pointing labs

[Texan]

HI,

I have been browsing this site for some time now but this is my first post . So hello to all and may I say I love this board .

I am looking for a new member to add to my family . I have an eight year old lab who is starting to feel his age this season . I am wanting to get another pup to start training and working with my other dog before he's to old to hunt. I am thinking if I get one now I can have a couple more seasons with my old friend and when he can no longer take the long days in the feild pup will be ready to fill in for him .

So my question I have for all of you here , can any of y'all refer me to a breeder ? Looking on the web pulls up more than I can wade through and I was wondering where you guys get your dogs ? I guess I should say I hunt pheasants , and waterfowl but not over water . The geese we shoot are all hunted in crop feilds . I am looking for lab primarly but am open to other breeds as long as they will reterive .

Thanks for any help y'all can give me.

[gspsonny03]

Welcome to HC. I'm not sure I can help you, but just about every hunting mag has ads in the back with top notch breeders, and if you can find an upland game or waterfowl hunting magazine all the better. The "Pointing Dog Journal", "Retrieving Dog Journal " and "The Traveling Wingshooter" are just a few. I don't know if you can find these in a store or not, but if you can they are full of some of the most prominent breeders in the country and not just one breed of dog, but just about every kind of dog you can think of. Hope this helps.

[fabsroman]

Welcome to the board Texan.

As far as experts on this subject are concerned for labs, you would probably want to talk to Doc E and/or Nevada Jim. If you have been following the board, Doc E pops in every once in a while, so you can send him a PM and he will get you some information.

Regarding Nevada Jim, he doesn't look at the board at all any more, or if he does he sure doesn't post any. He and I didn't always see eye to eye, but he did help me find a breeder and it turned out to be a great match. I got Nitro, a yellow lab, a little over 2 years ago and he is great. He comes from the Candlewood line of labs which is a pretty decent line. I had no idea about Candlewood until after I got Nitro and started looking at his family tree. Jim was able to send me an article about Candlewood and it was pretty impressive.

That is about the entirety of breeder knowledge that I have on labs.

If I am not mistaken, somebody else on the board bought a little lab puppy about the same time I bought Nitro, but I don't know if they post anymore.

You might want to look Nevada Jim's profile up and see if he has an e-mail address listed. If you cannot find anything, let me know and I will try to dig through my computer.

[Doc E]

Texan,
Welcome to the board. I have an exceptional PL (Pointing Lab), and they are definitely the best of both worlds. They do everything that Labs are famous for, plus they also point. You can check out my dog's website at www.pointinglabcasey.itgo.com .

We PL folks have a discussion forum at www.pointinglabs.com and the APLA (American Pointing Labrador Association) has a website at www.theapla.com .

I got my dog from Black Forest Kennels in Colorado, their website is at www.pointinglabrador.com another kennel that is really up and coming is Sauk River Labs and their website is www.saukriverlabs.com in fact, Sauk River (David Mork) just got a pup from my dog's most recent breeding.

If you have any quesins, please feel free to contact me either by PM or email (my email is colvillechiro@plix.com ).



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[fabsroman]

I told you Doc would have some good info for you. Glad you were able to respond as quickly as you did Doc. Then again, that might mean the ducks and geese aren't coming into that pond by the droves (i.e., you aren't out hunting). Hope that isn't the case. Then again, maybe you got your limit in 10 minutes and came right home.

Nitro is out of commission because a cyst had to be removed from the back of his leg and they had to stitch it up. So, no hunting for Nitro and me until I get back from Florida Christmas day. I am hoping that my parents will be able to take care of him while my wife and I are gone, but it will have been healing for about 2 weeks before we leave, so I would think it would be okay.