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2. Labrador Retriever

The Labrador retriever has been the most popular dog in English-speaking countries for more than two decades, and it’s easy to understand why. They are bighearted dogs who will love their humans to the moon and back, and will do everything they possibly can to brighten your every day. Needless to say that they adore spending time with tiny humans, and they are friendly toward other people and animals.

Of course, Labrador retrievers owe much of their reputation to the fact that they are easy to train and willing to please their human family. They are exceptionally smart dogs who will do whatever it takes to make you proud of them, and will excel at anything they set their minds on.

Labrador retrievers are outstanding family dogs who are happiest when they are around their humans, and even have the strange desire to be lap dogs, which can be super sweet but also pretty annoying.