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Title: What lab breeders should I check out?
Post by: WSU on January 06, 2018, 08:08:04 AM: I want to get a puppy. Not immediately but want to start looking. The dog will hunt waterfowl and upland. I don’t need top bloodlines and won’t do trials, but I want a good dog. This will be a family dog that hunts a lot. What are your suggestions?
Title: Re: What lab breeders should I check out?
Post by: JKEEN33 on January 06, 2018, 08:36:26 AM: I got an Ireland Farms Lab Christmas 2016. Pretty happy with him. Great family dog and fit right in with my older lab. I would get another from them.
Title: Re: What lab breeders should I check out?
Post by: BD1 on January 06, 2018, 08:44:07 AM: Quote from: JKEEN33 on January 06, 2018, 08:36:26 AM
I got an Ireland Farms Lab Christmas 2016. Pretty happy with him. Great family dog and fit right in with my older lab. I would get another from them.
:yeah:
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Post by: cem3434 on January 06, 2018, 10:34:05 AM: I'm I the same situation of starting to look for a pup. We just put down our 14 year old female lab about a week before Christmas. We have a 9 year old male and I'm starting to think he needs a new companion, plus the wife and kids would love a new pup. From the research I have done, it appears most guys have nothing but good things to say about Wind River, Ireland Farms and Tiger Mountain. There maybe others, but I have kind of narrowed it down to one of these local breeders for our next pup. I am much like you in that I want a good family dog that hunts, but I won't be running trials.
Title: Re: What lab breeders should I check out?
Post by: highside74 on January 06, 2018, 10:38:33 AM: Rocking M in Eatonville. Bryant and Cindy are great people and have some nice dogs. They always have a booth with a few pups and the Puyallup Sportsmans show. You can buy them as pups or have Bryant train for a while then pick up ready to hunt.
Title: Re: What lab breeders should I check out?
Post by: ghosthunter on January 06, 2018, 12:23:24 PM: Quote from: BD1 on January 06, 2018, 08:44:07 AM
Quote from: JKEEN33 on January 06, 2018, 08:36:26 AM
I got an Ireland Farms Lab Christmas 2016. Pretty happy with him. Great family dog and fit right in with my older lab. I would get another from them.
:yeah:

Ireland

Mine is 4 and as birdie as a dog can get.
Title: Re: What lab breeders should I check out?
Post by: follow maggie on January 06, 2018, 01:04:15 PM: I got Maggie at Cougar Creek Labs in Arlington 10 years ago and she’s been a great dog. Mild mannered & great around the house, great with small kids but a fiend on the birds, ducks and pheasants. I’m thinking of going back ther this spring for another puppy.
http://cougarcreek-k9.com/labs/
Title: Re: What lab breeders should I check out?
Post by: RightPlace-RightTime on January 06, 2018, 01:23:11 PM: www.bayviewlabradors.com
Title: Re: What lab breeders should I check out?
Post by: carvermoe on January 06, 2018, 02:46:16 PM: Ireland farms, Ireland farms, Ireland farms
We got one 8 yrs. ago and another xmas 2016.
Half sisters and awesome dogs.
Title: Re: What lab breeders should I check out?
Post by: Derailed on January 06, 2018, 07:06:59 PM: Copperwood Kennels in Battleground. I got a pup from Matt, and I am very happy with him.
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Post by: nutntoit on January 10, 2018, 11:31:34 AM: Morgans Point
http://www.morgansredpointinglabs.com/

I got a pup from them last year and he is a hunting machine on land and water. I do a lot of upland hunting and he has been great for that as he will bust through the thick cover that the pointers want to go around. Also one of the nicest family dogs I have ever known. He takes to training well and learns fast. I definitely recommend checking them out.
Title: Re: What lab breeders should I check out?
Post by: Woodchuck on January 10, 2018, 11:34:08 AM: @CoryTDF
Title: Re: What lab breeders should I check out?
Post by: HaydenHunter on January 11, 2018, 07:20:35 AM: I just put a deposit down for a pup from Lee Salmon at Wind River Labs. Have always heard great things about her dogs. She has four litters dropping in February. One all choc, one all yellow and the other two mixed blacks and yellows. The litter I am getting my pup from may throw some pointing labs. While that is certainly not a criteria for me to pull the trigger, it would be a fun plus to have a PL. I hunt very little upland...for now. Possibly more if I had a PL. This pup will primarily be a waterfowling dog.

www.windriverlabs.com/litters.html (http://www.windriverlabs.com)
Title: Re: What lab breeders should I check out?
Post by: cem3434 on January 12, 2018, 08:18:59 PM: Which litter? I've thought about putting a deposit on one of Whiskey and Blue's pups.
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Post by: lewy on January 12, 2018, 08:56:34 PM: Tag
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Post by: super186 on January 12, 2018, 10:10:33 PM: Tag
Title: Re: What lab breeders should I check out?
Post by: mossyoak arrow slinger on January 12, 2018, 10:36:05 PM: Morgan point ranch. That’s my vote. Another breeder if he was doing another litter but sounds like he isn’t.

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Title: Re: What lab breeders should I check out?
Post by: HaydenHunter on January 13, 2018, 12:01:13 PM: Quote from: cem3434 on January 12, 2018, 08:18:59 PM
Which litter? I've thought about putting a deposit on one of Whiskey and Blue's pups.
Whiskey and Blue. Black lab female.
Title: Re: What lab breeders should I check out?
Post by: Bill W on January 13, 2018, 12:54:31 PM: Quote from: ghosthunter on January 06, 2018, 12:23:24 PM
Quote from: BD1 on January 06, 2018, 08:44:07 AM
Quote from: JKEEN33 on January 06, 2018, 08:36:26 AM
I got an Ireland Farms Lab Christmas 2016. Pretty happy with him. Great family dog and fit right in with my older lab. I would get another from them.
:yeah:

Ireland

Mine is 4 and as birdie as a dog can get.

I have an Ireland farm dog also. Mine looks almost like Ghosthunters dog.
Title: Re: What lab breeders should I check out?
Post by: cem3434 on January 13, 2018, 03:13:43 PM: Quote from: HaydenHunter on January 13, 2018, 12:01:13 PM
Quote from: cem3434 on January 12, 2018, 08:18:59 PM
Which litter? I've thought about putting a deposit on one of Whiskey and Blue's pups.
Whiskey and Blue. Black lab female.

That's exactly what I was thinking for a pup. I sent an email to Lee but haven't heard back yet. Do you know where you are at in line with a black female?
Title: Re: What lab breeders should I check out?
Post by: HaydenHunter on January 13, 2018, 05:23:11 PM: One deposit ahead of me. Can't remember sex / color. Lee's phone number is listed on the WRL website. I think that's her mobile number. Your avitar looks like you hunt upland. A pointing lab would be fun in this regard if your pup ended up with this trait.
Title: Re: What lab breeders should I check out?
Post by: WRL on January 17, 2018, 04:12:02 AM: Quote from: cem3434 on January 13, 2018, 03:13:43 PM
Quote from: HaydenHunter on January 13, 2018, 12:01:13 PM
Quote from: cem3434 on January 12, 2018, 08:18:59 PM
Which litter? I've thought about putting a deposit on one of Whiskey and Blue's pups.
Whiskey and Blue. Black lab female.

That's exactly what I was thinking for a pup. I sent an email to Lee but haven't heard back yet. Do you know where you are at in line with a black female?

If I haven't responded, call me or email. I am pretty good about responding to emails.

WRL
Title: Re: What lab breeders should I check out?
Post by: Calvin Rayborn on January 22, 2018, 08:21:18 PM: Black Sands Labs LLC
Title: Re: What lab breeders should I check out?
Post by: trophyhunt on January 22, 2018, 08:25:05 PM: Kingsland Labradors in south hill Puyallup, great breed, only chocolate color. Smart dogs, dock jumping champions great family dogs as well.
Title: Re: What lab breeders should I check out?
Post by: Wa hunter on January 22, 2018, 08:44:04 PM: Quote from: trophyhunt on January 22, 2018, 08:25:05 PM
Kingsland Labradors in south hill Puyallup, great breed, only chocolate color. Smart dogs, dock jumping champions great family dogs as well.

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Title: Re: What lab breeders should I check out?
Post by: CoryTDF on March 05, 2018, 11:26:20 AM: May have a litter in the near future.
Title: Re: What lab breeders should I check out?
Post by: cem3434 on March 05, 2018, 10:12:37 PM: Quote from: CoryTDF on March 05, 2018, 11:26:20 AM
May have a litter in the near future.

Any information on the litter?
Title: Re: What lab breeders should I check out?
Post by: bigmacc on March 13, 2018, 05:00:13 PM: LaBrook Labradors, Culdesac Idaho. Picked up an English lab pup there about 6 months ago, stocky, block headed chocolate fella. He's smart as a whip, great disposition, loves kids and is wide as he is tall :chuckle:. Great pup, never have had such a smart and "wanting to please" dog, no kidding, he had one "accident" in the house and I,m stressing this...ONE! I told him in a stern voice "you do that outside, ECH ECH" took him to a spot in the yard and its where he's done his business ever since :tup:. I have always had Labs, I don't duck hunt any more, this guy is my companion, my friend and a buddy for the grandkids and so far one of the(if not THE) smartest and easiest to train dogs I,ve ever had the opportunity to be friends with.
Title: Re: What lab breeders should I check out?
Post by: RightPlace-RightTime on March 13, 2018, 05:54:27 PM: I have 2 English labs
They are a great line
Title: Re: What lab breeders should I check out?
Post by: bigmacc on March 13, 2018, 06:58:26 PM: Quote from: RightPlace-RightTime on March 13, 2018, 05:54:27 PM
I have 2 English labs
They are a great line

:tup: