A selection of a few of the most famous labradors within
various categories includes :
Assistance dogs
- Endal,
a service dog in England.
Among other distinctions, "the most decorated dog in the world"
( including "Dog of the Millennium" and the PDSA΄s Gold Medal
for Animal Gallantry and Devotion to Duty ), the first dog to ride on the
London Eye and the first dog known to work a 'chip and pin ' ATM card. As
of 2007 some three hundred camera crews from several countries have
interviewed Endal and his owner / handler Allen Parton, and a film of a
year in his life is in production .
Police, military, rescue and detection dogs
- Jake,
a black Labrador who became a national
canine hero after burrowing through white-hot, smoking debris in search of
survivors in the 9 / 11 World Trade Centerattacks. Also helped search for
Hurricane Katrina victims in 2005.
- Lucky
and Flo, twin Black Labrador counterfeit detection dogs who became famous
in 2007 for "sniffing out nearly 2 million pirated counterfeit DVDs"
on a six-month secondment to Malaysia in 2007. Following
the multi-million dollar, 6-arrest Malaysian detection, they became the
first dogs to be awarded Malaysia's, "outstanding service
award", and software pirates were stated to have put a £30,000 contract
out for their lives.
- Several
other labradors have either gained fame or awards for lives saved, bombs
detected, or ( in some cases ) have died whilst saving lives.
Field Trial Dogs
- NFC-AFC
San Joaquin Honcho won the 1976 National Field Trial Championship and
accumulated 142 All age points during his competitive career.
- NFC
AFC Storm΄s Riptide Star, or "Rascal," was the first chocolate
lab to win the National Field Trial Championship, and the 1996 National
Field Trial Championas well as a finalist in the 1998 National Open.
Pet
- Former
U.S. President Bill Clinton's Labradors Buddy and Seamus, and Russian
President Vladimir Putin΄s Labrador
'Koni'.
Fiction and media
- Labradors have featured variously as pets and
significant characters in sitcoms and other TV shows, as well as other
portrayals in the media. Bouncer in Neighbours, and Luath in The
Increadible Journey, are two TV examples.
- Marley
is an American Labrador portrayed in Marley & Me, a book by John
Grogan in which Grogan recounts his life and times with Marley.
Mascots and adverts
- Both
the Memphis Mad Dogs and the Michigan State Spartans sports teams have a Labrador as their mascot, and the Andrex. Puppy is a
famous Labrador in advertising. Brinkley,
a yellow labrador, has featured in television articles and advertisements
in the East Midlands area of theUnited
Kingdom. A labrador
puppy is also currently used as a mascot of sorts for Advantage (
Imidacloprid ) in TV commericals in the United States.
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