I owned a black lab that went 70-80 pounds.
If a person was not careful, they could be knocked to the ground as my dog attempted to lick their face off. I am having trouble getting my mind around the concept of an attack lab.
It can happen. Never make the mistake of assuming any given dog is nice because it’s a Lab, or Golden, or whatever “they never hurt anyone!!!” type.
Our neighbors had litter-brother Labs. The chocolate was the stereotypical kind, dopey and lovable. The yellow was absolutely dog-aggressive and more serious. He would bark when people rang OUR doorbell across the street! (Our Shepherd usually was clueless and didn’t care anyway.)
It amazes you because nobody reports non-Pit attacks.
They don’t fit the prescribed narrative.
Pretty hard to paint Labs as “dangerous, vicious killing machines” but guess what.
http://www.newson6.com/story/8746561/puppy-kills-baby-boy
http://www.abcnews4.com/story/18637442/toddler-killed-in
http://voices.yahoo.com/dog-kills-baby-swing-not-first-time-11261454.html
http://www.examiner.com/article/labrador-shot-and-killed-after-attacking-toddler-maine
http://www.understand-a-bull.com/Articles/OtherBreedBites/2010/June/Black%20lab%200510.pdf
That’s just two pages of hits.
There’s lots more.
Now you know why the Pit people are outraged.
There’s blatant, intentional media bias, plain and simple, which, of course, we -hate- here on FR.
Not that the Pit haters will care but in the case of Labs, just like Pits, it ALL boils down to bad breeders/owners.
Labs are popular and cheap thanks to puppy mills.
There are genetic/health disorders *and* behavioral issues thanks to horrendous whelping conditions and no early socialization.
Yeah, labs are just teddy bears.