Potential puppy buyers ask why our puppies are expensive - the reason is because we are striving to do the best we can in our breed and the cost of hereditary testing is not cheap. We also need to ensure our dogs are regularly wormed, fed properly, exercised, housed and receive appropriate veterinary care. As we show our dogs, there are also extra costs involved.

Breeding two dogs together is not just about putting X with Y just because they are registered or because they are a certain colour. There are many factors that we look at, pedigrees, how one can complements the other, grand parents hip/elbow scores, current progeny on the ground by the sire, overall structure, movement and showing success. We are always trying to breed to the breed standards. We only breed to add another prospective show puppy to our show team and we strive to use some of the best Labradors blood lines around today to achieve this.  

We will run youngsters on and if they do not meet the standards we are looking for, we then de-sex and re-home the dog.

As labradors have been identified by the ANKC (Australian National Kennel Club) as a breed with known hereditary diseases - hip and elbow dysplagia, puppies cannot be registered unless both parents (post 1997) have been xrayed by a veterinarian and xrays submitted for evaluation by an AVA (Australian Veterinary Association) accreditated veterinarian. Dogs prior to 1997 are not required to have been xrayed.

We will not breed from dogs whose elbows are more than 1:1 and hips equal to or lower than the current breed average (12.11). The only exception is that we may occasionally breed from slightly higher hips as long as the total combined score of both parents is less than 20. The lower the elbow score (0 - 3, with 0 best) and hips the lower the better.

These are our ethics to which we stand by, aiming to breed better quailty labradors for the future.