author Sheila Burnford, is a children's book first published by Hodder & they travel 300 miles through the Canadian wilderness searching for their beloved masters. It reveals the suffering and stress of an arduous journey, together with the unwavering loyalty and...
Orson, a Labrador mix who is a major, semi-sentient character in Fear Nothing by Dean Koontz
Dean Koontz
Dean Ray Koontz is a prolific American author best known for his novels which could be described broadly as suspense thrillers. He also frequently incorporates elements of horror, science fiction, mystery, and satire. A number of his books have appeared on the New York Times Bestseller List, with...
Quill
Quill (film)
is a Japanese film structured like a documentary of a guide dog, first released in Japan on 13 March 2004 and on DVD on 25 September 2004. It was also released for the 2004 Toronto International Film Festival in Canada on 17 September 2004....

, a guide-dog
Guide dog
Guide dogs are assistance dogs trained to lead blind and visually impaired people around obstacles.Although the dogs can be trained to navigate various obstacles, they are partially color blind and are not capable of interpreting street signs...

for the blind whose life is followed in the film of the same name
Spike, who played "Old Yeller" from the movie Old Yeller (1957 film)
Old Yeller (1957 film)
Old Yeller is a 1957 Walt Disney Productions film starring Tommy Kirk, Dorothy McGuire and Beverly Washburn, and directed by Robert Stevenson. It is about a boy and a stray dog in post-Civil War Texas. The story is based upon the 1956 Newbery Honor-winning book Old Yeller by Fred Gipson. Gipson...
Radar, the comic Brazil are pet dorinha in Monica's Gang
Monica's Gang
Monica's Gang is a popular Brazilian comic book series. The series was created by Mauricio de Sousa, who signs his work as "Mauricio". Plots are centered on the adventures of a group of seven-year-old friends in the fictional neighborhood of "Limoeiro" in São Paulo...
Raven, the co-star of Ran Schara's Minnesota Bound
Minnesota Bound
Minnesota Bound is a television series that explores the outdoors and activities in Minnesota. It has been produced since 1995, and is broadcast weekly on Kare 11, KTTC, KVLY, KEYC and KBJR. The show stars Ron Schara and his dog, Raven, a Black Labrador Retriever.Minnesota Bound is also a weekly...

.
Randolph, the erudite narrator of J.F. Englert
J.F. Englert
J. F. Englert is an American fiction novel writer, non-fiction writer, and screen writer. He resides in Manhattan, New York. He is married to P. Englert, a daughter named C. Englert, and a dog called R. Englert...

's mystery-comedy novel A Dog About Town
Rowdy, Turk and J.D.'s pet stuffed retriever from the show Scrubs
Scrubs (TV series)
Scrubs is an American medical comedy-drama television series created in 2001 by Bill Lawrence and produced by ABC Studios. The show follows the lives of several employees of the fictional Sacred Heart, a teaching hospital. It features fast-paced screenplay, slapstick, and surreal vignettes...
Rufus, from the western
Western
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themed videogame Red Dead Redemption
Ubu Roi (?–1984), logo and closing credits mascot of Ubu Productions
UBU Productions
Ubu Productions, Inc., is an independent production company founded in 1982 by television producer Gary David Goldberg. Ubu's notable productions include Family Ties , Brooklyn Bridge , and Spin City ....

' TV series since 1982
Vincent, from Lost
Lost (TV series)
Lost is an American television series that originally aired on ABC from September 22, 2004 to May 23, 2010, consisting of six seasons. Lost is a drama series that follows the survivors of the crash of a commercial passenger jet flying between Sydney and Los Angeles, on a mysterious tropical island...

, played by the famous dog Madison
Madison (dog)
Madison is a Labrador Retriever, and an animal actor best known for playing the role of Vincent the dog on the hit television series Lost.Even though she is female, she plays a male dog on the TV show Lost.-Biography:...
Marley, from Marley and Me
Shadow, the Brenan's black lab from Jonathan Park.
Digger, Cecily King's troublesome dog in Road to Avonlea
Road to Avonlea
Road to Avonlea was a television series which was first broadcast in Canada and the United States between 1990 and 1996. It was created by Kevin Sullivan and produced by Sullivan Films in association with CBC and the Disney Channel, with additional funding from Telefilm Canada.It was adapted from...

.

Mascots and adverts

The Andrex
Andrex
Andrex is a British brand of toilet roll. It is a owned by the American company Kimberly-Clark. The "Andrex Puppy", a Labrador Retriever puppy that appears on the company's television adverts, is synonymous with the brand.Sold in the U.S...

Puppy, featured primarily in UK television spots for the Andrex brand of toilet paper, known elsewhere as Scott
Scott
- Companies :* H. H. Scott, Inc., vintage tube hi-fi company* SCOTT Sports, a producer of bicycles and sportswear* The Scott Motorcycle Company* The Scott Paper Company, brand of paper towels and toilet paper owned by the Kimberly-Clark Corporation...

or Kleenex Cottonelle, also featuring the puppy mascot.
Nigger
Nigger (dog)
Nigger was a male black labrador retriever belonging to Wing Commander Guy Gibson, and the mascot of 617 Squadron. Nigger died on 16 May 1943, the day before the famous "Dam Busters" raid, when he was hit by a car. He was buried at midnight as Gibson was leading the raid. "Nigger" was the codeword...

, a black Labrador, mascot of the Dambusters squadron
No. 617 Squadron RAF
No. 617 Squadron is a Royal Air Force aircraft squadron based at RAF Lossiemouth in Scotland. It currently operates the Tornado GR4 in the ground attack and reconnaissance role...

.
Zeke the Wonder Dog
Zeke the Wonder Dog
Zeke the Wonder Dog is the stage name of a series of Frisbee-catching dogs that have performed during halftime shows at Michigan State University Spartan football games since the late 1970s.- Zeke :...

, mascot and frisbee fanatic for the Michigan State Spartans
Michigan State Spartans
The Michigan State Spartans are the athletic team that represent Michigan State University. The school's athletic program includes 25 varsity sports teams. Their mascot is a Spartan warrior named Sparty, and the school colors are green and white...
Alien, a black Lab who served as the team mascot for the Memphis Mad Dogs
Memphis Mad Dogs
The Memphis Mad Dogs were a Canadian football team that played the 1995 season in the Canadian Football League. The Mad Dogs were part of a failed attempt to expand the CFL into the United States....

. Alien would charge the field following each kickoff and retrieve the kicking tee.

Notable individuals in the development of the breed

The Duke of Buccleuch
Duke of Buccleuch
The title Duke of Buccleuch , formerly also spelt Duke of Buccleugh, was created in the Peerage of Scotland on 20 April 1663 for the Duke of Monmouth, who was the eldest illegitimate son of Charles II of Scotland, England, and Ireland and who had married Anne Scott, 4th Countess of Buccleuch.Anne...

's black Lab Avon ("Buccleuch Avon", m), considered the foundational dog of the modern breed, along with Buccleuch Ned (both gifts from the Earl of Malmesbury
Earl of Malmesbury
Earl of Malmesbury is a title in the Peerage of Great Britain. It was created in 1800 for the diplomat James Harris, 1st Baron Malmesbury. The son of the grammarian and politician James Harris, he served as Ambassador to Spain, Prussia, Russia and France and also represented Christchurch in the...

) and the Earl of Malmesbury's dogs Malmesbury Tramp (m) and Malmesbury June (f), all pivotal in the foundation of the modern breed. All date to the 1880s. In particular, Jack Vanderwyk traces the origins of all Chocolate labs listed on the LabradorNet database to Buccleuch Avon and the two Malmesbury dogs.
Ben of Hyde, first yellow lab on record (kennels of Major C.J. Radclyffe, 1899).
The two famous dogs that rekindled the modern darker ("fox red") colours of yellow Lab—Balrion King Frost, credited as having "the biggest influence in the re-development of the fox red shade", and his great-grandson, the likewise famous Wynfaul Tabasco, described as "the father of the modern fox red Labrador", and the only modern fox red Show Champion in the UK. (Two other dogs, Balrion Red Alert and Scrimshaw Placido Flamingo, are also credited with greatly passing on the genes into more than one renowned bloodline, even though not especially famous themselves.)

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Adjutant (14 August 1936 - 20 November 1963), the oldest known Labrador and the fourth-oldest dog whose age has been verified. Age at death: 27 years 3 months. Lived at the Revesby
Revesby, Lincolnshire
Revesby is a village and civil parish in the East Lindsey district of Lincolnshire, England. It lies south-east from Horncastle, east from Woodhall Spa and north from Boston, on the A155. The parish in includes the hamlet of Moorhouses to the south of Revesby village.Revesby Grade II listed...

Estate, near Boston, Lincolnshire
Boston, Lincolnshire
Boston is a town and small port in Lincolnshire, on the east coast of England. It is the largest town of the wider Borough of Boston local government district and had a total population of 55,750 at the 2001 census...

in England
England
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. Birth certificate validated by Guinness World Records
Guinness World Records
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1966.

External links

LabradorNet Hall of Fame
maartjelabradors.co.uk Details of "Famous Labradors either for their owners or for being in movies or on tv"
"Origin of Chocolate Lab" - lists a number of labs described as "famous" in its tracing of pedigree routes.
feilbach.org page covering the 1938 issue of Life, related to Blind of Arden, with full article text.

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