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+ The Labrador Retriever, also Labrador, is a type of retriever-gun dog. The Labrador is
+ one of the most popular breeds of dog in the United Kingdom and the United States.
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+ A favourite disability assistance breed in many countries, Labradors are frequently
+ trained to aid the blind, those who have autism, to act as a therapy dog and perform
+ screening and detection work for law enforcement and other official agencies. They are
+ prized as sporting and hunting dogs.
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+ A few kennels breeding their ancestors, the St. John's water dog, were in England.
+ At the same time, a combination of the sheep protection policy in Newfoundland and rabies
+ quarantine in the United Kingdom, led to the gradual demise of the St. John's water dog
+ in Canada.
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+ In the 1830s, the 10th Earl of Home and his nephews the 5th Duke of Buccleuch and Lord
+ John Scott, had imported progenitors of the breed from Newfoundland to Europe for
+ use as gundogs. Another early advocate of these Newfoundland dogs, or Labrador Retrievers
+ as they later became known, was the 2nd Earl of Malmesbury who bred them for their
+ expertise in waterfowling.
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+ During the 1880s, the 3rd Earl of Malmesbury, the 6th Duke of Buccleuch and the 12th Earl
+ of Home collaborated to develop and establish the modern Labrador breed. The dogs
+ Buccleuch Avon and Buccleuch Ned, given by Malmesbury to Buccleuch, were mated with
+ bitches carrying blood from those originally imported by the 5th Duke and the 10th Earl
+ of Home. The offspring are considered to be the ancestors of modern Labradors.
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