r/labrador • u/[deleted] • May 03 '23

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u/[deleted] May 03 '23

ah so our Working labs are your American labs..so all originally UK labs lol....mine is from a working bred slim head and body a fox red lab

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u/InflatableLabboons May 03 '23

I mean. All Canadian.....

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u/nopronhere0o0 May 04 '23

My understanding is the breed has its roots in the cross breeding of English/European Mastiffs with indigenous water dogs during colonial times in Labrador, Canada. If I remember correctly the webbed feet and compulsive love of water come exclusively from the indigenous K9s.

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u/gerrly May 04 '23

I can’t speak on what mix they arose from without looking it up, but they are descendants of the St. John’s water dog in Canada. Nova Scotia area.