By Kelly Marshall

Labrador Retrievers are considered people-oriented animals. So, they have to be in tune with their owners in order to follow certain guidelines. In order to understand this, you have to look deeper at what Labs were bred to do, and that is to hunt and retrieve.

You have to think of it this way; these dogs must be in perfect harmony with their hunter/owner in order to follow specific directions to track and find birds that have fallen to the ground. This need for the dog to have hand-held direction links to all aspects of a Labrador’s lifeeven in your home.

This is great for those who want constant canine companionship. Nevertheless, it is bad for dog owners who have a Labrador Retriever but expect their pet to entertain itself with little contact from the owner.

There are many hunting dogs that were bred to be independent hunters with little contact and instruction from people. Examples of these types of dogs are Terriers and Hounds, which are known to lead the way (by smell and sight) with the human hunter determined to keep up with their companions pace.

This is not how the Labrador is built. Labs are designed to retrieve, and in doing so they must have a connected attention link directly to the hunter. If a retriever ignores the hunter’s commands then they may hit the water and swim far past where the bird has fallen, and possibly keep swimming out and away.

Retrievers that are well trained do not make these types of errors because they have the natural ability to attend to and follow thorough directions from the hunter. This skill is very critical to being a trustworthy retriever and is one of the reasons that these dogs make great service animals and obedience trainees.

Reason Why Some Labs Do Not Do Well With Many Families

You can probably understand by now just how connected and dependent a Labrador Retriever becomes to its owners. Retrievers always looks to people for leadership and must have human contact.

Its important to know that every dog breed is sociable to some extent. Some are even more sociable than others, but Labs need a whole log more attention than most dogs. They do not do very well when left alone for prolonged periods of time. A busy family who is away all day and come home to find out that their Lab has destroyed their new window trying to escape does not understand why this is happening.

These people are understandably livid and then chastise their Labs. An educated Lab owner will not act this way because they know better. They know what causes a Lab to try to escape like this and just wants to search out and find its owners. The dog is only considering their pack missing and make an attempt to find them outside.

One big lesson to take away from this article, especially if you have not yet decided on what type of dog to own and are thinking about getting a Labrador Retriever, is to make sure that you have plenty of time to devote to your Lab, day and night. If not, then consider a more independent dog breed. Otherwise, your lovable Lab may soon become increasingly unhappy and will end up a very destructive house pet, or worse, a runaway.

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By Daniel Millions

While Hip Hop continues to grow into the mainstream through music, DVD, television and the online medium , comes an increase in urban fashion designer clothing. Brands such as Sean Jean, Phat Farm and Rocawear are worn by large sectors of the world’s population. No longer isolated in just inner cities of America, urban Hip Hop fashion has gone worldwide. One of the main factors that has played a role in the rise and popularity in urban clothing is the music aspects of Hip Hop are included with it.

Much of the clothing is either owned by the Hip Hop artist or the artist themselves are involved in a partnership where they profit for promoting and marketing the brand. Many such agreements have come and gone in the wind. You can’t assume that a popular music artist will have the same impact in the clothing field. Even some of the biggest names have tried and failed at bridging the gap of urban clothing and Hip Hop music. Below is a list of some top urban fashion designer clothing companies, with some background and company information

1. Avirex: This popular clothing line has been around since 1975 and features designs based on the field of aviation. Shirts, Jackets, jeans, shorts are all available for men, women and children. All of this can be found in stores around the globe. Avirex now controls the Hip Hop clothing ECKO under the name of Marc Ecko Enterprises. This provides for a unique mixture of Hip Hop and aviation distributed through the Cockpit brand.

2. FUBU: 1992 was the start of FUBU, which stands for For Us By Us. Much of FUBU’s merchandise is embroidered and they offer clothing, shoes and also accessories. The FUBU Home Collection is bedroom decor in the classic FUBU Urban style. Sheets, pillow cases and blankets are al in included in the set. FUBU also has a relationship with Def Jam records.

3. Kenneth Cole: Mens, womens, shoes and accessories are Kenneth Cole’s primary products. This twenty six year old brand has established itself in the fashion industry and also amongst charitable organizations through Kenneth Cole Productions, Inc With retail stores around the globe net revenue has reached well over $125 million.

4. Vokal: Three time Grammy Award winner Nelley and his cousin Yomi Martin who is Co-Founder/CEO operate Vokal, which was started in 1997. What started off as a 300 dollar plan to make 600 dollars has now reached the twenty million dollar mark in revenue.

5. Rapper 50 Cent and Mark Ecko teamed up in 1993 to form the G-Unit Clothing Company. However in February of 2008 the relationship between the two ended. Denim, sportswear, kids, women and men’s styles included, all in the urban AG-Unit style are made.

6. Shady ltd.: The partner ship between Rockawear and Eminem’s Shady ltd to produce fleece, outdoor wear and even the non- traditional woven has formed. This brand offers a mixture of urban style with a suburban touch.

7. Apple Bottoms: In addition to Vokal, Multi platinum selling artist Nelley also has his hand in Apple Bottoms. This clothing giant took the unorthodox approach with its business model by designing clothing for women with various shapes, outside of what’s considers average. Intimates, sunglasses, handbags and of course jeans are all produced. Sales for Apple Bottoms have reached fifty million dollars in just a few years.

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