They can be seen in the show ring, in various dog sports including agility and weight pulling, in law enforcement work
including narcotics detection (check out former Adopt - A-Bull Peaches), in search and rescue, in the armed forces, as service dogs, in our homes and as therapy dogs, like Love - A-Bull's Pit Crew, reaching out and offering comfort to people in hospices, children's hospitals, veterans programs, women's shelters, etc..
This often
includes narcotics detection, accelerant detection, explosives detection, mine detection, cadaver searching and search and rescue.
Not exact matches
Most popularly this retriever is used as a gun dog but it also excels in other activities
including: tracking, hunting,
narcotics detection, competitive obedience, agility work and any activity that involves swimming.
These
include search and rescue, cadaver searching,
narcotics detection, explosives
detection, accelerant
detection and mine
detection dog, among others.
They have many talents
including competitive obedience,
narcotic detection, agility, and performing tricks.
The primary «job» for this breed will always be as a herding dog; however, other jobs
include: bomb
detection,
narcotics detection, agility competitor, Frisbee trial competitor, search and rescue work, Fly ball participation, competitive obedience and even work as seeing eye dogs and general assistance dogs for the handicapped.
Patrol training (which
includes obedience, agility, tracking, evidence searches, open area and building searches), and
narcotics or explosives
detection are the most common areas of training, although service dogs can also be trained to help find dead bodies, lost children, and the sick or elderly.
Some of the Labrador's exceptional talents
include hunting, tracking, retrieving, police work,
narcotics detection, guide for the blind, service dog for the disabled, search and rescue, sledding, carting, agility, and competitive obedience.
Police dogs, or K - 9 cops as they are often called, help protect our communities in a variety of ways
including general patrol, security and protection, and
narcotics and explosives
detection.