Labrador Retrievers bred for temperament, health, hunting, sporting, and family dogs.
01/06/2026
‼️Trip Announcement!!‼️
Who: 3 veterans, currently serving, Gold Star Families, or First Responders
What: Pheasant Hunt
When: Saturday, January 24th 2026
Where: Clayton, Michigan
We have the opportunity to send 3 veterans, currently serving, First Responders, or Gold Star Family members on an afternoon of pheasant hunting Saturday, January 24th 2026.
The hunt will be in Clayton, MI and lunch will be provided.
If interested, and can attend, please send proof of honorable service to [email protected]
Please put “Pheasant Hunt” in the EMAIL SUBJECT line. Deadline to apply is January 18th, 2026.
“Creating Inspiration Through the Outdoors”
01/05/2026
I hope I'm not going to jinx it but the pups did great in their crates without an accident for 4hrs today 💪🏼.
01/04/2026
Valkyrie decided to go in the puppy play pen after I cleaned, she decided she did not want to come out so she got volunteered to play with puppies... Though I don't think she minds at all, she adores all the puppies. She's going to make a wonderful mother herself sometime.
12/25/2025
The last 4 Bren x Fuse pups now learning crate training, today is day 1 and they are doing well for there first single crates. I still have 3 males and 1 female.
12/21/2025
Kane and Caliber pups have all been placed and on their new adventures with their families 🥰 this litter had a range of homes from UP MI, IA, NC, & TX. I look forward to watching these pups grow and develop their skills.
12/17/2025
Pups enjoyed a snow day over the weekend
12/07/2025
Bren, Valkyrie, Calypso, and Caliber(still waiting for OFA to post her's) all got their eyes certs done/updated. All passed and the optometrist was even impressed with Bren as she still has nice clear eyes with aging ☺️
11/30/2025
I've been so busy with the puppies and haven't been able to work too much with Erie, but she's such an intelligent girl and picked up her training very quickly right where we left off ☺️ she's done teething now so I'll build her drive up a bit more then onto hold conditioning.
11/27/2025
Well FB is just weird...now it let me post multiple videos 😅
Here's Kane x Caliber pups, also this area of the yard was the first time they were there so lots of distractions and smells.
11/26/2025
Well FB business page is only letting me post 1 video at a time so here's Yellow collar boy, Kane x Caliber
11/25/2025
Sorry I haven't posted updated pictures of the puppies for a little, it's been a bit busy here!!! I'll post videos of Kane & Caliber pups today, also all pups from both litters have had their Volhard test done and will update that as well
11/22/2025
Fuse & Bren pups Being good waiting in the lobby for their first vaccinations
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I have a passion for the Labrador Retriever and their purpose, a sporting gundog and loyal loving companion in the field and in the home. Being an avid duck hunter with my dad when I was little and then moving as I attended college I started looking for the right breed of dog and decided the Labrador was the right choice for me. I have been involved with the Labrador breed for over 20 yrs now and just started my breeding program in 2017.
I was looking at getting a cream colored yellow and during my search saw my first fox red shade. I immediately loved the coloring as she would blend in the brush and not stand out and found and brought home my first Labrador puppy, Sandy May born March 17, 2000. She was a mismark but knew nothing of that when I got her and as a few year past by I reasered more about their ancestors & history: she was marked like the St. John's Water Dog. When she was at age of 14 I got another pup, Peanut then after few months later Sandy May’s breast cancer took over and had to make that dreaded decision. After Sandy past I didn't go back out duck hunting for a while and then decided to take and enter Peanut into hunt tests.
Since getting Sandy & Peanut and leaning their history, I have become very partial to the darker shades of Yellow and Fox Red for my breeding program. Though I breed for the shade, I do not breed just for that alone, I wish is to help bring back that classic dark shade seen in the early years of the breed while contributing to the Labradors genetic health, excellent temperaments, soundness, athleticness of a gundog, and their loyal companionship. So when you hear about Fox Red Labradors they are not a newer color, they are a shade of yellow and are well documented in the 1800’s, it’s said to be the original shade of yellow called “golden” in that time. Also note the Fox Red does not carry the same genetics as the dilutes (silver) and should not be compared as such. I do not and will not breed dilutes or to dilute lines know as silver, charcoal, or champagne and hope others respect my lines and my decision to breed to Black, Yellow, and Chocolate that are clear of the dilute gene.
My dogs Shed Hunt, compete in Shed Hunt Tests, hunt ducks/geese/pheasant, attend AKC & UKC Hunt Tests, compete in Dock Diving sports, and FastCats. We are members of the Buckeye Retriever Club, North American Diving Dogs Association, & Buckeye DockDogs.
My dogs are OFA certified and I offer a 26 month hip & elbow guarantee, clear on EIC, CNM, DM, PRA-HNPK, D locus clear. I also select stud dogs with a natural desirae to retrieve and eagerness to please. Our puppies are raised in my home and starting at day 3-16 I start my puppies with ENS (Early Neurological Stimulation) and follow Puppy Culture to help our puppies off to the right start in life. Peanut & Aries are also part of the UC Davis, Canine Genetic Diversity Study for Labrador Retrievers at BetterBred.com
OFA Hips: LR-224096G33F-VPI(GOOD) OFA Elbow: LR-EL75685F33-VPI(NORMAL)
CAER: Normal 4/25/18 CNM: CLEAR EIC: CLEAR PRA: CLEAR D LOCUS:NORMAL/CLEAR Hyperuricosuria:CLEAR
DM:CLEAR HNPK:CLEAR
Born 2/18/14
eebbDD
WSD, SHR, JH, DS, CGC, AKC CGCA, JRSHTR
Peanut has a very sweet kind happy temperament. She is calm, has a high drive but very manageable on/off switch from the field to home, eager to please, & focus with good making abilities. She has a great nose for pheasant, antlers and ducks. Peanut earned her WSD 2019 and earned her first Champion class pass at the 2019 UKC ESDS National Championships. She also earned her NASHDA Junior Shed Hunter (JRSHTR) and is working towards her NASHDA Senior Shed Hunter (SRSHTR, 1 more pass for title). Peanut has also qualified to compete the NASHDA World Championships 4 yrs in a row. I started hunt test training when she was a bit older in after we just “winged it” at our first event with AKC. We learned a lot and stuck with it and continued training and earned her AKC JH and HRC SHR, she is currently training for seniors. She also competes in DockJumping, AKC NADD DS (dock Senior) title, distance PB of 20.6' DuelingDogs PB 6.656, reaction time 0.051. Speed Retrieve PB 7.213sec.
http://huntinglabpedigree.com/pedigree.asp?id=97471
OFA Hips:
OFA Elbow:
CAER:
CNM: CLEAR EIC: CLEAR PRA: CLEAR
Long Coat:
D LOCUS: NORMAL/CLEAR Hyperuricosuria:CLEAR DM:CLEAR
HNPK:CLEAR
Born 4/20/18
eeBbDD
WDS, SHR, JH, DS
Aries is Peanuts daughter and has an amazingly sweet gentle and kind temperament. Very high prey drive with a very manageable on/off switch from the field to in the home. She is very eager and wanting to please her people, quick learner, and has great focus, great nose & sent skills, and a good memory (making training a pain using the same grounds twice). Aries finished her AKC STAR Puppy Program at 16 weeks and attended her first NASHDA Hunt Test at 10 months old, she earned her first 2 Junior passes then. Aries has also earned her WSD with the UKC Elite Shed Dog Series, she had only a week and a half crash course in shed hunting before she entered her 1st test. Aries earned her DS (dock senior) title with AKC NADD at 1 yr old with a PB of 19’.
http://huntinglabpedigree.com/pedigree.asp?id=116220
