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Originally Posted by BroadHopper
Is that what labs are suppose to look like today?
Chammie was registered and he looks a lot thinner and to me healthier than the picture shown above!
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Ishoot308 is right.
BH perhaps had an American Lab or Field Lab, they are very different than English (also called) Show Labs. Because of their heavy bone structure they look bigger than American Labs, they are heavily muscled and have wide heads. American labs are very energetic where English labs have a moderate temperment. Their muzzel is longer and their head is typically narrow.
I recently lost my field dog (American Lab-he was chocolate) and still have an English Lab. My American lab was a great hunting dog, never confused with my English, it is the family companion dog. Look in the "Dogs on Winni" thread Bear Island Souths Lab in their post 5-14-13 thats an English. Looks identical to mine.
Most AKC Breeders do a great job - research bloodlines and visit breeders to see the environment the dogs were bred and you will weed out good from bad. There is something to be said for rescuing a dog as well.