INSTOWBARTON - Litter of Dual Purpose Labrador Retriever Puppies

Mum and day old puppies

Mum and day old puppies

Sire

Sire

Family portrait

Family portrait

All puppies have now been sold

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Breeder : INSTOWBARTON
Breed : Labrador Retriever
Location : Instow, North devon
Sire : Thornship Pillar of Stagshead Health Tested
Dam : Instowbarton Gorgeous Gwynver Fully Health Testedⓘ
Birth Date : 1st March 2023
Colours : Black, Yellow

Verified Health Tests ⓘ

  • Thornship Pillar of Stagshead
  • Instowbarton Gorgeous Gwynver
    • Hip Score : 3/3 = 6 - 13th October 2021 - EBV < 0
    • Elbow Grade : 0/0 = 0 - 13th October 2021 - EBV < 0
    • SD2 (dwarfism) : Hereditary Clear - 7th June 2021
    • CNM : Clear - 4th September 2020
    • prcd-PRA : Carrier - 4th September 2020
    • DM : Clear - 4th September 2020
    • RD/OSD : Clear - 4th September 2020
    • HNPK : Clear - 4th September 2020
    • EIC : Hereditary Clear - 2nd January 2019

Gwyn (Gorgeous Gwynver) and Archie (Thornship Pillar of Stagshead)
have successfully mated and the fabulous litter arrived on 1st March. Gwyn has had 10 gorgeous puppies. 1 yellow boy.
Both dogs are kennel club registered.
We have Grandmother and Auntie at home also.
Puppies from past litters of ours have gone on to be fabulous pets, gun dogs, therapy dogs and a school dog. They have the temperament and trainability to do any job.

As an experienced kennel club breed assured breeder I took a very long time deciding on a mate for Gwyn as she has the most wonderful temperament and trainable brain, I looked for a dog with very similar qualities that also had the best health scoring and breed coefficient possible. The puppies breed coefficient will be 3.2% the breed average is 6.6% so we are well under that.

Gwyn has had her eyes examined and has a clear Caine Health Schemes Eye Examination certificate.

Her hip score is 3:3 totalling 6 the max accepted for labradors is 10 and under so we are very happy with Gwyns score.

Her elbow is 0:0 which is perfect.

All vaccines and worming are up to date also.

Gwyn has had all the recommended DNA tests

Retinal Dysplasis(RD)/Oculo-Sketetal Dysplasia -Clear
Centronuclear Myopathy (CNM) - Clear
Dwarfism/Skeletal Dysplasia 2 (SD2)- Clear
Hereditary Nasal Parakeratosis (HNPK) - Clear
Exercise Induced Collapse (EIC) - Clear
Progressive Retinal Atrophy (Prcd-PRA) - Carrier

She is a carrier not effected which means she can only pass on the carrier gene and puppies will not be effected, she can pass it on with a probability of 50% ie only half the litter will be carriers- if you are not intending to bred from your puppy being a carrier has no effect on them at all.

Archie holds a clear Caine Health Schemes Eye Examination certificate.

His hip score is 2:4 totalling 6 the max accepted for labradors is 10 and under so we are very happy with Archies score.

His elbow is 0:0 which is perfect.

All vaccines and worming are up to date also.

Archie’s DNA Tests

Centronuclear Myopathy (CNM) - Clear
Dwarfism/Skeletal Dysplasia 2 (SD2)- Clear
Exercise Induced Collapse (EIC) - Clear
Progressive Retinal Atrophy (Prcd-PRA) - Clear

Our puppies are raised in our home we love them as part of our family. We take very seriously the upbringing of our puppies. We spend a lot of time and effort socialising and educating our puppies so that they go to their forever homes as well rounded and eager to learn as the can be. We ensure that the puppies have experience as many different environments and experiences as possible. We put a lot of effort in to car training our puppies so their drive home is as stress free as possible.
We are looking for homes that will continue their education and love them as a family member.
We are looking for active homes for our puppies. Both parents are wonderful pets that are happy to do whatever you are doing, but they need homes that will exercise and train them to be great canine citizens.

The puppies will be ready to go to their new homes from 1st May.
They are priced at £1500. Non refundable deposit of £500.
The puppies will have had their
Microchip
First vaccinations
Worming
Flea treatment
Kennel club certificate
Puppy pack and contract
4 weeks insurance
They will come with a weeks worth of Skinners puppy food and a blanket that smells like mum.

Access to our private InstowBarton puppies page, a friendly space to show off pictures of your pup and chat about your puppy to other InstowBarton puppy owners, advice always available.

Any questions on any of the above info please do contact me.
If you think one of our puppies could be your forever dog please send me details about yourself.
I have attached some pictures, the pictures of the tiny puppies are the puppies that have just arrived and mum (golden) and dad (black) auntie (black) and grandmother (chocolate)
Below I’ve added a couple of messages from owners of puppies from Gwyns last litter. I asked if anyone from the last litter would like to report back on their puppy so I could forward their thoughts on to prospective owners.

Kindest regards,
Caroline.

From Flora
Not only is Fennick the most handsome dog I think I’ve ever seen, he’s also the best behaved. He has a temperament to die for. He’s so loving, so Loyal and so trainable - with very little effort. He comes to work with me everyday (I’m a dog groomer) where he meets 8-10 dogs a day, he’s never shown any aggression and is never jealous. He’s great around my livestock, roams the garden with my chickens and comes riding with me too. He doesn’t chew or whine when left, he’s calm at home and crackers on his walk! Always walked off lead, and always comes to call. I really couldn’t have asked for a more perfect dog. I’m so Glad I found Caroline, she did a brilliant job for the first 8 weeks, which has made him the dog he is.
Would definitely recommend getting a pup from one of her two gorgeous girls.
Flora Monkhouse
(Very proud owner of Fennick)

From Sara

Hi Caroline, hope you're keeping well! Wow, where to start with Reggie... he is a dream! We started training him at 10 weeks (he'll do anything for treats!) He has such a lovely temperament, so good with the kids, even as a young puppy he was fantastic with our kids (then aged 10 and 5). Even when he's had too much of them, which doesn't happen often as he loves attention, he just takes himself off to his crate. He started another training course a couple of weeks ago (now in person, first one not thanks to covid!) and the trainer said to me this week how good he is and would like him to do some scent work as thinks he'll be amazing at it. He definitely is a quick learner! The only thing that we are still working on is his pulling on the lead, due to distractions, he just wants to say hello to every dog, human, bird but it's not a bad thing!! He is actually a very calm dog and, honestly, a perfect family dog!

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