{"id":11406,"date":"2022-05-24T07:33:32","date_gmt":"2022-05-24T07:33:32","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/deltrangolabradores.es\/?page_id=11406"},"modified":"2024-02-19T08:06:56","modified_gmt":"2024-02-19T08:06:56","slug":"el-labrador","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/deltrangolabradores.es\/en\/el-labrador\/","title":{"rendered":"The Labrador"},"content":{"rendered":"
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LABRADOR RETRIEVER<\/span><\/p>

Origin: Great Britain<\/span><\/p>

UTILIZATION: <\/strong><\/span><\/p>

Retriever \u2013 Companion dog<\/span><\/p>

GENERAL ASPECT: <\/strong><\/span><\/p>

Strongly built, short-coupled, very\nactive; (which precludes excessive body weight or substance) broad in skull; broad and deep through chest and ribs; broad and\nstrong over loins and hindquarters.<\/span><\/p>

FEATURES: <\/strong><\/span><\/p>

This dog has a good temperament and is very agile. It has an excellent sense of smell and a delicate muzzle with a soft mouth; it is very fond of water. It is an adaptable, faithful and devoted companion.<\/span><\/p>

TEMPERAMENT: <\/strong><\/span><\/p>

Good-tempered, very agile. Excellent nose, soft mouth; keen lover of water. Adaptable,\ndevoted companion. Intelligent, keen and biddable, with a strong will to please. Kindly\nnature, with no trace of aggression or undue shyness.<\/span><\/p>

HEAD AND CRANIUM: <\/strong><\/span><\/p>

CRANIAL REGION:\n\nSkull: Broad. Clean-cut without fleshy cheeks.\nStop: Defined.\n\nFACIAL REGION:\n\nNose: Wide, nostrils well developed.\nMuzzle: Powerful, not snipy.\nJaws \/ Teeth: Jaws of medium length, jaws and teeth strong with a\nperfect, regular and complete scissor bite, i.e. upper teeth closely\noverlapping lower teeth and set square to the jaws.<\/span><\/p>

EYES: <\/strong><\/span><\/p>

Medium size, expressing intelligence and good temper; brown or hazel.<\/span><\/p>

EARS: <\/strong><\/span><\/p>

Not large or heavy, hanging close to head and set rather far back.<\/span><\/p>

SNOUT: <\/strong><\/span><\/p>

Strong jaws and teeth, with healthy, complete dentition, and scissor bite, i.e. the inner face of the upper incisors in contact with the outer face of the lower incisors, and well positioned in the jaws.<\/span><\/p>

NECK: <\/strong><\/span><\/p>

Clean, strong, powerful, set into well placed shoulders.<\/span><\/p>

FORELIMB: <\/strong><\/span><\/p>

The scapulae are long and sloping. Limbs of good bone and, when viewed from the front or side, should appear straight from the elbows to the ground.<\/span><\/p>

BODY: <\/strong><\/span><\/p>

Topline: Level.\nLoin: Wide, short-coupled and strong.\nChest: Of good width and depth, with well sprung barrel ribs \u2013 this\neffect not to be produced by carrying excessive weight.<\/span><\/p>

HIND LIMBS: <\/strong><\/span><\/p>

Well developed and without inclination towards the tail; the femoro-tibio-rotulian joints (knees) well angulated. Hocks let down, hocks together are highly undesirable.<\/span><\/p>

FEET: <\/strong><\/span><\/p>

Feet round, compact, with well arched toes and well developed plantar pads.<\/span><\/p>

TAIL: <\/strong><\/span><\/p>

Distinctive feature, very thick towards base, gradually tapering towards tip, medium length, free from feathering, but clothed thickly all round with short, thick, dense coat, thus giving\n\u201crounded\u201d appearance described as \u201cOtter\u201d tail. May be carried gaily, but should not curl over back.<\/span><\/p>

MOVEMENT: <\/strong><\/span><\/p>

Free, covering adequate ground; straight\nand true in front and rear.<\/span><\/p>

HAIR: <\/strong><\/span><\/p>

Distinctive feature, short, dense, without wave or feathering, giving fairly hard feel to the touch; weather-resistant undercoat.<\/span><\/p>

COLOUR: <\/strong><\/span><\/p>

Wholly black, yellow or liver\/chocolate. Yellows range from light cream to red fox. Small white spot on chest permissible.<\/span><\/p>

SIZE: <\/strong><\/span><\/p>

Ideal height at withers: Males: 56-57 cm (22-22 1\/2 inches).<\/span><\/p>

Females: 54-56 cm (21 1\/2 inches).<\/span><\/p>

DEFECTS: <\/strong><\/span><\/p>

Any departure from the foregoing points should be considered a fault and the seriousness with which the fault should be regarded should be in exact proportion to its degree and its effect\nupon the health and welfare of the dog and on its ability to perform its traditional work.<\/span><\/p>

NOTE: <\/strong><\/span><\/p>

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Most frequent pathologies in the Labrador Retriever  <\/u><\/strong><\/span><\/h3>\n

(summary extracted from our breed club's website <\/span>www.aelr.es<\/a> )<\/span><\/span><\/h3>\n

Despite what it may seem, the Labrador Retriever is one of the healthiest, most athletic and healthy breeds; all the diseases listed below occur in many other breeds, but perhaps the success in breeding Labradors in Great Britain and the USA, where they are one of the most popular breeds, means that we have a greater knowledge of the diseases they can suffer from, which does not mean that they are more frequent in this breed.<\/span><\/p>\n

HIP DYSPLASIA<\/u><\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n

Hip dysplasia is the hereditary disease most known by owners, breeders and veterinarians, affecting a large number of medium and large breeds mainly. Affected animals present an abnormal development of the coxofemoral joint, with an inadequate coaptation between the femoral head and the acetabulum, causing a premature wear of the articular cartilages, this defect in the conformation triggers arthritic changes that cause the symptomatic picture of the disease.<\/span><\/p>\n

The etiology of the disease is multifactorial polygenic, there are several genes that will determine the structure of the hip (genotype), but these genes will be expressed to a greater or lesser extent depending on the influence of the environment (food, exercise, habitat, etc.), from the interaction of these two factors (genotype and environment), we will obtain as a result a specific type of hip (phenotype).<\/span><\/p>\n

At birth all puppies have healthy hips, and it is during the growth phase when the animal predisposed to dysplasia, because it is written in its genetic code, will develop the disease to a greater or lesser degree depending on environmental conditions. The most critical phase of growth is from 3 months to 8 months, although it has been proven that obesity in puppies as young as 2 months can be almost determinant for the onset of the disease. In this short period of time we should take maximum care of environmental factors, for example, nutrition and exercise.<\/span><\/p>\n

La nutrici\u00f3n es el factor m\u00e1s importante. Deber\u00e1n evitarse dietas hipercal\u00f3ricas que producir\u00e1n perros con sobrepeso, este exceso de peso acent\u00faa las sobrecargas en la articulaci\u00f3n causando mayor desgaste de los cart\u00edlagos articulares y por tanto originando con mayor rapidez cambios artr\u00f3sicos. Asimismo, se deben evitar tambi\u00e9n las dietas hiperproteicas, que van a producir unos altos \u00edndices de crecimiento que dar\u00e1n lugar a descompensaciones entre la formaci\u00f3n de tejido \u00f3seo y el tejido muscular.<\/span><\/p>\n

As for exercise, it should be moderate until the first year of age, we should avoid long walks; they are perhaps the least recommended exercise, since little muscle mass is created, and yet it involves a great joint wear. Swimming is the most adequate and complete method, since it produces a muscular hypertrophy without forcing the articulation at all, since the dog does not exert loads or pressures on the extremities at any time.<\/span><\/p>\n

ELBOW DYSPLASIA<\/u><\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n

As in the case of the hip, this is a genetically based disease in which abnormalities occur during the puppy's development that affect the elbow joint, although this name encompasses two different pathological entities:<\/span><\/p>\n