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Old 12-29-2010 | 09:10 AM
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Default City folks with gun dogs

Originally Posted by peterbilson
My bro-in law is a biologist and hunter. He despises city people that dont hunt who get labs. He loves his dogs and knows they need to hunt occasionally to be happy. So why do so many city people get large working and sporting dogs when they will NEVER use them for what they were bred for over generations.
I guess they buy them because they like them. Dogs learn to be happy in the circumstances they find themselves in. Take care of their basic needs and they will do just fine. Having said that. Very few labs are bred to hunt any way.

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