2012 Breedings/Litters
BritishLabradors.com is pleased to announce the following breedings we believe will produce outstanding British-bred Labradors in the year 2011. Go to the Sires or Dams Photos and Pedigrees pages to view pictures and pedigrees. Go to our British Labradors Photo and Video Gallery for videos of live births and weekly development of pups. This is a tentative and incomplete breeding list. More breedings will be added throughout the year as we purchase and import stock or younger females come of breeding age. Some breeding combinations of sires and dams may change given the outcome of yellows and blacks from the early litters. We may also move breedings to the next heat cycle (6 months later) to avoid producing too many litters at once. In addition, since all of our females are hunting dogs, we avoid breeding them in July and August so that they are not nursing pups during the fall hunting season. Since females can come into heat +/- a full month from their expected heat cycle all the estimated whelping dates listed could be as much as +/- a month. When a female actually comes into heat, then we update the breeding list to reflect the actual expected whelping date.
Puppy Availability: Conservatively, availability for puppies will be Fall 2012 or later. That availability estimate for a new reservation could change given the following factors which will determine the waiting time for a pup: 1) size of litters whelped. We could get litter sizes of 9–12 pups versus 4-8 pups, 2) some people who are ahead of you on a list might pass on some litters, moving your name up, 3) many names are duplicated on multiple lists for first, second, third and forth choices of sex and color. Their names are removed from all of the lists when they receive a puppy, 4) people reserve their puppies for the following year(s), 5) people postpone puppy deliveries for a variety of reasons, most often personal, such as waiting for an older dog to die, summer vacations, vacation schedule, family moves or house-building projects that are behind schedule, 6) we have found in the past that litters born between November and February, during the winter, are usually placed with folks further down in the reservation lists as a result of the folks at the top of the lists deciding to wait for a puppy until spring or summer and, 7) we continue to import breeding females during the year to replace females that retire. Hope this dispels the thought that you’ll have to wait forever for a puppy. Your deposit is refundable under all conditions and we are happy to return your deposit if we cannot produce a puppy in a timeframe suitable to you.
If you’re wondering why you have to wait for a BritishLabradors.com puppy while our competitors have puppies on the ground, sometimes 12+ weeks of age, available, just ask someone from among our database of over 1500+ satisfied customers why BritishLabradors.com produces the best British Labradors in the business. References from your city or state available upon request.
Ras’s Little Shadow (a.k.a. Shadow)
(BF - see pedigree)
x Reeltoff Lewis (a.k.a. Ace)
(YM - see pedigree)
Whelp Date: January 21, 2012
Status: Calling down reservation lists. Currently calling to place
one yellow female.
8 Puppies: 3 Yellow Females, 1 Yellow Male, 2 Black Females and 2 Black Males.
Chatsworth Mexico (a.k.a. Poppy)
(YF - see pedigree)
x Millbuies Brook of Leadburn (a.k.a. Brook)
(YM - see pedigree)
Whelp Date: February 15th, 2012
Status: Calling down reservation lists.
9 Puppies: 7 yellow males and 2 yellow females.
Queenslands Bailey (a.k.a. Bailey)
(YF - see pedigree)
x Craighorn Snap (a.k.a. Pete)
(YM - see pedigree)
Expected Whelp Date: Week of March 22nd, 2012
Status: Bred. Pregnancy to be confirmed at 35 days gestation.
All puppies will be yellow.
McKusick’s Mille Agnes (a.k.a. Mille)
(BF - see pedigree)
x Ragweed's Hasard of Craighorn (a.k.a. Duke)
(BM - see pedigree)
Expected Whelp Date: Week of April 6th, 2012
Status: Bred. Pregnancy to be confirmed at 35 days gestation.
Note: We had intended to breed Mille to Sir Sage
of Queensland but a semen analysis unfortunately showed a decline in
his semen quality and sperm numbers due to his age. Therefore we have
retired Sage from breeding. Fortunately we do have a lineup of new
sires to use. Watch our Sire Photo/Pedigree web page in the coming
months for new sires being added. We have chosen to breed Mille to a
recently imported 3-year-old male named Duke. He is a handsome, highly
muscled, exceptionally stylish and well-trained retriever. He is
slightly smaller in stature than Sage but more athletic. Mille carries
the yellow color gene recessively and it is possible that Duke also
carries the yellow gene recessively which means the litter could
possibly produce both black and yellow puppies.
Auchendolly Flair (a.k.a. Bobbi)
(BF - see pedigree)
x Ragweed's Hasard of Craighorn (a.k.a. Duke)
(BM - see pedigree)
Expected Whelp Date: Week of April 15th 2012
Status: Bred. Pregnancy to be confirmed at 35 days gestation.
Devonvale Tide (a.k.a. Tide)
(BF)
x TBD
Estimated Whelp Date: Late-April 2012
Status: In heat.
Callie Dakota Korzan (a.k.a. Callie)
(BF - see pedigree)
x Caulliechat Trojan (a.k.a. Tweed)
(BM - see pedigree)
Estimated Whelp Date: July 2012
All puppies will be black.
Sir Sage’s Lady Roxy of Queensland (a.k.a. Roxy)
(BF - see pedigree)
x TBD
)
Estimated Whelp Date: June/July 2012
All Puppies will be black.
Cabela
(BF)
x TBD
(YM - see pedigree)-->
Estimated Whelp Date: July 2012
Kipling's Baloo (a.k.a. Baloo)
(YF)
x TBD
Estimated Whelp Date: September 2012
Brackenbird Codey (a.k.a. Cody)
(YF - see pedigree)
x TBD
(YM)
Estimated Whelp Date: October 2012
All puppies will be yellow.
Queensland Della (a.k.a. Della)
(BF - see pedigree)
x TBD
(BM)
Estimated Whelp Date: February/March 2013
All puppies will be black.
For females not bred yet, “Estimated Whelp Date” indicates an estimated date that the female will whelp her puppies based on the approximate date we expect her to come into heat. Please keep in mind that females do not always cycle on a regular basis. These anticipated dates are hopeful estimates. For females that have been bred, “Expected Whelp Date” is based on the typical gestation of 58 days from her first day bred. Average gestation is 58-63 days so the date may vary by 5 or more days. Pregnancies are confirmed around 35 days of gestation.
TBD means a sire is To Be Determined. We will decide whom to mate the bitch to giving consideration to the following:
1. available BritishLabradors.com sires, which we are continually importing new stock.
2. previous matings who have proven to be excellent combinations in their offspring.
3. DNA testing for identity of genetic recessive carriers of abnormalities such as Labrador Myopath, general Progressive Retinal Atrophy. And Narcolepsy.
4. outcome for temperament, physical conformation, intelligence, instinctual hunting ability.
Please note: All of our puppies are sold AKC Limited Registration only. The dog is registered with the American Kennel Club with the restriction that you cannot register that dog's offspring with the AKC. This means you cannot breed your dog. We do this to protect our British bloodlines and our breeding business. Also it discourages the indiscriminate backyard breeder.
