Davikas Labrador Retrievers

21/08/2025

Ozzy from Bournhall Labs in Oklahoma joins us here. He has been here for over a week and is the sweetest chocolate boy. He has everything I had hoped for in a chocolate. I co-own him with Leeda at Bournhall, and we are both ecstatic to watch this young boy reach his potential. He was her litter pick. He won’t be sire of any litters for a couple of years yet, but I plan to keep sharing his progress with you.

20/08/2025

Happy 6th Birthday to the Phoenix/Dozer litter.

20/08/2025

🌼 Ayda’s Light
In loving memory of Ayda, a yellow lab who gave her heart freely and left pawprints on yours.

She ran like the wind through fields of gold,
A heart so pure, a soul so bold.
Thirteen years of tail-wagged grace,
Now memories bloom in her empty place.

The leash hangs still, the bowl untouched,
The silence loud, the ache too much.
But grief, dear friends, is love’s refrain—
A song that echoes through the pain.

She didn’t mean to leave so fast,
But love like hers is built to last.
In muddy paws and sunlit fur,
In every breeze, you’ll think of her.

There’ll come a day—not now, not soon—
When sorrow softens into tune.
And Ayda’s name, once said through tears,
Will rise in laughter through the years.

She’s chasing stars beyond the blue,
Still loyal, still watching you.
And when the sadness starts to fade,
You’ll smile for all the joy she made.

So grieve, and cry, and miss her so—
It’s part of love to let it flow.
But know that Ayda’s spirit stays,
A golden light in all your days.

17/08/2025

Spirit’s results with embark. It was important that she be all clear since Joshua was long before DNA testing.

17/08/2025

Our Spirit. We are watching closely when she will come into season as we are planning that special breeding with frozen semen to Raed Joshua’s Treat from 1978. The stud dog owner gets pick of the litter and we might plan on keeping a special stud dog with a trusted home and a female kept here if a success and the litter output allows. She is due in season the end of the month. Won’t be growing the waitlist until any pups are one week old. They will be more 1970 style so moderate build and not the same as are being shown today with huge heads and thick bodies. I am still excited for this breeding of the past great dogs and I have always loved the labs of 1970’s. This is also to assist the stud owner to bring back her boys genetics for her special loved boy who lived a long life. Shr is not tapped into any breeding activities since Joshua was hers.

17/08/2025

Addie says happy birthday to her littermates 8-16-16

13/08/2025

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13/08/2025

Midwest Home for pets really needs to add some quality and durability to their crate pans. I ordered 2 crates this week in separate shipments and both of the crate pans are cracked from the transport. I usually don’t get much wear once they do start using them if they by chance arrive intact. That is one of the other reasons I put Kuranda beds inside the crates. MidWest Homes for Pets

These new ones I am going to seal the bottom with duct tape and go for it. Heading over to Kuranda though to get a nice bed to go inside it.

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07/08/2025

I am good friends with Dr. Haas and completely would endorse her as a great and conscientious practitioner. Her Sagan and Cosmos are both from Davikas.

What does Chiropractic "wellness" care look like for a dog?

Same as for a human: it absolutely depends on the dog and their condition!

Young dogs (less than six years old), I will generally check and adjust for vertebral / extremity subluxationevery month, six weeks, or two months. Depends on what they do for a "job..." some dogs are harder on their bodies than others 😜 (for instance, Cosmos has run into the plate glass window in my French door three times so far, and flipped upside down and landed on his shoulder once... such a typical lab!)

Middle-age dogs (six till about nine) will benefit from getting checked and adjusted about every month, sometimes more frequently.  Sometimes that will depend on whether their younger sibling is beating them up on a regular basis (COSMOS!!!!)

Our senior dogs benefit from getting checked and adjusted more often, as wear and tear creeps in the form of arthritis. I often see senior dogs every two weeks, more often if they are seeing great benefit from care, but not quite holding their adjustments as well. 

My goal at the end of any of these adjustments is to restore a dog to moving, trotting, running comfortably with freedom and ease - so they can do what they want to do, need to do, and have to do without hesitation!

Some common signs that your dog may suffer from vertebral / extremity subluxation include low energy, inability to "settle," not wanting to be petted in certain areas.

How important can this be for our dogs? We only have a limited time with these creatures, as our responsibility to make that time good for them. 

Keeping my dogs healthy and happy is super high on my own priority list 💕 Roxy and Cosmos (and their predecessors: Moose, Izzy, and Sagan) are a huge reason why I undertook this 210 course hour training.

Want my training and expertise to benefit your pup, to help keep them, young, happy, springy, and full of life?

No time like the present to get started.

Call me at 603-886-8300 and I'll give you a ring back asap to get you a spot on my schedule.

I will look forward to hearing from you and your pup!

06/08/2025

Happy 13th Birthday Zena and the rest of Lottie x Ryder litter born this day. They happen to share my oldest son’s birthday. He is 18 so on his 5th Birthday I tucked all the boys up at camp and delivered this litter.

Copper Jax is in a pet home and he is getting around pretty well still. In fact the sire Ryder is still with us too and doing good for his age lately that is over 14 and a half!

30/07/2025

Another Birthday message! It’s been a busy day in the past for me.

30/07/2025

Happy Birthday sweet Ayda (Adora x Jackson) She is looking great for 13. I am so happy to hear about her. Amazingly Jackson is still alive but he does sometimes have a hard time. He lives with a retired couple in Wolfboro. Hope she lives a long life like her pops.

It seems like I am always posting condolences so happy to share more positive posts. Hoping soon I might even have even newer birthday posts 😉