Labs descend from the St. John’s water dog, a breed developed in Newfoundland as a fisherman’s working dog. Hardy dogs able to stand cold water, they hauled nets and lines in the water. Visiting ...

If Zack Foster doesn’t promptly respond to a text message this spring, there’s a good chance the 23-year-old and his dog are foraging a forest floor for deer antlers. Shed hunting, the search for ...

Sometimes I wonder what my black lab Boston would have been like if he lived the life of a retriever he was bred to be ...