Labrador: The Story of the World’s Favourite Dog

Product Information

Finance is provided by PayPal Credit (a trading name of PayPal UK Ltd, Whittaker House, Whittaker Avenue, Richmond-Upon-Thames, Surrey, United Kingdom, TW9 1EH). In keeping with the need for historical accuracy, a Lab, Roly, was cast as Lord Grantham’s dog Pharoah in Downton Abbey. Kind, loyal, diligent, hardworking, biddable, gentle and faithful: I may be biased, but it’s no surprise that the Labrador is by far the most popular breed in the UK and indeed the world. I'm not sure when I first met Labradors but I think it was Poppy and Oscar, who belonged to a dear late friend of mine, Alice Benkert. For the children to realise that the world doesn't revolve around them was also very important,' he said.

Of course, this isn’t unique to the breed, but unlike bloodhounds, say, the Labrador has the distinction of following a scent for its own benefit. I'm not sure if it was because she was bullied by the Collies on the island, or because she wasn't properly socialised, but Inca just really wasn't into other dogs. Ebooks fulfilled through Glose cannot be printed, downloaded as PDF, or read in other digital readers (like Kindle or Nook). She once ate a whole marzipan cake – she looked like a barrel afterwards and couldn’t walk for three days, but it didn’t put her off eating.Albania, Algeria, American Samoa, Andorra, Angola, Anguilla, Antigua and Barbuda, Argentina, Armenia, Aruba, Australia, Bahamas, Bahrain, Bangladesh, Barbados, Belgium, Belize, Benin, Bermuda, Bhutan, Bolivia, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Botswana, Brazil, British Virgin Islands, Brunei Darussalam, Bulgaria, Burkina Faso, Burundi, Cambodia, Cameroon, Canada, Cape Verde Islands, Cayman Islands, Central African Republic, Chad, Chile, China, Colombia, Comoros, Cook Islands, Costa Rica, Cyprus, Czech Republic, Côte d'Ivoire (Ivory Coast), Democratic Republic of the Congo, Denmark, Djibouti, Dominica, Dominican Republic, Ecuador, Egypt, El Salvador, Equatorial Guinea, Eritrea, Estonia, Ethiopia, European Union, Falkland Islands (Islas Malvinas), Finland, France, French Guiana, French Polynesia, Gabon Republic, Gambia, Ghana, Gibraltar, Greece, Greenland, Grenada, Guadeloupe, Guam, Guatemala, Guernsey, Guinea, Guinea-Bissau, Guyana, Haiti, Honduras, Hong Kong, Hungary, Iceland, India, Indonesia, Iraq, Ireland, Israel, Italy, Jamaica, Japan, Jersey, Jordan, Kenya, Kiribati, Kuwait, Kyrgyzstan, Laos, Latvia, Lebanon, Lesotho, Liberia, Liechtenstein, Lithuania, Luxembourg, Macau, Macedonia, Madagascar, Malawi, Malaysia, Maldives, Mali, Malta, Marshall Islands, Martinique, Mauritania, Mauritius, Mayotte, Mexico, Micronesia, Moldova, Monaco, Mongolia, Montenegro, Montserrat, Morocco, Namibia, Nepal, Netherlands, Netherlands Antilles, New Zealand, Nicaragua, Niger, Niue, Norway, Oman, Pakistan, Palau, Panama, Papua New Guinea, Paraguay, Peru, Philippines, Poland, Portugal, Puerto Rico, Qatar, Republic of Croatia, Republic of the Congo, Reunion, Romania, Saint Helena, Saint Kitts-Nevis, Saint Lucia, Saint Pierre and Miquelon, Saint Vincent and the Grenadines, San Marino, Saudi Arabia, Senegal, Serbia, Sierra Leone, Singapore, Slovakia, Slovenia, Solomon Islands, South Africa, South Korea, Spain, Sri Lanka, Suriname, Svalbard and Jan Mayen, Swaziland, Sweden, Switzerland, Taiwan, Tajikistan, Tanzania, Thailand, Togo, Tonga, Trinidad and Tobago, Tunisia, Turkey, Turkmenistan, Turks and Caicos Islands, Tuvalu, Uganda, Ukraine, United Arab Emirates, United Kingdom, United States, Uruguay, Uzbekistan, Vanuatu, Vatican City State, Venezuela, Virgin Islands (U.

The definitive guide to England's 6,000 GP practices: From number of patients and doctors to how many appointments are face-to-face (as well as what patients REALLY think). They first came to Europe around 200 years ago when those trawlers docked at Poole in Dorset on their way back to Portugal, and this is where these 'Little Newfoundland' dogs were first sighted in Britain. It is probably fair to say that a chance meeting between the third Earl of Malmesbury (at the age of 75) with the sixth Duke of Buccleuch (1831–1914) and the 12th Earl of Home (1834–1918) saved the labrador from extinction. HM The Queen with her dogs on the lawn in front of Balmoral Castle during the Royal Family’s annual summer holiday in September 1971. But one job they would not be good at, because they are so easy-going and trusting with strangers, is guard dog.I’ve even been woken in the morning by a happy Labrador holding my wife’s bra and my children’s shorts. The duke and his friend the tenth Earl of Home loved their dogs so much that when they went on a yachting holiday to Naples in 1839 they took their favourite Labs – Moss and Drake – with them. The ultimate Valentine's Day countdown - here are 10 romantic gestures to help sweep your partner off their feet! She wanted to know if I had ever trialled her and asked if she was greedy, which I took as an insinuation she might be a little ‘large’ for field work.

Not only should this have been picked up by any decent editor, but Fogle himself uses 'progenitors' correctly on several (too many) other occasions, so goodness knows what this was about. Contrastingly, I did find the book very pretentious and the subtle snide remarks to other breeds were very off putting. The personal stories of Ben and Inca are unarguably the best parts of this book, hearing about his cheeky labs adventures are delightful and make you smile whilst reading. Seller has stated it will dispatch the item within 1 working day upon receipt of cleared payment - opens in a new window or tab .Perhaps one of the unique traits that really marks them out is their love of holding objects in their mouth. Our relationship was made stronger through isolation and the pressures of life on that Outer Hebridean island. The Masked Singer UK's Lorraine Kelly, 64, delighted judges guessed she was 'a wee lassie': 'I need to ring Frankie Bridge to apologise!