Puppies
How do you find the right dog and breeder?
There are lots of links to help on the KC WEBSITE
The Labrador Breed Clubs may hold a puppy list from its members (find them on my Links page)
Champdogs is a website that lists breeders who health test.
There are lots of links to help on the KC WEBSITE
The Labrador Breed Clubs may hold a puppy list from its members (find them on my Links page)
Champdogs is a website that lists breeders who health test.
My hobby is to show, or train and work Labradors and to have a line of my own breeding and I will breed a litter only when I need one to keep back for working or to carry on my pedigree line down from Wren. As a result of that I may have some puppies from a litter looking for homes, usually just once a year or less than that! My motivation is to produce a quality puppy for myself to fulfill a role as a future show or working dog, and one that will also make a happy, healthy companion for both us and for other people.
When we take the big decision to breed a litter, the 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. Visitors are encouraged to come and have a cuddle from 3 weeks of age onwards.
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) to try and ensure that puppies are not affected for these diseases. I also look for good and compatible 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 with Pet Log and also registered with the Kennel Club.
Their KC registration is also 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.
When we take the big decision to breed a litter, the 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. Visitors are encouraged to come and have a cuddle from 3 weeks of age onwards.
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) to try and ensure that puppies are not affected for these diseases. I also look for good and compatible 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 with Pet Log and also registered with the Kennel Club.
Their KC registration is also 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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