Labrador

The other day I was delighted and amazed to receive an email saying that I had won a book! Never in my life have I won anything and so I was over the moon with this.
I have entered Pepper’s growth and health records on the Dogslife study of Labradors since she was a pup, and every month they do a prize draw. At last, my turn!
I have won Labrador, by Ben Fogle, and just started reading it having struggled through our book group volume by Barrack Obama.
Ben starts with a quick history of the breed, and mentions this statue in St John’s, Newfoundland. But they really seem to have been first bred here near Poole back in the 1840s.
More fascinating titbits to follow....