More: Riptide is a loving, protective and crazy Black Lab. When Riptide was 6 he blew out both of his ACLs. It's been a long road back, but today he's considered fully healed. We're carefully optimistic about his future and expect to have him around for a long time. One fun fact about Riptide is he doesn't like to fetch. He'll retrieve his toy when you throw it, but only once. I guess you can call him a Labrador Non-retriever!