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oi!gfa '' in I kmnva <?riiy oae flat^coatcd refrkv^r whid^' 
does the mw- theXsbrador. A pecabarlty 
of la aad |M>iftt3js,4 at?' dead oi*^ 
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.. 4 |- ;*^rLo'e? >V'- mx^nths, hut the same applies to 
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than mt the breaker is respdn- 
. ly f_ mt imdersTattdiiig. the breed J 
-B ,f®€e ;as,il ssstching at the/obje^p-t j 
iHjtrfered ^-4 :• '‘~ ■'-v fact that the dog 
returns »v V ?J^_.V-r 4 -ar whatever it' ptay ba®' 
^ s ^‘€.i/5id IT he' aaiiiitered back at a .geatle amble 
r^- > - m? tmB&sk it is advisable to take the game 
Mid lot iti. c -t ftiv* t-s vKmi imnd. l-or thick covert^ Labraciors are aot to'"' 
he beatea, aad as tfevy -fircfr-a they will continue workiB^ and. huatiag 
l€.^’j4 alter other br<r^ds have giye.« tip. They are natural huaters and loyeX 
it, atid- w;*i coat aim* o> ho>-r in thick heather after a drive for aa unlimited 
pericni, :-ver. rvudv ?ad v-iUlng^ ro take another c^ist, though they may be 
cosAvlticed t:?nvt It is u ustiess proceeding. Their short, hard^ thick coats 
'make thei2\ ideal dogs for working in water after duck, and they are excel y 
Umt md natc'ral swhumei->>. The thickness of coat also prevents the wat^ 
?:-ojn soakin ;; tbein, and alter a good-shake and a roli on the bank they are 
c^nuug'cati.vely ary and do not sta.rve with the cold like a . longer- coated 
iiC;g is bound, to do ou a windy, -frosty mght. The shooter, tfeei*elbre,^ls 
ooT faced with the hjBpleaSant feeling that while he may be wartniand 
■ r*i<skbb, comfortable-'iiis kdog.is'' chattering wRh cold. 'A further -advaii ' 
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n: rlieir coa-t' collects less mu.4 '^^std burrs, 3 .jad after a day% i^hoot* 
? mb down is 'all tlinr Is while-- on a blazing hot clay on-| 
■::» .'^04;st,>. . ■■■t^ .e d-vg •m':Ser-fc 4 '-b^y khe intense heat 
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L‘-m , n ’’ n-'- . t*-- ^ct-that Labrad^f^i--feW| 
-?r- woxk alone. aM 
v^.sx?acs*-.-:* t?-r ns the-worMng 
y-A? *. './^i | 7 -itet bred frofii dogs of the 
"ii'd vfvrkers, and wkat feed type nc-w 
i- dx;.e ■ ilirtaX^ut tlic greater number of me^ «?» 
pcio-iiV", r^n-:?, \w -<5 k.-abi.a 4 ojcs for their own use, bred forn«« 1 f^ 
•wliutevti k;*ew b.?/witfcin easy reach. The hr^wd ’>■^‘3 
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