| At the
present, we have seven labradors, varying in age from 7 months to twelve years old. Besides our labradors, we have
an one year old schipperke.
All our labradors receive basic field training, and if they decide that
they like to have a career, then the training is maintained until they
retire. If their goal in life is to be part of a close knit family,
we try to accommodate them, by finding them that type of a home. Any
dog leaving us, will make a wonderful companion or hunting buddy.
We do not believe in having dogs around for nothing else but breeding! |
| Twenty-four years ago we laid
out a breeding plan, the goal of which was, and still is, to produce a sound
labrador with a high level of intelligence and trainability, as well as
good looks; a labrador that will make a good field trial-, hunt trial-, hunting
dog, or just a wonderful friend. Our dogs have also proven to
be extremely
fit for detection work, like drug, money and bomb detection. The first labrador used by the RCMP in British Columbia
for bomb detection was one of ours. One of the first money detection
dogs, working for Canada Customs, was one of ours as well. |
| There are two dogs in
particular that we have used as a foundation in our program; Tamarack,
a black male, with the recessive color chocolate, and Pella, a black female,
who is dominant black. They both were dogs of exceptional quality,
highly intelligent, trainable and pleasing dogs. In our breeding
of the chocolate labrador we have out crossed the chocolate background of
Tamarack with other strong chocolate carrying black bloodlines. Then
we have line bred back into our own line. The result has been a very hard going,
water loving retriever with beautiful dark, reddish brown coat
color, brown eyes of various shades and good pigmentation. Most of
our litters in the past have been split color, i.e. black and chocolate and,
more rare, black and yellow. |