Have been on the lookout for a lab pup for a bit. Did lots of reading, research, and talking to people who know of that which they speak. My journey ended up leading me to a couple, Diana and Stu Mead, who have been in the trialing game for decades. They own and operate Clubmead Pet Resort, a boarding kennel near the airport. They have been breeding field/hunting labs for a long time, and their efforts have resulted in many FC dogs, as well as even a US National Champion that recently entered the retriever hall of fame.
Anyhow, the breeding is out of a FC sire that has ran in the Nationals each year since 2012 and a young dam that the breeder owns, who earned a first and a third in limited trialing last year, and they are confident will be a FC when all is said and done.
Here are some pics and the pedigree if anyone is interested in a pup that has the potential to be something special, as I think they may have one or two left. Warning - they are not cheap, but as Pixel says, "The purchase price is the cheapest part of a dog."
Thanks so much to the guys who helped me out in patiently answering my many questions on my journey into a breed I have no experience with... Pixelshooter, WWBirds, Threeforthree, Newf, MK2750, and Bganz.
The Meads train dogs all winter in Texas, where the pups will be frolicking in the sun, introduced to birds, water, and gunfire, but will be back in mid-April when the pups are ready to go.
Link to breeder's website:
https://www.clubmead.com/labrador-dog-breeding/
Link to pedigree:
http://www.huntinglabpedigree.com/puppy.asp?id=17607
PS: the whiteout dots are to tell the pups apart
The waiting really sucks!
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