Parker to Molly will be my premiere breeding of 2024.  Parker the Russian Import Labrador has three UKC Started Hunter passes under his belt, and has points towards his UKC Grand Champion Title.  He is an excellent representation of the dual purpose Labrador, with his specialty body type, his high drive to work and retrieve. Parker really is the whole package!  Parker has a very eager to please and personable temperament, my favorite trait about him is that he is always happy, not just content, but HAPPY.  He is happy he woke up this morning, happy he saw you, happy you love him, happy he has toys, just happy to be alive! I acquired Parker in January of 2023, I had trained him previously for his then owner and fallen in love with him.  When I found out he was being re-homed I jumped at the opportunity to bring him in to my home and the program!  Since I got Parker at age 7 we are a little behind the curve on achieving titles, but we are working towards it currently.  Even if this boy never puts any letters behind or in front of his name, those who have met him and gotten a chance to know him know that he is really something special! 

Molly has a very similar set of outstanding qualities, which is why I think they will produce consistent high quality puppies.  You breed balance to balance to achieve balance- if you put two dogs together who are very different you will get a lot of different puppies with different combinations of personality traits, temperament and or looks.  Molly and Parker are similar in build. They both have the happy go lucky, silly personalities.  Molly is one of the silliest and funniest girls in our home, she regularly gets excited and does zoomies, she loves to play with our other girls and she especially loves to play with the kids, but she has the ability to turn on her obedience and sit in a down stay at the foot of the basketball goal if I ask her to.  One of my favorite traits about Molly is her genuine, authentic personality, her exuberance for life, but also her ability to turn on control mode- becoming ultra obedient.  Because her temperament is so balanced she is able to continue to fully and authentically engage with  her family, while simultaneously demonstrating her ability to be under control.  This girl really is a gem as far as our competitive obedience endeavors go.  Molly achieved her UKC Started Hunting Retriever Title, UKC Rally 1 and AKC Rally Novice titles all in the spring of 2024.  I expect this breeding to produce intelligent, HAPPY, eager to please, intelligent and highly driven puppies who would make excellent Service, Therapy, Gundog and Family Companion and Conformation candidates. They should produce a black and yellow litter, with varying shades of Fox Red.