Puppies

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Puppies are often available out of our wonderful males, Lincoln, Morgan, Bustin’ and Tru. Go to the very end of this page for info on litters now, or soon to be, available.

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SOPHIE BRED TO MORGAN! PUPS DUE LATE MARCH!! ( see below)

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YELLOW PUPPIES??

Last fall ( Saturday, Sept. 4) on the way home from goose/teal hunting I stopped in a Subway for health(ier) food. I bumped into a client who has purchased two yellow puppies from us. She asked if we were getting out of yellow puppies. I told her that nothing could be further from the truth and that yellows were still my personal favorite. I explained that when our yellow female, Ripley, turned out to be an eic carrier we reluctantly decided to sell her rather than go thru all the necessary breeding hoops. Now we wait on our female, Ziva, to carry the torch first handled by Mindy, then Haley and Ruff. We will have yellow puppies! It will probably early in 2012.

Litters planned for 2012………………………

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1. Sophie is now 9 years old and we have never kept a pup out of her. With that in mind we have bred her to Morgan on January 25 with pups due March 28, 2012 . The puppies will all be yellow factored blacks and 1/2 will be chocolate factored as well. All pups will be eic tested and then we would have the clear females color tested for the chocolate factor. We will not price these puppies until they are whelped and eic tested for a number of reasons but clears will be more expensive than carriers. Let us know if you would be interested in a pup out of these two wonderful dogs. This should be an exceptional litter from two exceptional dogs

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2. Ziva will be bred as soon as she comes into season which should be soon, probably February or March. She was two years old in July and had a season about then. We are planning on breeding Ziva to our friend Marv Baumer’s black male, Dealer ( FC-AFC Sureshot’s Texas Hold’em). Litter should be 1/2 yellow/ 1/2 black and they will have an awesome pedigree. Ziva loves to hunt and is coming along in her handling work. Stay tuned for more info!

3. Lily will be bred at some point this year but it may not be to the fall/winter since we have decided to breed Sophie a final time. Depending upon the most current info from her first litter sired by GMHR, HRCH, MH, QAA “ Woody“, we plan to repeat that breeding for an all chocolate litter. The first litter was one of, if not the nicest, litters we’ve ever produced.

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3. Sophie is now 9 years old and we have never kept a pup out of her. With that in mind we have bred her to Morgan on January 25 with pups due March 28, 2012 . The puppies will all be yellow factored blacks and 1/2 will be chocolate factored as well. All pups will be eic tested and then we would have the clear females color tested for the chocolate factor. We will not price these puppies until they are whelped and eic tested for a number of reasons but clears will be more expensive than carriers. Let us know if you would be interested in a pup out of these two wonderful dogs. This should be an exceptional litter from two exceptional dogs.

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At the present time we are considering a few different stud dogs. High on our list is:

1. GMHR, HRCH Mountain’s Top Watermark’n Woody MH, QAA is a 70 pound chocolate male owned by Bruce Mountain near DesMoines, Ia. Woody is only three and is out of FC Nan Dool’s Elwood Blues. Complete info on Woody can be seen on Bruce’s website www.topchocolatelabs.com. Woody will probably be our first choice for Sophie.

2. HRCH Heidl’s Mallard Machine MH is a now deceased, beautiful, 80 pound Chocolate male with a ton of hunting experience and great stlye along with a proven record of producing fine pups. Swiper was owned by Tom Heidl near Oshgosh, Wi. More info can be seen on Tom’s website, www.lockednloadedlabs.com.

3. FC Blackwaters Last Resort is a beautiful yellow male located in South Dakota. Finn has an awesome pedigree.

4. FC-AFC Sureshot’s Texas Hold’em is a yellow factored black male owned by our friend, Marv Baumer. Dealer also has an awesome pedigree and has Qualified for the past two nationals as well as the 2012 National Open,

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Stud Service Puppies

Here are some contacts for pups out of our males. If you are interested in discussing these females/breedings just give us a call (217-247-2754). PSA = Pups Still Available.

1. Diane Tillett (Wa.). 360-941-7682. Black/yellow litter ( Tru) whelped and ready to go to homes now. Dam, Kate, is a well bred female out of Mallard Lake Kennels, well thought of by our good friend and longtime pro, Paul Shoemaker. Paul has kept a yellow male out of this litter and has high praise for ” Ten” and the rest of the litter. Pups are reasonably priced, well socialized and introduced to a bunch of things by Diane and Paul. Call Diane for complete details. Kate is chocolate factored so 1/2 the pups should be tri factored. Call Diane for complete details. PSA

2. Rob Ewing ( Mi.) 734-216-5955. All yellow litter ( Morgan) whelped November 12. Dam, Chelsea, is a big, good looking yellow female who loves to swim and retrieve and especially lovesa being the perfect companion for Rob and Beth. She has a wonderful temperament and working with her was a joy. This should be a very nice litter for the family looking for a companion or a gun dog and we feel confident the pups would do well in competition. Call Rob for more info. PSA. Reservations being accepted.

3. Russ Lewsader ( Il.) 217-822-5873. Yellow factored Black litter ( Morgan) whelped December 3, 2011. Dam, Etta, is a medium sized black female gundog/family companion with a great personality. Etta hunts ducks, geese and doves all season long and does a nice job on pheasants as well. Her pedigree is very nice with Master Hunters for both parents and some big time Labs in the pedigree as well. Etta is EIC clear, OFA Excellent and Normal and eyes CERF clear. A very nice breeding in all ways. Litter pedigree can be viewed by going to http://www.gooddoginfo.com/gdc/asp/viewpedigree.asp?DogNo=103375 . Call Russ for more info. All pups reserved.

4. Abby Esch ( In.) 574-971-1366. Yellow litter ( Morgan) whelped December 6, 2011. Dam, Ellie, ( HRCH Trinity Oak’s Shiloh Dream) is a three year old, 57 pound yellow female with a very pleasing temperament and a nice pedigree. Ellie has her HRCH title with UKC and has one AKC master pass in her only attempt so look for great things from this girl. Complete info on Ellie can be seen on Abby’s website, www.trinityoaklabs.com. Call Abby for more info on this litter. All pups reserved.

5. Wendy Nugent ( Ia.) 563-723-1388. Black/Yellow litter ( Morgan) whelped January 6, 2012 ( 5 yellow females, 1 black male and 1 black female). Dam, Lodi, ( Bry-Wyn’s Wanna Be A Five Star), is a well bred, female out of NFC-AFC Five Star General Patton and Wendy’s MH female, Quest. This is a repeat breeding and should be nice pups for competition as well as hunting and companionship. Lodi is OFA Excellent and Normal and CERF clear. Call Wendy or visit her website, www.brywynkennels.com for more complete info on this litter. Reservations being accepted.

6. Darrell Frichtl ( Il.) 309-531-3495. Chocolate litter ( Bustin’) whelped January 23, 2012. Dam, Fannie, is a nice looking chocolate female out of Indy, a very well bred chocolate male ( FC-AFC Puff Daddy x QAA ” Willow”) that we sold to breeders in Maine. This should be a nice gundog/companion litter with the background to do some competitive work as well. Contact Darrell or visit his website, kountrykennellabs.com for more info or to reserve a pup. Reservations being accepted.

7. Barb and Marty Kirby ( Il.) 618-521-2805. Black/Yellow litter( 1/2 trifactored as well) ( Morgan) due March 26, 2012. Dam, Gretchen, is a beautiful and extremely well bred black female out of FC-AFC It’s All Over Now Baby Blue and a female out of FC Running With The Devil and FC-CFC Canterbury’s Bet On Black. Gretchen is Marty’s #1 gundog, weighs in about 68 – 70 pounds and has all the clearances. This should be an outstanding litter in every way! Contact Barb and Marty or visit their website, www.whiteoakretrievers.com for more complete info or to reserve a pup. Reservations being accepted.