Friday, February 04, 2000
Lab retriever top dog
BY MIKE PULFER
The Cincinnati Enquirer
America's favorite dog, the Labrador retriever, is Cincinnati's top dog, too.
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AMERICA'S TOP DOGS
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Labradors: 154,897
Golden retrievers: 62,652
German shepherds: 57,256
Dachshunds: 50,772
Beagles: 49,080
Poodles: 45,852
Chihuahuas: 42,013
Rottweilers: 41,776
Yorkshire terriers: 40,684
Boxers: 34,998
Source: The American Kennel Club.
| Tom Ross of Eastgate, who just bought a chocolate Lab for his daughter, Kaylee, 4, thinks he knows why. “They listen real well,” he said. “They play good. And they're a pretty dog.” Bruno, who came to live with Mr. Ross in November, “is already fetching, and he's only 4 months old.”
Registration papers were issued for more Labrador retrievers than any other breed in 1999, the American Kennel Club said in its annual report Thursday. That's a trend mirrored in the Tristate, where the Hamilton County Auditor's Office sold more tags for Labs than any other dog.
Golden retrievers and German shepherds followed Labs on both the national and local lists. Beagles, terriers and Rottweilers made both top 10 lists, too. Otherwise, Americans elsewhere showed more fondness for dachshunds, poodles, chihuahuas and boxers than Cincinnatians did.
“The lists are pretty much the same, but little tiny dogs have been becoming more popular nationally, and that has not been the case here,” said Norma Woolf, president of the Clermont County Kennel Club. “Maybe we just don't have a lot of apartment complexes that allow pets.”
Barbara Johnson of Hillsboro has been breeding Labs and selling them since 1983.
“It's very rare to find a mean Lab,” she said.
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