Looking for a lab pup

[Sigarms]

If you're not looking for some fancy pedigree, consider adopting one.

We have 4, all rescue dogs.

They are great dogs.

BIG plus 1!

Anyway you cut it, a lab puppy will cost a bunch of money, no matter where you go.

The reality is if you can spend $500 - $1,000 for a puppy, you have the means to take care of it. That can't be said of the dogs that end up in the shelter.

 

[Buppies]

Sigarms do you have a good source for lab pups in your surrounding area if you do not mind answering

 

[Sigarms]

Sigarms do you have a good source for lab pups in your surrounding area if you do not mind answering

Pet / show dog or working / retrieving competition? Price differences can be huge between the two.

Our English Lab, who years ago (ironcially enough, bought as a puppy in Vermont, and even at age 8, she was a snorting playbowing puppy at heart).



I will say, if I were looking for a dog of a good quality breeder who I didn't know, what I've found from better breeders is the dog won't be cheap and more importantly, they are a bigger pain in the butt to deal with because they (the breeders) care who their dogs go to. Anyone who will sell you a puppy for striaght up cash with out having an application of some sort and take the time to check out your information isn't a "breeder" worth dealing with IMO. Heck, even when we gave dogs away for the humane socitety, we had an application and a home visit was required and vet references checked.

WAY to many dogs go into hands of people that have neither the time nor money to actually take care of a dog properly (why we have an over population of unwanted un spayed or un neutered pets in shelters IMO) . That said, the same could probably be said for a lot of kids today born into homes that really can't take care of kids mentally). OK, off my soapbox

 

[Buppies]

We have had 4 goldens all pets one Std Poodle inherited. We have 21acres with pond wife is exceptional dog person can train a blind man to read I believe. Her father was a dog trainer as well as engineer for APCO years ago. We have had good luck with retriever breed and where ours came from is no longer in business. Any help you can give is appreciated. We are are in our 60s

 

[om21braz]

Here are two I would consider if looking for another Labrador, or two:

LBL - Home

Tallgrass Kennels offering British Labrador Retrievers, British Labrador retriever breeders, trainers of british labs, british lab

 

[Buppies]

Thanks

 

[drssg]

I have never bought a dog from a breeder, and I never will. There are SO many dogs killed every day because no one in the world wants them. I can't support an industry that is cranking out more of them.

 

[CalG]

I have never bought a dog from a breeder, and I never will. There are SO many dogs killed every day because no one in the world wants them. I can't support an industry that is cranking out more of them.

I can go with you on that if the dog is only a pet. A "warm object of your affection" , But some dogs are just built for purpose, and a retriever has "built in" some aspects that I really enjoy.
(Like hunting waterfowl or even upland game) Much like cattle dogs just take to rounding up livestock.

A strange twist, I once held dearly to the idea that there were so many "good" dogs of breed, and so many differing breeds, that it was a waste to put training time and effort into a mongrel. I have softened a bit in that position with so little sporting use, and so much "companion dog" needs. But I like the lines of a trim retriever, so there you have it ;-)

I've had the headaches from the pound. NEVER AGAIN! They can take too much. I call them "broken" dogs. (NB exceptions abound, to the happiness of many!)

Happiest dogs I've ever been around were kennel dogs. Hounds to be specific, for when the time came each day to go out, they knew their purpose! Really enjoyable! They were also Very friendly when allowed indoors.

 

[Jstpssng]

Most of the dogs in shelters here are brought up from southern states, for whatever reason. I've only had 2 dogs, both labs. My first I got at 6 weeks old and she went everywhere with me, learning as she went. She was woodswise, head strong, and great at bringing back grouse; even the ones I thought that I had missed. My current lab was a year old when I got him and hadn't been off a chain in his life; I always thought that taking a dog like that was taking somebody else's problems but he has proven me wrong. I literally had to teach him how to be a dog; swimming and being in the woods without getting lost but he sure is eager to please me. He doesn't do so well on the birds though... he finds them all right but will eat them if I don't get to him. I think that goes back to not having enough to eat before I got him- he weighed 63 pounds when I got him and you could see every rib in his body.

My dog is more than something to greet me when I get home; he goes to work with me and is almost always at my side. I'm partial to labs because of their temperament and because they are water dogs. Ruger is 9 1/2 years old and has had a rough life, including one major injury; he's got one good leg out of 4, arthritis is already starting to bother him. I'll be lucky if he's around for 2 more years but my next dog will be another lab puppy.

 

[CalG]

Most of the dogs in shelters here are brought up from southern states, for whatever reason. I've only had 2 dogs, both labs. My first I got at 6 weeks old and she went everywhere with me, learning as she went. She was woodswise, head strong, and great at bringing back grouse; even the ones I thought that I had missed. My current lab was a year old when I got him and hadn't been off a chain in his life; I always thought that taking a dog like that was taking somebody else's problems but he has proven me wrong. I literally had to teach him how to be a dog; swimming and being in the woods without getting lost but he sure is eager to please me. He doesn't do so well on the birds though... he finds them all right but will eat them if I don't get to him. I think that goes back to not having enough to eat before I got him- he weighed 63 pounds when I got him and you could see every rib in his body.

My dog is more than something to greet me when I get home; he goes to work with me and is almost always at my side. I'm partial to labs because of their temperament and because they are water dogs. Ruger is 9 1/2 years old and has had a rough life, including one major injury; he's got one good leg out of 4, arthritis is already starting to bother him. I'll be lucky if he's around for 2 more years but my next dog will be another lab puppy.

Sounds like your dog needs are like mine.

What I'm really looking for is a 6 month old that stayed with the *****. They already know how to be dogs, and that PEOPLE are NOT DOGS. Big issue around small children.

But every animal is an individual.

I'm looking for one that won't need a lot of domestic basics. Sport and pleasant companionship, Oh, And needs to "load up" in the truck by it's self ;-)