Fowl Behavior Retrievers

10/22/2026

When your dogs are not scared of the vet ❤️

Blaze is here for her pre-spay work up and Echo for his wellness exam. Both practiced calmness at the vet office when they were younger during their training years so they are pros at being behaved and comfortable.

We love our Vet Team Kay Animal Hospital in Douglasville, they take amazing care of our dogs!

10/20/2026

Gearing up for Hoax’s final (🤞🤞) Started Test this weekend!

She needs 4 qualifiers to earn her title, and we’ve got 3 in the books!

We’ve been working hard on making sure her intensity doesn’t outweigh her focus. This girl has A LOT of motor under the hood, and sometimes keeping all that horsepower pointed in the right direction is half the battle!

Wish Hoax some luck this weekend… and maybe wish her mama a little too. I just need to hold on tight and line her up right! 😂

09/29/2026

Ryder boy being amazing!

🎉 TWO NEW TITLES FOR RYDER! 🎉

We are SO proud of Ryder! 🐾🏆 Today, this handsome boy officially earned TWO AKC titles his AKC Canine Good Citizen (CGC) AND AKC Novice Trick Dog (TKN)! 💙

Ryder showed off all of his hard work and skills today, and walked away a double title holder! 👏🥇 Way to go, Ryder!! Give this good boy some love in the comments! 🐶💙🎉

09/10/2026

🚨Title Alert🚨

Char, Haze & Sparx went to their second UKC Nose Work Trial in Perry, GA last weekend and absolutely SHOWED OUT!

Every test they entered resulted in a QUALIFY, earning 7 new titles — but they didn’t just qualify. They PLACED.

Between the three of them, they brought home:

🥇 11 FIRST PLACE
🥈 3 SECOND PLACE
🥉 1 THIRD PLACE
🏅 1 FOURTH PLACE

Haze: Novice Exterior • Novice Vehicle • Novice Container

Sparx: Novice Exterior • Novice Interior • Novice Container

Char: Novice Interior

And an extra big accomplishment for Haze — she has now successfully completed all 4 Novice Elements, earning her overall Novice Nose Work title!

Our FBR dogs just keep adding to their resumes. Hunt Tests, FAST CAT, Lure Coursing, CGC, Trick, Fetch, Agility, Dock Diving — and now Nose Work!

We breed for dogs that are fantastic companions in the home AND have the brains, drive, confidence, and versatility to get out there and do just about anything you ask of them.

Good dogs at home. Serious competitors when it’s time to work.

09/01/2026

08/30/2026

There’s just something about watching a Labrador do what they LOVE.

The focus. The drive. The anticipation at the end of the dock… and then the absolute blast off into the water.

Dock diving is more than a fun day at the pool for us. We love seeing our FBR Labs confident, athletic, driven, and having the time of their lives doing what comes so naturally to them. These are the moments that make us smile.

Tell us — does your Lab politely enter the water… or is it FULL SEND every single time?



Video credit: C4 Pet Photography

08/27/2026

Going to try something new here at FBR so you can get to know our dogs a bit better. We will post personal dogs and FBR clients as well. So if you want to share your amazing FBR Pup bio with us and some photos, send them over to [email protected]!

This week’s Spotlight is:

FBR MY SMOKING GUN CA BCAT DS FTN
“Hoax” aka Hokey Pokey
3 Started Hunt Test Passes

Hoax — better known around here as Hokey Pokey — is basically a dynamite Roman candle packed into a petite 46-pound body. 💥

If we could describe her in one word: FAST.

Everything Hoax does is fast. She runs fast, retrieves fast, plays fast and approaches pretty much everything in life at full speed. She’s petite, athletic, playful, driven and very much our forever puppy.

We brought Hoax into Fowl Behavior Retrievers to add some diversity to the proven working genetics already in our program. Her pedigree is packed with accomplished FC/AFC, GRHRCH, HRCH and MH Labradors, including FC AFC Wing Magic’s Louisiana Roux MH, FC GRHRCH Black Ice’s Carbon Copy of Ammo Mud Bud “Buddy” MH QA2, and GRHRCH ATP’s Answer To Prayer MH.

And Hoax is building a résumé of her own:

🏅 CGC — Canine Good Citizen
💨 FCAT — Fast CAT
💦 DS — Dock Senior
🐇 CA — Coursing Ability
🦆 3 Started Hunt Test Passes

Hoax has completed her OFA health testing and is genetically clear for the Labrador breed-relevant conditions tested through Embark.

We love the drive, athleticism, personality and versatility this little firecracker brings to FBR — and we cannot wait to see what she contributes to our program in 2027. ❤️

https://www.huntinglabpedigree.com/pedigree.php?ID=183634

08/22/2026

And then the next day Riot said “ I’ll have my babies 5 days early. Blaze and her babies cannot get all the attention here!”

So we spent 4 hours at VEG in an emergency C Section at 10p at night after Blazes 18h of whelping helping wake up 8 adorable little nuggets while Riot had amazing vet care from the most superb Emergency Vet Team.

To our very Sam, Bear, June, Juliette, Ducky, Raya, Crash, and Wylie… we hope you had the best day ❤️

08/20/2026

Our Pokémon Litter is 4 today 😭❤️ I do not know how the time goes so so fast. I hope my babies had the best day!

Char, Saur, Diggie, Hector, Goose, Riot, Vixen, Cynder, Karma and Birdie ❤️

08/10/2026

Part of having a great dog is teaching impulse control.

For a retriever trained to pick up birds—whether deceased or crippled after a shot—retrieving is one of the greatest rewards in life. The good news is that you can have a dog that is both outstanding in the field and composed in everyday situations.

Here, Sparx and Char are fully aware of the flock of geese at the park. But we’re not here to harass them and scare the children that feed the the birds. Obedience is the foundation of every good retriever. Knowing when they are allowed to hunt—and when they are not—is what makes a reliable family dog.

The same applies in the field and at hunt tests. A noisy dog is not only disruptive, but often ends up disqualified. And spoiler alert: your hunting buddies don’t enjoy sharing a blind with a dog that constantly whines, breaks, or lacks self-control.

Steadiness, patience, and obedience aren’t just test requirements—they’re what separate a good retriever from a great one.