The Labrador Retriever is part of the sporting group with dogs like the Golden Retriever, Irish Setter, and the lesser-known Boykin Spaniel.  The Labrador Retriever is not from Labrador - a province in Canada, they are from Newfoundland and are made up of a hodgepodge of dogs brought to Newfoundland a long time ago; by European explorers from England, France, Ireland, etc. -  they all brought dogs on their ships which somehow they created the Labrador Retriever, or what is now called the Labrador Retriever.   But together they make up one of the most popular dog breeds the world has ever known.  Black Labrador Retrievers were originally called Lesser Newfoundland or St. John's Dogs before they became Labrador Retrievers.  The naming got mixed up because...