Title: Bird dogs in sport and conservation
Identifier: birddogsinsportc42yeat (find matches)
Year: 1948 (1940s)
Authors: Yeatter, Ralph Emerson, 1896-
Subjects: Bird dogs; Dogs
Publisher: Urbana
Contributing Library: University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign
Digitizing Sponsor: University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign

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YEATTER: BIRD DOGS IN SPORT AND CONSERVATION 03 The Labradoi- Retriever should be an exceedingly active dog, strongly built and close coupled; it should have a good spring of ribs, and wide, well-developed loin and hindquarters. A keen nose, intelligence, steady nerves, stamina, and an inborn desire to please its master make the Labrador an excellent hunting ir^i^h^^'^H^
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The Labrador is one of our most popular retrievers for both waterfowl and upland game. Labradors are strongly built and possess stamina, intel- ligence, and steady nerves. Black is the usual color for Labradors, but yel- low and other colors are permissible. companion. The eyes of the Labrador, set in a wide skull, should be of medium size and expressive of an active brain and good temper; they may be brown, yellow, or black in color. The jaws should be strong, the nose wide, the nostrils well developed. The coat character is important; it should be short, very dense, and without wave, and it should give a fairly hard feeling to the hand. The color is usually black; it should be free from rustiness and any white except possibly a small white spot on the chest. Yellow Labradors are occasionally seen, and other whole colors are permissible.

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