ORIGINAL: bkitchen0406
To quote every author that I ever read about training hunting dogs, labs only win because just about every single person that competes has a lab. They are not better then any other dog. It's a numbers game. I don't know why people don't understand this.
i feel there is no other dog that trains on commands and retrieves as good as LAB. none i know of,just my opinion..
now, put LAB on phesant,grouse,rabbit,there are MANY dogs for many reasons that can do it better than lab.
but for water/retrieving ,i rate the LAB as NO.1...
as for the ALL AROUND DOG,HUNTING/HOME , i feel they are best.
if LAB is not in shape,under 80 pds on male,they are not a dog to have for hunting here in mountains of pa.
heat/weight of lab is his biggest problem..
i seen labs that their tongues almost touched ground,they were out of shape,bigtime...