Why Do Labradors Shed So Much? A Labrador's coat has two layers. The outer layer is water repellant, as we explained in the previous section, but the inner layer is soft, fine, and insulating. Over ...

Labradors have short, dense double coats that shed heavily throughout the year— especially during seasonal changes. This shedding spreads dander-- which causes allergy in humans-- in the home ...

PIERCE, Idaho — Bullet, a 5-month-old black Lab, traverses an open field with his nose down, and makes a snap turn as he homes in on a scent.

Bonura and fellow Pierce resident Diane Schmid train Labrador retrievers to use their extraordinary noses to find antlers shed by deer, elk and moose.