Word: labrador
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...have been taking a chance. The appalling truth is that as many as 25% of the 20 million purebred dogs in America -- 1 in 4 animals -- are afflicted with a serious genetic problem. German shepherds, for example, run an even higher risk of hip dysplasia than do golden retrievers. Labrador retrievers are prone to dwarfing. At least 70% of collies suffer from genetic eye trouble, and 10% eventually go blind. Dalmatians are often deaf. Cocker spaniels tend to have bad tempers. Great Danes have weak hearts. English bulldogs have such enormous heads that pups often have to be delivered...
Greed cuts both ways, of course. Six Labrador retriever breeders say they have filed a class action against the AKC and the Labrador Retriever Club Inc. for changing the breed standard to favor slimmer, longer-legged animals over the traditional stockier, shorter ones -- thereby devaluing the out-of-date model. And some owners of a relatively rare dog called the Havanese, which arrived in this country from Cuba in the mid-1970s, are actively seeking AKC recognition, despite worries by other owners that they are inviting overbreeding and genetic problems...
...steps of the church, more than a dozen television cameras were already set up and photographers and members of the print media were taking their places. A state trooper with a bomb-sniffing Labrador retriever was scouring the church grounds...
Toby Brewster, a first-year proctor and an undergraduate financial aid officer, says he brings Whitney, his seven year-old yellow Labrador, to his office almost every...
...accompanied by family members and interpreters, will follow them to a native-run facility in Alberta. The Innu band council will also seek a treatment center within the village itself. Beyond that, the people of Davis Inlet will take up a new government offer for eventual relocation on the Labrador mainland, probably at Sango, about 11 miles to the west, where there is an ample water supply and the possibility of jobs at a $23 million hydroelectric project. "There's really nothing worth saving here," says Chief Rich. "At least we would have a fresh start, at least...