ORIGINAL: Ruddyduck
Some good advice here but also alot of pure and simple b.s. and wives tales.
Just do your homework and you'll find a dog, Chessie or Lab that you'll be happy with. Either breed are outstanding dogs IMH0 if you do your part prior to purchasing and a little TLC and patience with training.
As far as Labs being #1 in dog bites , it does make sense being they are the #1 dog being registered and the overall popularity of the breed and the dogs that don't get registered. Don't get you knicker in a bunch , it's like saying a chevy or fordare prone to accidents. If you sell 3 million of them and they are involved in more accidents it's only logical. If you sold 1000 Mazzerati's and 999 were involved in accidents the chevy and ford would still come out way ahead.
my vet says he is seeing more labs biting lately..he said its the backyard breeder..
i saw 2 mix labs the other day and they were real nice..i then saw 3 labs,1 choc, i blk ,1 yellow,full breed from a registered breeder..the only one that would not bite you was the yellow female..the other 2 were males..
i really believe that they are breeding dogs they should not..i went to breeder after friends lab bit people..he said breeder commented that the mother would bite..after i went to talk to him, he said, no mother does not bite..
i asked to see her, he let me..i could see why she acted that way,she had TERRITORIAL AGGRESSION..if she is on leash and cant run away, i could see she could bite..he left her off the leash ,i knew she would not bite then..
that dog should not have been bred..its happening and as said above, there are so many labs that biting numbers are up..
i do believe a biting lab can be made to not bite if they are given time and kept out of certain situations,but it takes a lot of watching..
most rec they be put down but i seen labs get better with age..