Sisters Reunited
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My newest lab turns seven months old and will be going on her first pheasant hunt today. I bought her in New York after a buddy who lives near my camp bought one of her littermates and called me because he knew I was looking for a new lab. Last night he brought Izzy, the chocolate lab, over to my Camp to meet her sister for the first time since they were littermates. They got along great and spent the entire time play fighting. We finally got them to take a break and sit down so we could get a picture or two. They are going to be hunting together later this week. Izzy and Raven. They are panting because of all the wrestling and fighting they’ve been doing.
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Re: Sisters Reunited
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10/24/22 08:02 AM
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You were telling my story too West Side.
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Re: Sisters Reunited
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10/24/22 08:13 AM
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I wouldn't have guessed them to be littermates. They look quite different from each other.
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Re: Sisters Reunited
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10/24/22 08:25 AM
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The chocolates tongue is 4 times as large/long as the blacks Great looking labs...Hope they hunt and not fight
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Re: Sisters Reunited
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10/24/22 08:54 AM
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That choc lab can drink a lot of water in a short amount of time i bet. I think it might be crossed with a Spoonbill Nice looking dogs...
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Re: Sisters Reunited
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That choc lab can drink a lot of water in a short amount of time i bet. The chocolates tongue is 4 times as large/long as the blacks Great looking labs...Hope they hunt and not fight Raven has the same oversized tongue as her sister Izzy. I just didn’t catch it at full extension.
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Re: Sisters Reunited
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10/24/22 02:27 PM
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I wouldn't have guessed them to be littermates. They look quite different from each other. Raven, the black lab, was the runt of the litter. Her sister Izzy has been restricted from exercising for the last five weeks because of a shoulder injury during training and then being spayed two weeks ago. Her owner never cut back on her food and she put on about ten pounds which is why she’s looking bigger than Raven.
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Re: Sisters Reunited
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10/24/22 03:14 PM
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Yes, they are American labs. They are hunting dogs with champion bloodlines.
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Re: Sisters Reunited
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I can’t argue with most of that wanna be. I’ve had labs all my life and I’ve always trained them to hunt and retrieve myself. Most we’re good to excellent hunters and retrievers and all were very well disciplined, they were house dogs and were taught manners early on.
Up until my last two, none of them had champion bloodlines. My second last one I decided to buy one that had an excellent pedigree. He is a super hunter, more prey-drive than any dog I’ve ever known. He figured out upland bird hunting at six months old and was showing the old hands how it was done. Most of my labs were about a year and a half old before it finally started clicking and they figured out the game.
Could some of my so-so hunters have passed hunt tests? Probably, but I doubt even with extensive training and money that they would’ve ever made champions. I believe dogs from champion bloodlines are genetically predisposed to do better sooner at the hunt game than most other dogs. And getting one of those makes training a “meat” dog easier for me.
The new pup only has two champions in her pedigree. All of her lineage were/are hunters. She’s smart and already has the retrieving game down and has learned all her house manners. But, like most of my other labs she didn’t have a clue what was going on on her first pheasant hunt yesterday. She was just romping around enjoying the sights and smells. I have no doubt that she’ll pick it up within the next year and become a good to great hunter like most of the rest of my labs but she is certainly not a super hunter.
And that, in my opinion, is the difference between solid champion pedigrees and not.
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Re: Sisters Reunited
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10/25/22 04:27 PM
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I can’t argue with most of that wanna be. I’ve had labs all my life and I’ve always trained them to hunt and retrieve myself. Most we’re good to excellent hunters and retrievers and all were very well disciplined, they were house dogs and were taught manners early on.
Up until my last two, none of them had champion bloodlines. My second last one I decided to buy one that had an excellent pedigree. He is a super hunter, more prey-drive than any dog I’ve ever known. He figured out upland bird hunting at six months old and was showing the old hands how it was done. Most of my labs were about a year and a half old before it finally started clicking and they figured out the game.
Could some of my so-so hunters have passed hunt tests? Probably, but I doubt even with extensive training and money that they would’ve ever made champions. I believe dogs from champion bloodlines are genetically predisposed to do better sooner at the hunt game than most other dogs. And getting one of those makes training a “meat” dog easier for me.
The new pup only has two champions in her pedigree. All of her lineage were/are hunters. She’s smart and already has the retrieving game down and has learned all her house manners. But, like most of my other labs she didn’t have a clue what was going on on her first pheasant hunt yesterday. She was just romping around enjoying the sights and smells. I have no doubt that she’ll pick it up within the next year and become a good to great hunter like most of the rest of my labs but she is certainly not a super hunter.
And that, in my opinion, is the difference between solid champion pedigrees and not. We had a trainer that would train for what you wanted. He even trained pointing Labs. This trainer even has the first English Cocker (Batman) that earned his AKC Master Title. A Great Reputable trainer will tell you after a couple of weeks of what you have. Ours had turned away champion bloodlines and kept dogs that he had to get “Papers” on in order to run AKC test. I’ve seen him train pointing Labs, flushing Labs, and “duck dogs” Unfortunately he’s dead now. He was one of the BEST trainers we’ve ever known.
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Re: Sisters Reunited
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10/25/22 05:43 PM
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I assume that good bloodlines also means no potential for hip dispasia? Seem to hear alot of talk about that if one wants to breed, regardless what breed of dog you have. The parents of most of my pups have been OFA certified to be free of hip dysplasia. The few I’ve bought with champion bloodlines certainly were. Not all are though.
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