He ʻīlio liʻiliʻi kona nui, me ke kino ikaika a me ka ʻiʻo, ʻaʻole palupalu a momona ʻole, me nā pepeiao kulu a me nā maka ʻeleʻele, ʻeleʻele a hazel paha.

Lauoho : pōkole a mānoanoa, ʻeleʻele, melemele a ʻeleʻele paha.

Size (ke kiʻekiʻe ma kahi maloʻo): 53 a 59 cm no nā kāne a me 51 a 58 cm no nā wahine.

Weight : mai 25 a 30 kg.

Hoʻokaʻawale FCI : N ° 122.

Wahi a ka moʻolelo, ʻo ka Labrador ka hopena o ka hui ʻana o kahi otter me kahi ʻīlio Newfoundland, ma kahi o kēia mokupuni ma ke kahakai o ka ʻāina ʻo Labrador, Kanada. E loaʻa iā ia ka ʻīlio o Saint-John (ke kapikala o Newfoundland) no kona kupuna i haʻalele i ke kai e kōkua i ka poʻe lawaiʻa a ʻaʻole kānalua i ka lele ʻana i ke kai hau e hoʻihoʻi i ka iʻa a me nā mea i hala. ma ka moku. Ua hoʻihoʻi mai ka poʻe lawaiʻa i ʻEnelani i ka hoʻomaka ʻana o ke kenekulia 1903 a ʻike koke ka poʻe aliʻi Pelekane i kēia ʻano ʻīlio e hoʻohana ʻia no ka hahai holoholona. Ua hana ʻia nā ala he nui me nā ʻīlio hahai holoholona kūloko i kēia kenekulia a ua ʻike ka hui Kennel Pelekane i ka ʻano i hana ʻia ma 1911. ʻO ka hoʻokumu ʻia ʻana o ka French Labrador Club ma hope koke o XNUMX.

ʻO kona ʻano mālie, aloha, kūpaʻa a me ka ikaika he kaʻao. Hoʻomanawanui ka Labrador i nā kānaka, ʻōpio a ʻelemakule. He naʻauao, hoʻolohe a makemake nui e aʻo a lawelawe. ʻO kēia mau hiʻohiʻona e hoʻolilo iā ia i ʻīlio hana hiki ke kōkua i nā poʻe kino kīnā (no ka laʻana, ke komo ʻana i nā hana hoʻopakele (ʻimi ʻana i ka ʻāʻī a i ʻole ka ʻōpala) a mahalo nā mākaʻi i kona ʻano honi.

ʻAʻole hōʻike kēia ʻano i kahi pilikia olakino koʻikoʻi e pili ana iā ia. ʻO ka manaʻolana ola o Labrador i ana ʻia e nā haʻawina like ʻole mai 10 a 12 mau makahiki. Ma kahi noiʻi nui o kahi kokoke i 7 Labradors, ua hoʻopaʻa ka British Kennel Club i ka awelika o ke ola o 000 mau makahiki a me 10 mahina a me ka makahiki waena ma ka make ʻana o 3 mau makahiki (ʻo ia hoʻi ka hapalua o nā ʻīlio i noho i loko - ma mua o kēia mau makahiki). (11) Wahi a ia noiʻi hoʻokahi, ʻaʻohe maʻi ʻelua hapakolu o nā ʻīlio a ʻo ko lākou kumu nui o ka make ʻana ʻo ka ʻelemakule, ma mua o ka maʻi kanesa a me ka maʻi puʻuwai. ʻO ka maʻi maʻamau ka lipoma, he maʻi maʻi momona maikaʻi, aia ma lalo pono o ka ʻili i ka ʻōpū a me nā ʻūhā, a ukali ʻia e ka osteoarthritis, elbow dysplasia, nā maʻi ʻili a me ka dysplasia hip. .

ʻO 12% o nā Labradors ma ʻAmelika Hui Pū ʻIa e loaʻa ana i ka hip dysplasia, ka mea e pili pono ana i nā ʻīlio nui.Orthopedic Kahi hoʻokumu no nā holoholona. ʻIke ʻia nā kūlana orthopedic hoʻoilina, e like me ka elbow dysplasia a me ka patella dislocation. (2)

Ke hopohopo nui nei ka Labrador Retriever Club o Great Britain e pili ana i ka piʻi ʻana o kekahi mau maʻi maʻi maʻi ʻili i loko o ka pua a ke ʻimi nei e ʻike i nā hoʻololi genetic hoʻoilina e pili ana: Mastocytomas (ʻo ka maʻi maʻamau o ka ʻili, e komo pū ana me ka aggressiveness he ʻano loli, mai ka ʻoluʻolu a hiki ʻinoʻino loa), ʻo Melanoma (kakaʻikahi) a me nā sarcomas ʻiʻo palupalu (a i ʻole anaplastic sarcomas). Hoʻomaʻamaʻa ʻia kēia mau maʻi koko a pau me ka ʻokiʻoki ʻana e wehe i ka ʻōpū. Hoʻohui ʻia kēia me ka chemotherapy / radiotherapy inā ʻaʻole hiki ke hoʻopau ʻia.

No ka loaʻa ʻana o kahi Labrador i ke olakino kino a me ka noʻonoʻo maikaʻi, pono ʻoe i kahi māla (pa) kahi e hiki ai iā ia ke hoʻolimalima i kekahi mau hola i ka lā. He naʻauao kēia ʻīlio, akā naʻe, e hoʻololi i ke ola o ke kūlanakauhale (e loaʻa i kāna mea nona kahi paka kokoke i kona home). ʻOiaʻiʻo i kona kumu, makemake ka Labrador i ka ʻauʻau ʻana a me ka ʻū ʻana i ka wai. Hoʻokipa nui kēia ʻīlio i ka hoʻonaʻauao a me ke aʻo ʻana.