My lab mix was a stray when he was a pup, so he learned to hunt to stay alive. He still tries, but at 11 years of age, he is too slow.
Pepper hates water (not a swimmer lab), doesn’t like to go out in the rain, cannot pull her into my daughters pond when the water gets to her elbows, she will chase a ball, look at it and run back to me to go get the ball and throw it again for her. Its a good thing she is a sweet girl, cause this dog don’t hunt...