Labs are handsome, alert, athletic, and cheerful. The Lab's dense, straight, slightly oily coat comes in black, yellow, or chocolate.
Labs have friendly brown or hazel eyes and silky-smooth ears that hang close to their cheeks.
They weigh between 50 and 80 pounds and are 21 to 25 inches tall. Labs originated in the 1700s in eastern Canada. They originally helped fishers haul heavy nets from the sea and fetch escaped codfish. During the 1800s, the dogs became popular in England as hunting companions and earned favor with the royal family. Even today, Great Britain's royal family keeps Labs.