Life Span:	10-12 years
Litter Size:	8 puppies
Group:	Sporting Dog, Gun Dog
Recognized By:	CKC, FCI, AKC, UKC, ANKC, NKC, NZKC, APRI, ACR
Color:	Black, Yellow, Chocolate
Hair Length:	Short
Size:	Large
Shedding:	Moderate Shed
Male Height:	22-24 in (56-61 cm)
Male Weight:	65-80 lbs (27-36 kg)
Female Height:	21-23 in (53-58 cm)
Female Weight:	55-70 lbs (25-32 kg)
Living Area:	Labrador Retrievers do not do well without some kind of yard for exercise. Urban apartments will work only on the condition that you can walk or otherwise exercise your dog on a regular basis. Suburban homes or even rural areas are usually the best in terms of space in order to keep your lab healthy. Rural areas with readily-accessible bodies of water (rivers, lakes, beaches or even ponds) are the best of all.

About this Breed

The Labrador Retriever is one of the most popular and easily-identifiable dogs in the world. The dog is reasonably large, standing at about two feet at the shoulders and with an extremely heavy and muscular body. Labs have floppy ears, longish noses, long legs relative to their stocky bodies, and distinctive otter-like tails that help them to steer their bodies when swimming. They come in three basic color variations--chocolate, black, and yellow--with a wide variety of shades and hues within those basic colors, anywhere from a foxlike red to a nearly-white shade of lemon.