[trouttracker]

Is there any way to tell if a dog is a lab are part lab if you don't know the parents. Phyiscal appearance are something else.

 

[Leemo]

If it looks like a chi -wa-wa, it aint lab, just jooking, yes looks are everything, BUT you'll never know exactly what you got without papers or parents.

 

[Charles Helm]

Throw a ball and see if it has good instincts. Looks may help for sure but look into retriever puppy testing recommendations if it is a pup (search the web for some) and if it is grown see if it has the drive to retrieve.

There are so many Labs in shelters that you should be able to find one pretty easily if you are not looking at a pedigreed one from a known blood line. PM Belinda and she can put you on the right path there. Heck, hardly a week goes by on 2Cool that someone is not giving up a lab for personal reasons.