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[1] [2] In the Victorian era black-and-white Newfoundland dogs were more popular than the solid black coloration, and they were the subject of a number of 19th-century artists including Sydenham Edwards, Philip Reinagle, Samuel Jones, and most famously Edwin Landseer, whose name was used to describe black-and-white Newfoundlands as early as 1896.
Krypto, Superman's dog, is portrayed as a white Labrador. Labramon is a titular character on Digimon which is based on the Labrador Retriever breed. Luath, from The Incredible Journey; Little Boo, a therapy dog assigned to Big Boo in Orange Is the New Black, is a Labrador; Merle is a Lab mix featured in Ted Kerasote's book Merle's Door.
White Labrador: Tom Poes (Dutch) Marten Toonder: Bommel's loyal and very formal butler. [56] Junior generic Muggs and Skeeter: Wally Bishop: The family dog. Kemlo "Hyperdog" Caesar, Sergeant: Doberman: Top 10: Alan Moore, Gene Ha and Zander Cannon: An intelligent, talking dog in a robotic exoskeleton. Kewpie generic The Born Loser: Art Sansom ...
There is a black female and a red male who mix with local dogs. These later form the Chesapeake Bay Retriever. 1814: Col. Peter Hawker publishes Instructions to Young Sportsmen. Hawker divides dogs from Newfoundland into three categories: a giant "Labrador" breed; what he calls the "true Newfoundland" (St. John's breed); and a big, shaggy breed ...
To Dance with the White Dog: Sam's dog; about an old widower whose wife returns as stray dog so she can keep an eye on him. White Fang Wolf-dog Hybrid White Fang: A wolf-dog during the Klondike Gold Rush at the end of the 19th century in the book. Whitey Black Terrier Boston Blackie: The flippant detective's dog; about a reformed jewel thief ...
By 1870 the name Labrador Retriever had become common in England. [8] The liver (now usually called chocolate) Labrador emerged in the late 1800s, with liver-coloured pups documented at the Buccleuch kennels in 1892; [9] the first yellow Labrador on record was born in 1899 (Ben of Hyde, kennels of Major C.J. Radclyffe). [10]
Bouncer, played a dog also called Bouncer in the Australian soap opera Neighbours.; Bullet, "the Wonder Dog", a black and silver AKC registered German Shepherd (originally: "Bullet Von Berge") was a regular on the '50s TV show The Roy Rogers Show; his taxidermic remains (along with Trigger) were displayed at The Roy Rogers & Dale Evans Museum and he was sold in 2010 at Christie's for $35,000.
A champion of the Westminster Dog Show, Jiggs II was a generally well-behaved dog with a sensitive disposition – a contrast to his disagreeable friend Private Pagett. He served as Marine Corps mascot for ten years and, after death, was buried with full military honors at Marine Corps Base Quantico.