Puppies
NO PLANNED LITTERS
How do you find the right dog and breeder?
There are links on the KC WEBSITE.
The Labrador Breed Clubs may hold a puppy availability list , these should be from members of the breed clubs who adhere to their code of conduct and breed responsibly, see the list below.
How do you find the right dog and breeder?
There are links on the KC WEBSITE.
The Labrador Breed Clubs may hold a puppy availability list , these should be from members of the breed clubs who adhere to their code of conduct and breed responsibly, see the list below.
Breed Club Contacts 2020/2021
East Anglian Labrador Club
Secretary: Mrs Janet Cole 01354 680375 Jcole.mrs@gmail.com
Kent, Surrey & Sussex Labrador Club
Secretary: Mrs Alison Scutcher 01255 871489/0793 1414796 winsleywood@gmail.com
Three Ridings Labrador Club
Secretary: Miss Anne Johnson 01772 335930 teazledown@btconnect.com
Midland Counties Labrador Club
Secretary: Mrs Julia Lewis 07774 24405 jlewisuk@aol.com
West of England Labrador Club
Secretary: Mr Gordon Fox 01752 895049 mail@welrc.org.uk
Cotswold & Wyevern Labrador Club
Secretary: Ms Carolyn Jenkins 01531 634183/ 07813 304660 cjjenbull@gmail.com
Labrador Club of Wales
Secretary: Mrs Margaret Barker 01443 843585 secretary@labclubofwales.co.uk
North West Labrador Club
Secretary: Mr Ian Jones 01244 556915/ 07833 062176 ladrow.labs@yahoo.co.uk
Northumberland & Durham Labrador Club
Secretary: Irene Davison 0191 5211185 ndlabclub@gmail.com
Labrador Club of Scotland
Secretary: Miss Alyson Lawrence 01506 630053 secretarylcos@mail.com
The Labrador Retriever Club
Secretary: Mr Karl Gawthorpe 0114 2694089/07733 157961 karlgawthorpe71@gmail.com
The Yellow Labrador Retriever Club
Secretary: Mrs Sussie Wiles 01895 823227/07768 936193 sussiewiles@yahoo.co.uk
Labrador Club of Northern Ireland
Secretary: Miss Tracey Douglas 07825880718 tld591@hotmail.com
East Anglian Labrador Club
Secretary: Mrs Janet Cole 01354 680375 Jcole.mrs@gmail.com
Kent, Surrey & Sussex Labrador Club
Secretary: Mrs Alison Scutcher 01255 871489/0793 1414796 winsleywood@gmail.com
Three Ridings Labrador Club
Secretary: Miss Anne Johnson 01772 335930 teazledown@btconnect.com
Midland Counties Labrador Club
Secretary: Mrs Julia Lewis 07774 24405 jlewisuk@aol.com
West of England Labrador Club
Secretary: Mr Gordon Fox 01752 895049 mail@welrc.org.uk
Cotswold & Wyevern Labrador Club
Secretary: Ms Carolyn Jenkins 01531 634183/ 07813 304660 cjjenbull@gmail.com
Labrador Club of Wales
Secretary: Mrs Margaret Barker 01443 843585 secretary@labclubofwales.co.uk
North West Labrador Club
Secretary: Mr Ian Jones 01244 556915/ 07833 062176 ladrow.labs@yahoo.co.uk
Northumberland & Durham Labrador Club
Secretary: Irene Davison 0191 5211185 ndlabclub@gmail.com
Labrador Club of Scotland
Secretary: Miss Alyson Lawrence 01506 630053 secretarylcos@mail.com
The Labrador Retriever Club
Secretary: Mr Karl Gawthorpe 0114 2694089/07733 157961 karlgawthorpe71@gmail.com
The Yellow Labrador Retriever Club
Secretary: Mrs Sussie Wiles 01895 823227/07768 936193 sussiewiles@yahoo.co.uk
Labrador Club of Northern Ireland
Secretary: Miss Tracey Douglas 07825880718 tld591@hotmail.com
Guidelines to find a puppy from a responsible breeder
1. Labradors must be at least 8 weeks old when they leave the breeder.
2. Puppies must be registered with the Kennel Club.
3. A good quality puppy can cost between £1000-£1500, any more is just profiteering from the current shortage during lockdown.
4. Deposits should only be paid if the puppies are born and should be a reasonable proportion of the total cost. Be wary of non refundable deposits.
5. You must see the mum with the puppies, but not necessarily see the dad.
6. You must make sure the parents are both health tested for hips, elbows and eyes as a minimum. Ask for the Kennel Club name of the parents and you can look up the health results online on the Kennel Club website or ask to see the certificates.
7. Make sure the breeder is giving you a puppy pack, which contains information about rearing your puppy and also a contract of sale, there are guidelines for this on the Kennel Club website.
8. Most breeders will want to meet you and your family before confirming a booking. If, because of current circumstances, the breeder does not wish you to come into their home, please ask to see video footage of the pups with mum and their surroundings, preferably in real time.
9. By law it is the breeder who must microchip the puppies, they are first the keeper, not you, so check this will be, or has been, done.
10. If you’re unsure at all trust your gut feeling and just walk away and if you visit a breeder and are concerned about conditions or welfare of the puppies/dogs seen, please report them to the appropriate authorities."
Copied by kind permission of Ruth Turner.
1. Labradors must be at least 8 weeks old when they leave the breeder.
2. Puppies must be registered with the Kennel Club.
3. A good quality puppy can cost between £1000-£1500, any more is just profiteering from the current shortage during lockdown.
4. Deposits should only be paid if the puppies are born and should be a reasonable proportion of the total cost. Be wary of non refundable deposits.
5. You must see the mum with the puppies, but not necessarily see the dad.
6. You must make sure the parents are both health tested for hips, elbows and eyes as a minimum. Ask for the Kennel Club name of the parents and you can look up the health results online on the Kennel Club website or ask to see the certificates.
7. Make sure the breeder is giving you a puppy pack, which contains information about rearing your puppy and also a contract of sale, there are guidelines for this on the Kennel Club website.
8. Most breeders will want to meet you and your family before confirming a booking. If, because of current circumstances, the breeder does not wish you to come into their home, please ask to see video footage of the pups with mum and their surroundings, preferably in real time.
9. By law it is the breeder who must microchip the puppies, they are first the keeper, not you, so check this will be, or has been, done.
10. If you’re unsure at all trust your gut feeling and just walk away and if you visit a breeder and are concerned about conditions or welfare of the puppies/dogs seen, please report them to the appropriate authorities."
Copied by kind permission of Ruth Turner.
My hobby is to show, or train and work Labradors and to have a line of my own breeding so my motivation to breed a litter is when I want to keep one for myself.
I aim to breed a happy, friendly Labrador and try to keep temperament, health, type & quality as best as I can.
Puppies are whelped and raised in the home (we do not have a kennel.) I sleep next to the litter for the first couple of weeks to be there to assist the mother if necessary and there is ALWAYS someone at home to be on hand for the whole time we have a litter.
The dam is tested under the British Veterinary Association/Kennel Club health schemes for Hip Dysplasia, Elbow Dysplasia and hereditary eye diseases. I also DNA test for prcd-PRA, EIC, HNPK or CNM (or they are hereditarily clear) . I also look for good and compatible health test results in any stud dog that I use. Whilst it is impossible to guarantee that a puppy will live a long and healthy life, at least by utilising these tests, the odds are stacked in it's favour.
All puppies bred here are microchipped and registered with the Kennel Club.
Their KC registration is endorsed to restrict the registration of their progeny. What this means is that if you have a puppy from me and you breed from it (male or female) you will be unable to register it's puppies with the Kennel Club UNLESS that dog or bitch has previously been examined under the BVA health schemes just as it's parents were. I may agree to lift the endorsement if the results of the scoring and of the eye tests are acceptable, this is covered in a contract.
I aim to breed a happy, friendly Labrador and try to keep temperament, health, type & quality as best as I can.
Puppies are whelped and raised in the home (we do not have a kennel.) I sleep next to the litter for the first couple of weeks to be there to assist the mother if necessary and there is ALWAYS someone at home to be on hand for the whole time we have a litter.
The dam is tested under the British Veterinary Association/Kennel Club health schemes for Hip Dysplasia, Elbow Dysplasia and hereditary eye diseases. I also DNA test for prcd-PRA, EIC, HNPK or CNM (or they are hereditarily clear) . I also look for good and compatible health test results in any stud dog that I use. Whilst it is impossible to guarantee that a puppy will live a long and healthy life, at least by utilising these tests, the odds are stacked in it's favour.
All puppies bred here are microchipped and registered with the Kennel Club.
Their KC registration is endorsed to restrict the registration of their progeny. What this means is that if you have a puppy from me and you breed from it (male or female) you will be unable to register it's puppies with the Kennel Club UNLESS that dog or bitch has previously been examined under the BVA health schemes just as it's parents were. I may agree to lift the endorsement if the results of the scoring and of the eye tests are acceptable, this is covered in a contract.
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