Healthy and Strong Labradors
We guarantee all of our puppies against life altering genetic diseases. This is a decision we are confident about due to each of our breeding dogs having important tests done. Choosing a dog from great bloodlines is only the first step.
No matter how excellent a pedigree is, perfection cannot be assumed. Therefor, irrespective of healthy bloodlines, testing for breed specific ailments is critical. The Labrador Retriever has a history of both poor hips and elbows. Because of this, we test each dog using OFA and PennHip by having a licensed Veterinarian x-ray the hips while they are under anesthesia. They are then evaluated and judged by the reputable company and a score certificate is issued. We will never breed a dog with hip or elbow dysplasia.
All of our breeding dogs are tested via DNA for:
- Centronuclear Myopathy
- Degenerative Myopathy
- Exercise-induced collapse
- Hereditary nasal parakeratosis
- Progressive retinal atrophy
- Progressive rod-cone degeneration
- Retinal dysplasia
- Oculoskeletal dysplasia 1
- Skeletal dysplasia 2
- Cystinuria (Labrador retriever type)
- Canine elliptocytosis
- Hyperuricosuria
- Myotubular Myopathy
- Narcolepsy (Labrador retriever type)
- Progressive retinal Atrophy, cone-Rod-dystrophy 4 (PRA-crd4)
- Progressive retinal atrophy, golden retriever 2 (GR-PRA2)
- Pyruvate kinase deficiency (Labrador retriever type)
- Congenital myasthenic syndrome (CMS)
- Copper toxicosis (Labrador retriever type)