labrador retrievers

Easy-to-read text explains the Labrador's physical characteristics, personality, and care needs.

Some dogs were born to lend a helping hand (or paw!). Zeus, a chocolate lab puppy, is one of them. With his courage, smarts, and strength his purpose seems clear: he'll become a water rescue dog! When a young boy named Kimo is tasked with training Zeus, they quickly become best friends. But Zeus's excitement makes training hard, and worse yet, becoming a working dog means being separated from Kimo. Can Zeus and his boy figure out how to stay together forever?.

"Luna has always wanted to be a therapy dog . . . Now she's a whisker away from reaching her fifty-visit pin that will make it official . . . Like the moon, Luna shows different faces at different times. And her clients each have different needs; Beatrice is tangled in knots of anger, Caleb rushes like a waterfall, Amelia carries fear heavy like a shadow, and Hector is quiet as a rock"--Provided by publisher.

In rural New Hampshire, sixteen-year-old Clair Taylor and her neighbor, eighteen-year-old Danny Stewart, fall into an unlikely relationship as they work together to save Wally, a loveable, but mistreated dog kept chained in a junk-filled yard by Danny's cruel father.

An introduction to Labrador retrievers that discusses their bodies, personalities, history, and why they make great pets.

Gus Dempsey is a newly trained dog handler in the United States Marine Corps, and when he is deployed to Afghanistan he is paired with Loki, a bomb-sniffing black Labrador with a mischievous streak.

"[Presents] the story of an affectionate and inquisitive Labrador named Silver, who grew up on a farm with his master and his hundreds of sheep. But Silver dreams of adventure, bored by the monotony of his farm life... What is beyond the hills? Where does the river flow? Which animals live in the forest? So many questions without answers... One night, Silver meets a trio of hungry wolves. Attracted by their unhindered life-as enticing as it is dangerous-he decides to follow them, and learns to live the wild life with the pack, which is rough and exhilarating at the same time. Along the way he discovers love, and the ravages of human civilization that are reducing the living space of animals, threatening their very existence"--Amazon.

Introduces readers to Labrador retrievers, discussing their history, what it's like to have one for a pet, and how to best care for them.

After avalanche rescue dog Ava, a chocolate Labrador retriever, finally gets to help her handler, Nate, with a real rescue, she realizes that her job at the ski resort includes other important tasks, too.

"Charlie and Kate know their yellow lab, Buster, would be a perfect soldier dog. So they enlist Buster in the Coast Guard, where he and his handler work to protect US shores from enemy attacks. Then Charlie and Kate discover a coded Nazi message about a submarine landing that will put German spies on US soil. With hours until the U-boat's arrival can Charlie, Kate, and Buster be the heroes America needs?"--Back cover.