Introducing you to the labrador
Some labrador characteristics include their behavior, coat color, tails and their heads.
The labrador has an "otter" style tail.
Their coat colors are usually rich in color and smooth. Colors recognized by the American Kennel Club are Black, Yellow and Chocolate only. Yellow may range from a pale cream color (almost white) to a golden fox red color (carmel or butterscotch).
Their heads can range from a blocky style to a narrow, thinner nose.
We find their best features to be their behavior and companionship. Whether you raise your dog to be a family member or choose to have your lab be a partner in hunting, the labrador is a well-rounded dog.
We have 4 children and it was important for us to have a family pet that fit in as a family member and to be very well mannered when it came to being around children.
Children are our life, so our pets have to understand that.
We have come to enjoy the labrador breed best of all and admire their willingness to please their owners.
We choose to breed our labs to provide pet quality puppies to other loving families such as our own. We are not a business. We may or may not breed our labs once a year.
We breed our labs for placement in homes as pets or family companions ONLY. We do our best to place our puppies before they are born.
It is MOST important to us that our puppies go to loving homes with loving families who will care for them.
If anyone who purchases one of our
labrador pups can no longer keep him/her, they can call us for help in finding a new loving home for the dog. There may be times when we will even take a dog back if
a new home is not found. Please NEVER send one of our pups to any type of shelter or humane society, ALWAYS call us back first.
Under absolutely NO circumstances will a puppy or adult dog of ours be sold (by us) to or consigned to pet shops or pet stores, other commercial dealers or offered at auction. We do our very best to stay in touch with new owners and keep informed of their pup's progress through life. We encourage new owners to send us photos and comments in order for us to upload to our website (permission must be granted to us through your email).
We have experienced fairly intelligent labradors as pets. But like all dogs, they do have dog tendencies no matter how well trained.
They are "chewers" and love to chew, chew, chew.
It is important that they have plenty of toys around at all times or they will destroy shoes, clothes and wooden furniture!
You have to love your pet more than you love the material items when this happens.
You also have to be a teacher and train them to chew on their toys and not on your possessions.
Training is very time consuming but well worth the time involved for this breed.
Labradors are very trainable so I strongly suggest to anyone who has a lab to invest the time in proper canine obedience training
because it is very rewarding. If you don't spend any training time with this dog, expect a dog with no manners.
It is up to you, as the owner, to give your pet the necessary things in life to make him/her a great valuable pet to you and your family.
You must be willing to spend quality time with this breed of dog as they are a "people dog" and need love and exercise.
They are very willing and eager to please their owner.
They are not "guard" dogs but do enough barking to scare unfamiliar people or animals away from the property.
Labradors love water and snow! Once they see a puddle, you have a drippin' wet dog that went mud bogging!
Be patient and let them play otherwise they will become bored and sad. Labs need fresh cool water to play in during the summer. A small, clean, kiddie pool does the trick for hot days.
Labradors can be kept outside in the winter as long as the temperature doesn’t drop below 20 degrees.
Our labradors are "inside" dogs during harsh winter weather. These dogs are very adaptable to the climate changes in Northern Indiana.
Our labs are patient when it comes to bathing time too. Labradors make perfect indoor pets when trained well.
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