Our family has a lot of love to share. We have 8 children ages 2, 4, 5, 8, 8, 10, 12, 14. We live in the country on 40 acres in Minnesota... warm water-filled summers, colorful fall, winter wonderland and springing with life. I, Gina, am home with my 10 year old, my preschoolers and our four-legged family each day. Bryce is in construction and is incredibly handy. We enjoy camping, skiing, snowboarding, fishing, boardgames, hiking, coloring and swimming. Our entire family participates in 4-H dog training classes together. The children become equipped with methods of training and the confidence builds as the love and respect grows all around. I don't know who enjoys this time together more...the pups or the people.
Some friends of ours had labs and we were so impressed with their dispositions, looks, and abilities that we began the process of welcoming a lab into our home. We now have quality Chocolate, Black and Yellow Labs in our home that we get to share our days with. We have a few litters a year so we provide top-notch care for each puppy. Pups are whelped and raised in our home and do not lack any attention to be assured! The many hands make sure that our pups have the most loving start and solid foundation they could have.
Most of our Labs come from the "English" Style Labrador or "show" Style. These Labs are known for being calm family companions, show dogs, plus they do well retrieving. "English" have heavier bone, are shorter in height with "blocky" features and the thick "otter" tail. There is also the "American" Style Labrador or "field" Style line which are taller, longer in body and head and are known to have higher energy. Our girl Snowy has the stronger hunt drive with a leaner, taller build (some American in her lines). Angel has great retrieving/hunt lines with a short stature and a bit more of an American head. All of our males and other females are FULL ENGLISH STYLE. We want to follow AKC guidelines for the Labrador standards and provide the BEST versatile family companion so we carefully plan our litters.
It is extremely important to us to match the right people to the right pup. We take care to do this by considering lifestyle and personality needs, asking questions and learning all we can about our pups. Our care and commitment remains when the pup goes home. We provide information to help in the transition time, tips for training, and an open link for forever contact with us...we will be available for you if you have puppy questions or needs as the years go by.We have enjoyed the excitement, friendship, loyalty, reward and cuddle time that we have shared with our Labs. Even when days don't go quite as picturesque as we may want we can say that when we see our Labs they bring smiles to our faces. A skinned up knee can be healed instantly, a rejected sister has a friend that wipes the worries away and mom can always receive love and obedience with no talking back.
Labrador Retrievers...
Companions, hunting buddies, show ring, healing and helpful therapy dogs.
We are thrilled to be able to share with you a companion like no other -
a Quality Lab from WELCOME HOME LABS!
Our Pledge:
We strive to uphold and maintain the true Labrador Retriever- correct to the AKC standards- through an ethical breeding program with high integrity. We provide black, chocolate and yellow Labrador Retrievers
with outstanding temperaments, that are well-mannered, loyal, have natural field ability, nice conformation, hunting/retrieving drive with intelligence, and a gentle nature. We want our grown pups to be family companions, hunting buddies, show and therapy dogs.
We want to offer excellent lab traits combined with a family foundation to offer people companions like no other...the best family dog that is ever-ready to WELCOME YOU HOME!
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