HEDLEYHOPE

Holly was my first labrador and I bought her in the spring of 2001 when she was a 7 week old puppy. I wanted a family pet that I could trust to grow up with my two sons and she was fantastic with them.

She has an excellent temperament and adores children. When she was a puppy I took her into the local primary school and talked to the children about caring for pets. Those children, now teenagers, still come to see her. As you can see from her photo, she grew into a good-looking labrador.

Holly's pedigree contains both show and field trial champions. Her hip score is 4/4 and her eyes are unaffected. She has had one litter of pups and we kept a black bitch from this litter, Pepsi.

Pepsi is a beautiful black bitch, born June 2003. Her mother is Holly and her father Radical Rolo at Stonecellars.

She is the kindest and most gentle labrador that you could wish for. She has a quiet, loyal temperament and is always eager to please. She was very easy to train!

She is a lovely looking girl and always has a fantastic shine to her coat.

Pepsi's hip score is 3/6. She is from a mixture of working and show lines. She has had four litters of pups and is an exceptional mother. We have kept two of her pups, Jess and Brooke.

Jess is a yellow bitch born June 2006. Her mother is Pepsi and her father FTCH Saxaphone Express (Saxaphone Gundogs).

In looks she takes after her father who is a legendary field trial champion. She is althetic, strong and agile.

The working side is also prevalent in her temperament. She is energetic, playful and obedient.
She is very eager to please and loves to retrieve absolutely anything!

Her hip score is 3/5. She had her first litter of pups in May 2008 and I've had excellent reports from their owners.

I bought DJ in April 2007, from the Toradalriada kennels in Scotland where he was a stud dog. Previously he had been shown and excelled in his classes. He was never unplaced at show level and took VCH in special yearling and 3rd in post Graduate Dog at the Scottish Kennel Club Champion Show in 2002. His show career ended prematurely when he lost a tooth catching a stone!

He settled in here very well and is very much part of the family. He loves playing outdoors with the girls and his favourite part of the garden is the pond!

He has sired 4 litters since his arrival here and he has thrown both black and yellow pups. He is now retired.

My Labradors are first and foremost family pets and all of the girls live indoors. I am not a commercial breeder and believe that quality is much more important that quantity.

My aim is to breed responsibly and to produce pups with the qualities that make them excellent pets, by combining the best characteristics of show and working labradors. All of our pups are lovingly reared in the family home.