Allenie Labradors
It was in 1976 that a Labrador first entered the Allen household; it was time for a dog to be part of our family, with having a young son, reliable temperament was our number one priority in deciding which breed. A Labrador fitted the bill exactly. A litter was found by Landyke Laird x Weston Honey (a Grand Daughter of Ch Reanacre Twister), so Heidi joined our family.
By 1980 we decided to look for another Labrador. After making numerous telephone calls and viewing several litters, we tracked down a litter by SH CH Stajantors Honest John x Stajantors Pearl. From this litter we choose a very proud puppy who, at eight weeks of age screamed 'look at me'. The very proud dog turned out to be Sh Ch Squire Harvey of Allenie, a winner of 6 CC's, 1 RCC, a Group Winner and undoubtedly the greatest accolade was winning Best of Breed At Crufts in 1985 and reaching the final eight in the group.
There have been many other consistent CC, RCC and Championship Show winners since then which we have campaigned as a family. These include Genisval Charade of Allenie, Sujavia Madonna of Allenie, Allenies’ Royal Romance and Allenies Stolen Moment.
Currently our hopes are Alleines Jezzabel, Allenies MacCallum And Allenies Maverick. All three of our youngsters have gained their junior warrants and Callum and Jezz have won their first CC's.
Anthony has now taken over the handling duties, Jean and Geoff are now taking on the directing role at the ringside. All three are championship show judges.
We have never had a large kennel and we are proud that most of the dog mentioned here have won well at championship level with many collecting CC and RCC, currently we have four dogs with such awards by the fireside. We strive to produce dogs of a type that have good temperaments and we find pleasing to the eye and are fairly comfortable with the type we have developed. We are of course always looking to the future and the next generation.