English lab vs American lab

[Johnboy114]

Maybe i am showing my ignorance, but what is the differnce between an English lab and a lab? Just curious.
matt

[ April 16, 2002: Message edited by: Johnboy114 ]

[Wingman]

Well.......English labs...


ran through the briars and they ran through the brambles
they ran through the bushes where the rabbits couldn't go.
They ran so fast that the hounds couldn't catch 'em,
Down the Mississippi to the Gulf of Mexico!

Honestly, I don't know.

Wingman
ISAIAH 40:31

[peewee]

American labs speak ebonics and spanish instead of english. You should have known that.

[Hambone]

The English labs tend to be shorter, stockier, and, at least by reputation, tend to be a bit calmer. I have three English, and all are good hunters. However, I know plenty of people who have great American labs, too. The best thing to do is locate good parents and not worry about the labels.

[Hung Up]

Johnnyboy, I know you stay around the Clinton area. If you are contemplating getting a lab and don't know which type to get i'll be glad to let you come take a peek at my roomates lab and my neighbors lab. Two entirely different personalities.

If I ever get a dog I will most certainly get an English lab. These dogs aren't at all hi-strung and the one I am referring to is more preoccuppied with watching other people's action. These dogs are more at ease, and in my eyes this makes them easier to teach because their always attentive.

[deltaduxs]

I have an English Lab, and like someone else posted he is a lot more calm than my buddies, and is smaller, he is seven now and only ways about 70 lbs. small and stocky so to speak.

[4DUKHTN]

I have 2 black labs...one is an american and the other is a british. We got the british first b/c of its tempermant, alot calmer and not as big as the american. The american is a little more high strung, but I wouldn't take anything for either of them...I live around the Tupelo area, so if you are in town let me know and you can see for yourself.
Jason

[goosebruce]

Don't confuse energy with disobedience... Typically when people refer to a working dog as hi-strung like thats a problem, its because the dog they are thinking about when they wrote that is disobedient.

There is no puppy thats perfect for everyone. Lots of things need to be considered. Typical ways the dog is going to be hunted, the time thats going to be spent training the dog, end goals, and the expereince level of the person doing the training. Obviously the health aspects of buying a puppy, not only the hips and eyes being certified, but well bred puppies far and away have fewer nagging health issues figure into it. Don't buy hype, buy a puppy. No puppy will become anything without work and decidcation on the owners part. No dog does it all outta gentics, it takes training and soicalizing on your part to make that dog into what you want.
There are a lot of good english dogs, and a lot of good american dogs. But there are a lot more of both kinds, that arent worth putting a bullet in to quit feeding them. And most of the time, genetics had very little to do with that, its the fact folks wont put the work needed into a dog. Nobody goes and picks out a lab puppy, and says, you're gonna be one helluva couch potatoe someday... but most labs are just that.
Buy a good puppy, out of titled parents, with a health guarentee, and put some time in it socializing & training that dog and instead of wondering if its a british lab or an american lab, folks will simply say its a good lab. travis

[goosebruce]

Don't confuse energy with disobedience... Typically when people refer to a working dog as hi-strung like thats a problem, its because the dog they are thinking about when they wrote that is disobedient.

There is no puppy thats perfect for everyone. Lots of things need to be considered. Typical ways the dog is going to be hunted, the time thats going to be spent training the dog, end goals, and the expereince level of the person doing the training. Obviously the health aspects of buying a puppy, not only the hips and eyes being certified, but well bred puppies far and away have fewer nagging health issues figure into it. Don't buy hype, buy a puppy. No puppy will become anything without work and decidcation on the owners part. No dog does it all outta gentics, it takes training and soicalizing on your part to make that dog into what you want.
There are a lot of good english dogs, and a lot of good american dogs. But there are a lot more of both kinds, that arent worth putting a bullet in to quit feeding them. And most of the time, genetics had very little to do with that, its the fact folks wont put the work needed into a dog. Nobody goes and picks out a lab puppy, and says, you're gonna be one helluva couch potatoe someday... but most labs are just that.
Buy a good puppy, out of titled parents, with a health guarentee, and put some time in it socializing & training that dog and instead of wondering if its a british lab or an american lab, folks will simply say its a good lab. travis

[Model12]

What Goose said is the key to the retreiver thing. I waited until I was 39 years old to dedicate the time it took to purchase, train, and maintain a good working retreiver. I purchased good blood, from good parents, spent the money to get her thru finished level retreiver training, and now with her allmost 4 years old I have the kind of retreiver most hunters dream about. But we train allmost everyday, seven day a week, most every week. Today we may just do a couple of blinds, and five minutes of obedientance work, but thats what it takes. It's the commitment after the sale, not what you purchased. IMHO....

[NOHERE]

keep it american, the hips are still the big problem with the brit's.they just dont last as long

[damnyankee]

I've noticed Brits have a shorter snout almost like a rotweiller? and seem to have slightly shorter legs but are very stocky.