A small hobby breeder located in Northeast Massachusetts striving to produce top quality Labradors in all 3 colors. We breed 1-2 litters a year. Our main focus with each carefully planned breeding is to keep something to compliment our breeding program. The other puppies are sold on limited AKC registration with a spay/neuter contract. All of our breeding stock has OFA Hip, Elbow, Heart , and Thyroid clearances as well as their annual CERF Eye clearances. Our dogs are first and foremost our family members, though they compete in the show ring, obedience ring, are wonderful therapy dogs at local nursing homes, hospitals, and great show and tell projects in our childrens classrooms. All of our dogs live in our home where their babies are born in our bedroom, raised with kids, cats, and other family members and are very very well socialized over the eight weeks they are with us. Pups leave our home with a written guarantee, health certificate, first vaccines, they are prophylacticly dewormed and started on their lifetime of heartworm prevention. Due to the stressfullness of shipping animals, should you be out of state and be interested in one of our babies, we ask that travel arrangements be made so that your new family member rides with you in the cabin under the seat. I will not ship pups cargo.
We don't just let anyone take our puppies. You'll probably think we're going above and beyond the normal call of duty in finding our pups the right home. For us it's not just selling a dog, it's an adoption. This is a lifetime commitment, one that you and I both agree upon. We're here for you, today, tomorrow and in the future. If you have a question or a concern, we're always here to help.
We encourage each potential owner of a Labrador to thoroughly check into the breeder they choose to get their dog from. Even if it is not us, please do some research about the breed and the breeder. Visit the kennel, get to know the breeders....ask yourself if you like the environment that your future family member is living in, are the conditions clean, are the dogs clean and healthy? Do they seem very true to the breed? Are the others in the lineage well mannered? etc.
Our site is intended to help educate people about the Labrador Retriever breed. There are many differences in the Lab's out there. You will often here people speak of different style or types of labs. There are the blocky shorter statured dog, referred to as an English or Bench Labrador, typically conforming to our AKC breed standard. Then there are taller leaner Lab's, referred to as Field or American Labradors, more typically the type you see doing field work. You will also find that latter style is a much higher energy dog as well. I often hear that the different colors make a difference in the temperament of the dog. I disagree! My statement to those individuals is, with a well bred Labrador, you can unzip the suit and have the very same dog regardless of coat color. Unfortunately, however, do to the popularity of our breed they have been overbred, causing people to buy dogs that have many severe genetic problems, are shy ,and even aggressive!
So please do your homework before making this huge commitment. Regardless, it is up to individuals to research and decide which type of Labrador is right for you and your family.
Since 1996 Puddledux Labradors has been raising premium quality puppies with passion, love and care.
