When you pick up your puppy at 8 weeks, he/she will have had its first puppy shot (parvovirus vaccine). It does not have a full level of immunity at this stage so try to minimize his exposure to strange dogs and places they’ve been. She/he will still need four to five more puppy shots, normally at 3-4 week intervals, and…
Retriever (Labrador) THE BACKGROUND BREEDING of the Labrador Retriever may never be established, but it is safe to assume that the breed’s ancestors were taken to Newfoundland by explorers, fishermen, and settlers from England, Europe, and Norway. Thus the dogs, which subsequently were thought to be native to Labrador and Newfoundland, were in all probability the descendants of dogs left…