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English Labrador Retriever Puppies
Webfoot Retrievers next litter of English Labrador Retriever Puppies will be in early 2018. Yellow and Blacks.
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Webfoot Retrievers is dedicated to breeding top quality English Labrador Retrievers Puppies of exceptional intelligence beauty and temperament. These Triple-Purpose English Labrador Retriever Puppies are equally suited as joyful, obedient companions, valued Gun Dogs, and representatives of the breed standard in every way.
English Labrador Retriever Puppies
Webfoot Retrievers English Labrador Retriever Puppies are very trainable with an eagerness to please. Their wonderful disposition and calm temperament allow them to be exceptional companions whether gently curled up next to your bed or quietly scanning the sky for the next flock of Mallards.
English Labrador Retriever Puppy
Webfoot Retrievers English Labrador Retriever Puppies are breed to the breed standard. English Labrador Retriever Puppies have a calmer temperament than American Labrador Retrievers. English Labrador Retriever Puppies are shorter, stockier, with a thick otter like tail.
English Labrador Retriever Puppy
True to their nature, Webfoot Retrievers English Labrador Retriever Puppies would rather retrieve than eat. Natural instincts are reinforced with "Puppy Play" and retrieving from a very early age. "Train up a child in the way he should go and he will not depart." When enrolled in Webfoot Retrievers Labrador Retriever Training puppies can begin their days in a duck blind at less than one year of age.
Webfoot Retrievers English Labrador Retriever Puppies are breed with champion pedigrees. Good Labrador Retriever Puppies come in many shapes and sizes, but a special pride exists in knowing that your Webfoot Retriever English Labrador Retriever Puppy meets the high AKC breed standards.
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Webfoot Retrievers English Labrador Retriever Puppies are born and nurtured in my home, and puppies are exposed to household activities and handled several times a day.
English Labrador Retriever Puppy
Webfoot Retrievers English Labrador Retriever puppies are equally at home scanning the skies for Mallards or quartering heavy cover to flush Quail, Chukkas, or Pheasant. Whether the hunt of the day is Doves or Quail, Geese or Ducks, Pheasant or Chukkas, Webfoot Retrievers English Labrador Retriever puppies will do it all.
English Labrador Retriever Puppy
When Picking a English Labrador Retriever Puppy
A puppy buyer should ask something like this “I am looking for a English Labrador Retriever Puppy for a family pet / hunting dog that meets the breed standard in looks and temperament, which has health guarantees, and will live in the house at night and outside during the days and hunt 4-6 weekends a year could you help me?"
I would recommend picking an English Labrador Retriever Puppy by these guidelines.
1) Price- There is a wide range of prices on English Labrador Retriever Puppies, shelter puppies your neighbor's puppies, puppies out of the newspaper, or puppies from breeders.
2) Temperament- If you are an active person you would want the English Labrador Retriever Puppy that is slightly more active. If you are less active but enjoy a English Labrador Retriever Puppy lying by your feet as you read you should pick the puppy that is slightly less active.
3) Sex- if not spayed English Labrador Retriever females come in season twice a year, and need to be separated from males during that time. If you plan to breed your puppy one day (after it receives its hip and eye clearances), remember female owners pick the male studs. So a female owner can pick a male from anywhere in the world to breed to. Males on the other hand must weight to be asked to breed. So a competing male showing off his skills and proving his qualities will be asked to breed more often than non-titled males.
4) English Labrador Retriever Puppy Color- And this is last criteria. If you are a hunter, do you do more hunting in hot dove fields where a lighter colored Gun Dog would stay cooler? Or dark swamps where a light colored Gun Dog would stand out.
Color is also a factor in breeding. You would not breed two recessive colors such as Chocolate to a Yellow and produce puppies with poor pigmentation.
Webfoot Retriever English Labrador Retriever Puppies are consistent in their looks and temperament, with each litter I make minor improvements to my line.
That being said, every puppy is still an individual with its own personality.
When the buyer tells the breeder what he is looking for then the breeder can point out the puppies in the litter with those characteristics and you can chose from those puppies.
I recommend going to see the puppies many different times before you pick a puppy, and at different times of the day. If you always go after feeding time when the puppies are napping, you might mistake an active puppy for a calm puppy.
Listen to the breeder's advice in which puppies to pick from. The breeder has been with the puppies and their parents all their lives. The breeder knows the puppy’s temperament better than anyone.
As a breeder, I try to match the correct puppy with the correct owner.
Many times young couples with toddlers want a puppy so it can “grow up with their children” this is called Anthropomorphism the “Walt Disney Syndrome”. It is hard enough to find the time and energy for the children, getting a puppy then just makes it worse. Of course, your child will have priority over your puppy. So the puppy will be the one to lose out on training, socialization, and exercise. In less than a year, you could have an adolescent wild puppy that is out of control, too rough for the kids to be around, and locked in a pen as a barking security alarm for the rest of its life.
Puppies see children as littermates to compete against, for the adult’s attention. Puppies develop faster than children, so in a short time they will be stronger and faster than the children.
Never, ever buy a puppy for someone else without discussing it with them. Ray Godwin South Carolina.
A puppy buyer should ask something like this “I am looking for a English Labrador Retriever Puppy for a family pet / hunting dog that meets the breed standard in looks and temperament, which has health guarantees, and will live in the house at night and outside during the days and hunt 4-6 weekends a year could you help me?"
I would recommend picking an English Labrador Retriever Puppy by these guidelines.
1) Price- There is a wide range of prices on English Labrador Retriever Puppies, shelter puppies your neighbor's puppies, puppies out of the newspaper, or puppies from breeders.
2) Temperament- If you are an active person you would want the English Labrador Retriever Puppy that is slightly more active. If you are less active but enjoy a English Labrador Retriever Puppy lying by your feet as you read you should pick the puppy that is slightly less active.
3) Sex- if not spayed English Labrador Retriever females come in season twice a year, and need to be separated from males during that time. If you plan to breed your puppy one day (after it receives its hip and eye clearances), remember female owners pick the male studs. So a female owner can pick a male from anywhere in the world to breed to. Males on the other hand must weight to be asked to breed. So a competing male showing off his skills and proving his qualities will be asked to breed more often than non-titled males.
4) English Labrador Retriever Puppy Color- And this is last criteria. If you are a hunter, do you do more hunting in hot dove fields where a lighter colored Gun Dog would stay cooler? Or dark swamps where a light colored Gun Dog would stand out.
Color is also a factor in breeding. You would not breed two recessive colors such as Chocolate to a Yellow and produce puppies with poor pigmentation.
Webfoot Retriever English Labrador Retriever Puppies are consistent in their looks and temperament, with each litter I make minor improvements to my line.
That being said, every puppy is still an individual with its own personality.
When the buyer tells the breeder what he is looking for then the breeder can point out the puppies in the litter with those characteristics and you can chose from those puppies.
I recommend going to see the puppies many different times before you pick a puppy, and at different times of the day. If you always go after feeding time when the puppies are napping, you might mistake an active puppy for a calm puppy.
Listen to the breeder's advice in which puppies to pick from. The breeder has been with the puppies and their parents all their lives. The breeder knows the puppy’s temperament better than anyone.
As a breeder, I try to match the correct puppy with the correct owner.
Many times young couples with toddlers want a puppy so it can “grow up with their children” this is called Anthropomorphism the “Walt Disney Syndrome”. It is hard enough to find the time and energy for the children, getting a puppy then just makes it worse. Of course, your child will have priority over your puppy. So the puppy will be the one to lose out on training, socialization, and exercise. In less than a year, you could have an adolescent wild puppy that is out of control, too rough for the kids to be around, and locked in a pen as a barking security alarm for the rest of its life.
Puppies see children as littermates to compete against, for the adult’s attention. Puppies develop faster than children, so in a short time they will be stronger and faster than the children.
Never, ever buy a puppy for someone else without discussing it with them. Ray Godwin South Carolina.
Last 2 St. John's Water Dogs
AMERICAN vs. ENGLISH
There is only one breed of dog known as the Labrador Retriever, described by the Standard of the Breed. Within Labrador Retriever breed type there are variations in body style which have evolved to suit the use of the dog, as well as the preferences of individual breeders and owners. In the United States the general public has begun to label these variations mistakenly as "English or "American" style. Perhaps a better description for variations in style is "show/conformation" or "working/field" styles.
The working/field or "American" style of dog is the label often attached to a Labrador possessing lighter bone structure and exhibiting more length of leg, a less dense coat, and a narrower head with more length of muzzle.
The conformation/show or "English" style Labrador is generally thought of as a stockier dog, heavier of bone and shorter on leg and with a denser coat, and having a head often described as "square or blocky." However, working/field variations occur in England as well, so this description is not necessarily suitable.
These general images portray the extremes of both styles and do not help to identify the temperament, trainability or health of the dog. In fact, the vast majority of Labrador retrievers, whether of conformation/show breeding or working/field breeding, possess moderate body styles much closer to the written Standard of the breed. It is possible that within a single litter, whether that litter has been bred for show/conformation or working/field, individual pups can mature to be representatives of the range, though rarely producing the extremes, of the two styles. We recommend that you discuss the issue of size and style, as well as temperament, trainability and health, with any breeder you contact. However, please remember that there is only one Labrador Retriever breed, one that meets the requirements as set forth in the Official Standard.
http://www.thelabradorclub.com/subpages/show_contents.php?page=English+vs.+American
The Breed History
Newfoundland was settled by English fisherman as early as the 1500's and the St. John's dogs seemed to develop along with the fishing occupation. The English fisherman in Newfoundland used the St. John's dog to retrieve fish that had fallen off their hooks as well to help haul in fishing lines through the water. The St. John's dogs were considered "workaholics" and enjoyed the retrieving tasks given in the fishing environment. This breed was very eager to please and their retrieving abilities made them ideal for hunting companions and sporting dogs. In today's world many see their hunting companion as living for the sport. He will break ice to retrieve birds only to return and wait for the next one to come down. You have to keep an eye on the dog in warm weather as he will gladly work beyond his physical abilities and even overheat if you don't watch him. It was said that the dogs would work long hours with the fisherman in the cold waters, then be brought home to play with the fisherman's children. The wonderful temperament of the Labrador Retriever is documented back to its early days in England and has made them ideal family pets as well as accomplished sporting dogs.
In Newfoundland the St. John's dog eventually became extinct. The reasons seem to be political. In 1780 the Governor wanted to encourage sheep raising and to stop any menace to sheep he ordered that there could be no more than one dog for a family. The St. John's dog were native to Newfoundland and so all but the ones that had been exported to England were vulnerable to this order. This action had a great impact on St. John's dogs since they were not wide spread and now their numbers were being discouraged in their homeland.
Above are two of the last St. John's dogs in Newfoundland. Author Richard Wolters indicated in his book the Labrador Retriever that these two males survived extinction because they were in a very remote area. There were no female dogs left to breed to, so these appear to have been the last two original St. John's dogs. Wolters' book was published in 1981 and at that time Lassie (on the right) was 13 years old and his brother (left) was 15 years old.
Note these dogs also have the white toes and muzzle like the early Labradors in England. This trait appears to have been bred out of the dogs since the only white markings AKC allows at this time is perhaps a small white spot on the chest. Sometimes one will find some white hairs on the toes or foot pads still today. That likely traces to the original dogs. http://www.chocolatelabs.co.uk/html/labrador_history.html
The fishermen used dogs to retrieve fish that fell off hooks and to help haul in swimming lines or fishing nets. These dogs needed to be eager to please, strong swimmers and small enough to haul in and out of the two man " Dory" type boats. They needed to have short, water repellent dense coats that could withstand very cold water and wouldn't ball up with ice or bring excess water onboard. Onshore, as temporary settlements gave way to more permanent ones, a retrieving dog would have been a very useful hunting companion. The St. John's area of Newfoundland was settled predominantly by Englishmen who brought these working dogs to England through Poole Harbor, Dorset, the hub of the Newfoundland fishing trade. These St. John's dogs became the most prized sporting dogs for the gentry who could afford to maintain kennels for controlled breeding.
Without written records from the earliest days to detail which dogs came from where and to whom they were bred, we can only speculate about the ancestors of these St. John's dogs. The black St. Hubert's hound from France, working water dogs from Portugal, old European pointer breeds and dogs belonging to the native Indians have all been suggested as possible predecessors. Certainly some mixture of these or others is logical since tradesmen from around the world frequented Newfoundland for several centuries, plenty of time to develop breeds with the desired working traits. Two distinctly different breeds resulted, the larger longer haired dog used for hauling that became the Newfoundland we know today and the smaller shorter coated retriever that led to our present day labs. See the breed " standards" which detail form and function specifications for Labradors.
http://www.alllabs.com/labrador_retriever_history.htm
There is only one breed of dog known as the Labrador Retriever, described by the Standard of the Breed. Within Labrador Retriever breed type there are variations in body style which have evolved to suit the use of the dog, as well as the preferences of individual breeders and owners. In the United States the general public has begun to label these variations mistakenly as "English or "American" style. Perhaps a better description for variations in style is "show/conformation" or "working/field" styles.
The working/field or "American" style of dog is the label often attached to a Labrador possessing lighter bone structure and exhibiting more length of leg, a less dense coat, and a narrower head with more length of muzzle.
The conformation/show or "English" style Labrador is generally thought of as a stockier dog, heavier of bone and shorter on leg and with a denser coat, and having a head often described as "square or blocky." However, working/field variations occur in England as well, so this description is not necessarily suitable.
These general images portray the extremes of both styles and do not help to identify the temperament, trainability or health of the dog. In fact, the vast majority of Labrador retrievers, whether of conformation/show breeding or working/field breeding, possess moderate body styles much closer to the written Standard of the breed. It is possible that within a single litter, whether that litter has been bred for show/conformation or working/field, individual pups can mature to be representatives of the range, though rarely producing the extremes, of the two styles. We recommend that you discuss the issue of size and style, as well as temperament, trainability and health, with any breeder you contact. However, please remember that there is only one Labrador Retriever breed, one that meets the requirements as set forth in the Official Standard.
http://www.thelabradorclub.com/subpages/show_contents.php?page=English+vs.+American
The Breed History
Newfoundland was settled by English fisherman as early as the 1500's and the St. John's dogs seemed to develop along with the fishing occupation. The English fisherman in Newfoundland used the St. John's dog to retrieve fish that had fallen off their hooks as well to help haul in fishing lines through the water. The St. John's dogs were considered "workaholics" and enjoyed the retrieving tasks given in the fishing environment. This breed was very eager to please and their retrieving abilities made them ideal for hunting companions and sporting dogs. In today's world many see their hunting companion as living for the sport. He will break ice to retrieve birds only to return and wait for the next one to come down. You have to keep an eye on the dog in warm weather as he will gladly work beyond his physical abilities and even overheat if you don't watch him. It was said that the dogs would work long hours with the fisherman in the cold waters, then be brought home to play with the fisherman's children. The wonderful temperament of the Labrador Retriever is documented back to its early days in England and has made them ideal family pets as well as accomplished sporting dogs.
In Newfoundland the St. John's dog eventually became extinct. The reasons seem to be political. In 1780 the Governor wanted to encourage sheep raising and to stop any menace to sheep he ordered that there could be no more than one dog for a family. The St. John's dog were native to Newfoundland and so all but the ones that had been exported to England were vulnerable to this order. This action had a great impact on St. John's dogs since they were not wide spread and now their numbers were being discouraged in their homeland.
Above are two of the last St. John's dogs in Newfoundland. Author Richard Wolters indicated in his book the Labrador Retriever that these two males survived extinction because they were in a very remote area. There were no female dogs left to breed to, so these appear to have been the last two original St. John's dogs. Wolters' book was published in 1981 and at that time Lassie (on the right) was 13 years old and his brother (left) was 15 years old.
Note these dogs also have the white toes and muzzle like the early Labradors in England. This trait appears to have been bred out of the dogs since the only white markings AKC allows at this time is perhaps a small white spot on the chest. Sometimes one will find some white hairs on the toes or foot pads still today. That likely traces to the original dogs. http://www.chocolatelabs.co.uk/html/labrador_history.html
The fishermen used dogs to retrieve fish that fell off hooks and to help haul in swimming lines or fishing nets. These dogs needed to be eager to please, strong swimmers and small enough to haul in and out of the two man " Dory" type boats. They needed to have short, water repellent dense coats that could withstand very cold water and wouldn't ball up with ice or bring excess water onboard. Onshore, as temporary settlements gave way to more permanent ones, a retrieving dog would have been a very useful hunting companion. The St. John's area of Newfoundland was settled predominantly by Englishmen who brought these working dogs to England through Poole Harbor, Dorset, the hub of the Newfoundland fishing trade. These St. John's dogs became the most prized sporting dogs for the gentry who could afford to maintain kennels for controlled breeding.
Without written records from the earliest days to detail which dogs came from where and to whom they were bred, we can only speculate about the ancestors of these St. John's dogs. The black St. Hubert's hound from France, working water dogs from Portugal, old European pointer breeds and dogs belonging to the native Indians have all been suggested as possible predecessors. Certainly some mixture of these or others is logical since tradesmen from around the world frequented Newfoundland for several centuries, plenty of time to develop breeds with the desired working traits. Two distinctly different breeds resulted, the larger longer haired dog used for hauling that became the Newfoundland we know today and the smaller shorter coated retriever that led to our present day labs. See the breed " standards" which detail form and function specifications for Labradors.
http://www.alllabs.com/labrador_retriever_history.htm
Black Labrador
This is Nell, the photograph dating from 1856 and is the earliest ever photo of a Labrador (St Johns Dog)
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Chocolate Labrador
Buccleuch Avon was one of the founders of the modern Labrador, and he carried the "liver" gene. He is believed to be the ancestor of all chocolate Labs.
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Yellow Labrador
This is the legendary Ben of Hyde.
Born in 1899 Ben was the first Yellow Labrador |
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