It was bred as a sporting and hunting dog but is widely kept as a companion dog. The Labrador is friendly, energetic, and playful. It is among the most commonly kept dogs in several countries, particularly in the European world. It was developed in the United Kingdom from fishing dogs imported from the colony of Newfoundland (now a province of Canada), and was named after the Labrador region of that colony. The Labrador Retriever, or simply Labrador, is a British breed of retriever gun dog. Short, dense, weather-resistant double coatīlack, chocolate, or yellow (ranges from pale yellow to fox red)
