For sale 6 month old bitch fox red Labrador

We keep this pup as Anna had hand reared it as its mother didn't have enough milk for the whole litter. It did very well raised and is now ready to go to its new home.Should you know anyone who is looking for a grown up pup. She is very affectionate and will walk on a lead. She now lives outside but was housetrained when she lived inside so would not take long to get back into that mode again. we are looking for a loving permanent home for her.Maybe you are the right person to have her or know someone who is. I took this photo from the other side of the fence as she was very curious and think she wanted the camera for herself

Fox red Labrador pups

Well our litter "hatched" around 3 weeks ago. A very even numbered litter 5 girls and 5 boys.All like peas in a pod but puppies in a kennel. Mother and babies doing well. They have just started their weaning programme now and don't have to be shown twice where the food is. For now it is just sleep and eat and her you see Rubi-Sue and Martha checking to see they are ok. Martha was so excited to see them she didn't see the water dish and got rather wet

Brotherly love

Here you see 2 of our Labrador Youngsters chilling our in a rare moment of sunshine. And who said 2 aren't company. They are top mates - brother and sister. FTCH Ernvale Maud of Tudorcourt is on both sides of these pups pedigree. Maud was not only a FTCH but was the top retriever in Ireland in 2008. It will be interesting to see how these pups turn out . For the time being they are happy to chill out.

FTCH Kathmandu Ruadh of Donian

Anna headed north to Aberdeen taking Tara - Cuckavalda Touch of Gold. Looking for different blood lines we had found Roddy McBains FTCH fox red stud dog. After driving up through the night and a couple of hours sleep Anna and Tara landed on Roddy's doorstep rather early. A lovely morning and the sun shining down on Stonehaven but didn't have time to go fishing it was back on the road and back home for a late lunch. Tara was lined but it will be a few more weeks before we know if she is in pup. This photo doesn't actually do the sire justice but if you google him he is a very handsome dog.A lot redder than this photo but it is the only one we have.

Tucking in...

Labrador puppies growing up so quickly are tucking into their dinners. They are now getting weaned and have small meals and often. By the time they are fully weaned they will be on 5 meals a day. They are also starting to wander out now when you go to them.They waddle out and got to the toilet before going back in to eat.They are very good at learning the house training lessons.The sire of them is Finn -Cuckavalda Bert and dam is first time mother- Leadburn Mabel. Her sire is FTCH Hillus Clyde and dam FTW Leadburn Tango. A non returnable deposit will secure a puppy.We are looking for loving permanent homes for these gorgeous pups

Loving the sunshine

It has been a long winter and now you can see it isn't just humans who enjoy relaxing in the sunshine. These pups were born just before Christmas.They are now enjoying half hour walks into the woods to develop their hunting instincts twice a day. The darkest red one with her eyes shut is the puppy we hand reared from bring a week old.Her mother had enough to do to rear the other 7 in the litter.She is as bright as a button and by 5 weeks old would go to the door to be let out to go- nearly house trained. It just shows the intelligence these pups have. The black girl is spoken for and going to her new home shortly.She was ordered on recommendation by someone who had bought one from us 3 years ago. Sindy,Nelly and Caz we are keeping .The bottom photo is of them having their afternoon siesta

Leadburn Mabel with her pups

4 of each sex we could not have asked for a better mix . Mabel had her first litter 3 weeks ago and now the pups have had their first breakfast. It went down well. They are a nice even litter and she is a really good mother .Their pedigree is first class Mabel sire is FTCH Hillus Clyde -young Billy Steel jrn dog which was 4th in the IGLs .The dam was FTW Leaburn Tango which belongs to Billy Steel snr. Mabel was one of 11 pups and we go there at 7am one snowy morning to choose her.How do you choose which one ? as they were waiting for their breakfast it was a quick decision but we are very happy with our choice. The sire of the pups has proven Finn who's full title is Cuckavalda Bert. He is the dog who won a round of applause from the guns on a shoot day at Newburgh Priory this last season when he retrieved a pheasant across a pong broking ice all the way to get to it. Finn's sire is again from the Leadburn Kennels -this time Billy snr's FTCH Leadburn Viceroy who was the runner up and top dog in the IGLs in 2008. His dam. Willow, one of our beautiful fox red trio by FTCH Talsbrook Rhum of Bolton Abbey. His brother ,Boris,won 2 trials. So there you have the pedigree if you can follow all that. Anyway lovely pups who will soon be looking for permanent loving home whether for work or pet. One is already earmarked for going to Switzerland.