... as number one on the American Kennel Club's list of top ten breeds, with 172,841 Labs registered this year (factmonster.com, 2001). Their most notable characteristics are their coat, tail and temperament. They have a double coat; a soft undercoat that keeps them warm in the winter, and a hard outer coat that helps them repel water, together they protect and comfort the ... be more heavily bred for hunting and retrieving abilities. A good show line dog should have a sound, athletic and well-balanced conformation. I will select for a short dense coat, an otter-like tail, a clean-cut head ...

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... saw a man who must've be in his sixties. I felt that God has sent my mother back to me so I could not resist and got up and started waving my tail very fast and started crying and licking his hands. That man understood something was wrong with me and he comforted me for some time. After a while when the rain stopped ... ...

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... when Joe talks to the dog as he feeds it from the table. You won't get much more bacon, shall you, you little b----? The dog faintly and dismally wagged its tail, then lowered its haunches, circled round, and lay down again. In the brothers interactions with the dog we receive a wealth of information about Mabel and Lawrence paints a portrait of the ... ...

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