Cardueae Labradors

Rebecca Thistle
York
North Yorkshire
England

Breeder of:

  • Labrador Retriever
OFTW Cardueae Yealands

OFTW Cardueae Yealands

photo by: R Thistle

Open Field Trial Winner Cardueae Yealands.

Yvie is an extremely talented bitch who has been a joy to train and spend time with.

Cardueae Hazel

Cardueae Hazel

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Cardueae Hazel

Novice working test winner.
Open working test award winner.

Cardueae Emilia

Cardueae Emilia

photo by: R Thistle

Cardueae Emilia

Novice working test winner.
Open working test award winner.

The gang

The gang

photo by: R Thistle

The gang during some water training early 2025.

Welcome to Cardueae Labradors.

I have owned, trained and worked labradors now for almost half of my life. I strive to breed healthy, trainable, good natured dogs suitable for working or active family homes.

I have a team of dogs ranging from puppies in training learning the basics to fully trained dogs for working or competition.

I enjoy every aspect of breeding, rearing and training labradors, and find nothing more pleasurable than allowing them the use of their natural instinct to help me in my work.

During the summer I like to compete in local gundog working tests and spend a lot of time training the dogs with friends. I started competing in field trials in 2021 and have gained numerous awards in novice, all aged and open trials since then - including winning an all aged in 2021 and a one day open in 2023.

In winter I spend 2-3 days a week out picking up on local shoots, allowing the dogs to use their natural ability and determination to find fallen and injured birds. I have been lucky enough to work on some very prestigous shoots around Yorkshire and the dogs make a very good impression on anyone they meet. They behave well, do the job well and continue to suprise me bringing birds from places I did not know existed.

The dogs enjoy life but equally enjoy their work. We aim to breed dogs that will make fantastic pets but they also love the challenge of a job, whether that be as a gundog, doing agility or obedience or as an assistance dog.

I got into labradors through my mother, her owning them all of her life. I intentionally bought my first labrador to breed them, and ended up with a second bitch and so on.

All the girls are Hip/Elbow tested, hold current eye certificates and are tested for the following diseases - PRA, CNM, EIC, SD2, STGD, MCD and HNPK.
I only use health tested sires.

My primary interest is breeding working chocolate labradors using bitches that are chocolate or carry chocolate and dogs with strong trialling bloodlines.
I aim to improve the pedigree of chocolate and chocolate carrying labradors to enable them to compete on a level with their black and yellow counterparts.

I stand one fully health tested stud dog who is advertised here.


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