Labs are bred to hunt and retrieve birds, esp waterfowl. They can be trained to do just about anything a dog can do. I differentiate a little from the previous post. Those blocky dogs are from SHOW LINES not necessarily from the UKand agree they are to be avoided. Anddogs from show linesare found on both sides of the Atlantic. I have seen field Labs from the UK (do a searchunder Eugene Mallory at the Refuge) and they look just like American field labs. I would look for pedigrees that have titles like MH, QAA, AFC, FC, NFC. Show dogs have titles like CH.