Helen Clark
#7 Canadian tax laws helped labs become a distinct breed.
#8 They’re fast!
#9 You can get all three colors in one litter.
#10 A nameless black Lab wandered his way into a Led Zeppelin song.
If you read the lyrics to Led Zeppelin’s “Black Dog,” you'll notice it’s mysteriously not about dogs at all.
#11 A Lab went to jail …
After killing the cat belonging to Pennsylvania Governor Gifford Pinchot’s wife, a black Labrador retriever named Pep was sentenced to life without parole.
#12 And another became a mayor.
In 1981, a black Labrador mix named Bosco won the election to be the honorary mayor of Sunol, Calif., beating out two human candidates for the job.