The list of famous Labradors is a long list because Labradors as a breed is one of the most successful assistance and working dogs.
Famous Labrador Avon (Buccleuch Avon)
Avon is considered the foundational dog of the modern Labrador breed.
Buccleuch Ned
Together with Avon and Malmesbury Tramp (m) and Malmesbury June (f) are considered to be the foundational dogs of the Labrador breed.
All chocolate Labradors originate from Avon, Tramp and June.
Ben of Hyde
First yellow Labrador on record.
Endal
Endal.
Endal was able to respond to over a hundred instructions as well as hundreds of signed commands. He could:
- Retrieve items from supermarket shelves,
- Operate buttons and switches,
- Load and empty a washing machine,
- Use both chip and PIN ATMs,
- Retrieve the card when the process was complete,
- Return the card to a wallet,
- Learned sign language,
- Pull the plug out of the bath before going for help if his owner falls unconscious whilst bathing,
- Put his owner, Allen Parton, in the recovery position after he was knocked unconscious by a car
- (Endal pulled Parton into the recovery position, retrieved his mobile phone from beneath the car, retrieved a blanket from the upturned wheelchair and covered him, alert barked at a nearby hotel for assistance with no result, and then ran to the hotel to obtain help),
- Hit the emergency button on a telephone and summon help,
- Help out with shopping,
- Open train doors,
- Operate elevators,
- Unload the washing machine,
- Get the newspaper.
Hounds for Heroes Charity was formed in honor of Endal.
Cora
A yellow Labrador Golden Retriever cross, a Guide Dog for the Blind holds the Freedom of the City of London, the first and only Free Dog of the City of London.
Lucy
The guide dog of the Education Secretary, David Blunkett, once vomited in the British House of Commons during a Parliamentary speech.
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Sully
Served with former US President George H. W. Bush during the last six months of his life.
Timber
Timber was named “Heroic Guide Dog of the Year” by Guide Dogs for the Blind (UK) in 2005, after saving the life of his owner, Arthur Griffiths, during a traffic collision.
Salty and Roselle
They each guided their owners out of the burning towers before they collapsed just before Tower 1 collapsed on 9/11. Salty led his owner Omar Riviera down 70 stories. Riviera released Salty so the dog could have a better chance at survival, but found the dog would not leave his side.
Roselle led her owner and 30 other people down 1,463 steps out of the tower before it collapsed.
Jake
As a puppy, he was abandoned with a broken leg and dislocated hip, but as an adult became one of fewer than 200 U.S. government-certified rescue dogs
Became a national canine hero after burrowing through “white-hot, smoking debris” in 2001 during the September 11 attacks in search of survivors at the World Trade Center.
He also helped Hurricane Katrina survivors in 2005.
Lucky and Flo
Twin Black Labrador counterfeit detection dogs became famous in 2007 for “sniffing out nearly 2 million unlicensed counterfeit DVDs” for the Motion Picture Association of America. They repeated this a few years later in shops in Queens New York and pirate syndicate bosses put a reward on their heads.
They were awarded by the Malaysian government.
Sarbi (Sabi)
Sarbi was a female black Labrador Retriever Newfoundland cross-trained in explosives detection.
Sarbi went missing after a joint Australian, American and Afghan vehicle convoy was ambushed by insurgents on 2 September 2008. Sarbi was rediscovered in November 2009 by an American soldier and determined through the use of voice commands that Sarbi was indeed a trained military dog. After being flown back to her Australian base in Tarin Kowt, handlers confirmed the dog was Sarbi.
Sadi
Sadie, (born 1996), a black Labrador Retriever, is a recipient of the Dickin Medal, the animal equivalent of the Victoria Cross. She saved the lives of dozens of soldiers in Afghanistan by detecting a bomb outside the United Nations headquarters in Kabul.
Zanjeer
He helped recover 57 country-made bombs, 175 petrol bombs, 11 military bombs, 242 grenades and 600 detonators. His biggest contribution was the detection of 3,329 kg of RDX. He also helped detect 18 Type-56 rifles and five 9mm pistols.
Zanjeer received a full state funeral in his home city of Mumbai.
Frida
Frida worked for the Mexcian navy and took part in 53 operations in various Central American countries, saving 12 lives and locating 40 bodies.
Willie
Willie saved his friend, John Stenglein, from a wolf attack at a logging camp in Icy Bay, Alaska.
Buddy
The dog of US President Bill Clinton.
Konni
Russian President Vladimir Putin’s Labrador Retriever.
Widgeon
Prince William’s black Labrador is one of his many pets and one of the many pets owned by the Royal Family.
King Buck
Successfully completed an unprecedented 63 consecutive series in the National Championship Stake and was the National Retriever Field Trial Club champion for two successive years (in 1952 and 1953), a record that stood for 40 years.
Blind of Arden
The first dog to appear on the cover of Life (1938), also winning the No.1 competition at the time, the open all-age stake of the Long Island Retriever Club, with a “remarkable” blind recovery.
San Joaquin Honcho
San Joaquin Honcho won the 1976 National Field Trial Championship and accumulated 142 All-age points during his competitive career.
Storm’s Riptide Star (Rascal)
Storm’s Riptide Star, or “Rascal,” was the first chocolate lab to win the National Field Trial Championship. He was the 1996 National Field Trial Champion.
Adjutant
Oldest Labrador and 7th oldest dog on record at 27 years and 3 months.
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