looking for a labrador

Eircom_Sucks

looking for a pup , bout 12 weeks or so

where is the best place to look for one ?

not after a rescue dog

verywell

What about a rescue Labrador pup? Is that a no?

Eircom_Sucks

verywell wrote: »

What about a rescue Labrador pup? Is that a no?

but it has to be puppy

DBB

OP, it is not impossible to get a young lab pup via rescue, but whilst lab cross puppies abound, getting a purebred pup would be more of a challenge.
You have stipulated that you don't want to go the rescue route, so unless you stipulate that you'll consider rescue, I'd ask that posters do not push the rescue route at the op from this point.
Thanks,
DBB

Rommie

Hey Op, the best thing to do is to get in contact with the Irish Kennel Club, please do NOT go down the Donedeal route. Any breeder you get in contact with should have the parents hipscored with a good result, if they don't have this done at least, I wouldn't even think about taking one of the puppies.

Cherry Blossom

Contact the breed club, stating that you are looking for well-bred pup from health tested parents and ask if they know of any breeders with pups for sale currently or with litters planned in the near future.

http://labradorireland.com/#/contact-us/4541905772

scudzilla

Rommie wrote: »

Hey Op, the best thing to do is to get in contact with the Irish Kennel Club, please do NOT go down the Donedeal route. Any breeder you get in contact with should have the parents hipscored with a good result, if they don't have this done at least, I wouldn't even think about taking one of the puppies.

Really?? Twice i contacted them asking for info on any possible boxer litters and twice they never got back to me.

tk123

scudzilla wrote: »

Really?? Twice i contacted them asking for info on any possible boxer litters and twice they never got back to me.

Did you contact the IKC itself or the breed club? When I contacted the GR breed club they were very helpful

borderlinemeath

Eircom_Sucks wrote: »

looking for a pup , bout 12 weeks or so

where is the best place to look for one ?

not after a rescue dog

Are you looking for a pup that's 12 weeks old, or are you looking for a pup in about 12 weeks? I'm not quite sure from your post.

Just be aware that for most pups, their socialisation window closes at about 12 weeks, although labs as a breed have been known to have a slightly longer window. Just be aware of this as the majority of pups leave their mother at 8-9 weeks old to go to their new owner. Unless the breeder puts in a huge amount of work socialising and acclimatising your pup to all types of people (young, old, male, female) and to all regular activities such as household noises (vacuum, washing machine), car journeys, traffic noise and as many vaccinated healthy dogs as possible, you could have a nervous dog on your hands if you get a pup at 12 weeks that has none of the above.

You need to make sure your breeder has allowed the mother and pups to be raised as part of a family, there's been lots of bad press recently with puppy farms and the poorly socialised and unhealthy dogs they produce, but back yard breeders can produce dogs that are nervous and skittish as they will have left the mother and pups to fend for themselves in a garden shed. While it's imperative that you see the mother with the pups, it's equally important to see the pups in their natural environment, ie in the home. If your insistence that you must have a pup is because you want to integrate him/her into a family with young children, it's equally important that your breeder has introduced them to children too. Just because you get a pup does not guarantee that he/she won't react to toddlers/children acting as kids do, running, shouting, crying and act fearfully or even aggressively.

scudzilla

tk123 wrote: »

Did you contact the IKC itself or the breed club? When I contacted the GR breed club they were very helpful

Contacted the IKC who were useless, went online and found bessbox boxers, they had no litters but put me in touch with a great woman from just outside Newry, her dogs clean up at the shows, she really has some crackers, and she's spot on too

andreac

scudzilla wrote: »

Contacted the IKC who were useless, went online and found bessbox boxers, they had no litters but put me in touch with a great woman from just outside Newry, her dogs clean up at the shows, she really has some crackers, and she's spot on too

Is that Amanda or fiona? I know bessbox very well .

scudzilla

andreac wrote: »

Is that Amanda or fiona? I know bessbox very well .

Fiona, when we lost Ozzy last year we were devastated, as was she, but she said when you're ready there's a pup here for you next time i breed, true to her word she came through, we constantly keep in touch on FB, so lucky to have met her.