The first Labradors imported into France were at the end of the 19th century by French aristocrats.
The Retriever Club de France was created in 1911. First reserved for hunters, the Labrador seduced the Presidents of the Republic then families . The number of births increased considerably in France at the end of the 20th century to reach more than 10,000 per year, to stabilize in recent years between 7 and 8,000 births per year.