Doindogs Kennel

Doindogs Kennel is dedicated to improving and promoting registered retrievers. We breed and own Labrador Retrievers.

The importance of a pedigree is very low, unless you know how healthy or unhealthy these ancestors were. A written guarantee is valuable but proper health clearances are of much more value.

Doindogs Kennel is permanently registered with the CKC

Doindogs Kennel's order of priorities are:
Health
Intelligence and Temperament
Working ability
Beauty (Breed Standard)

I believe that dogs that prove themselves in obedience and in the field have demonstrated acceptable levels in the first three. Please note that beauty is still on the list! The show ring often turns this order, judging a dog merely according to its beauty. Yet, even this judgement is problematic since the interpretation of 'beauty' is based on man-made Breed Standards. Having said this I believe that all titles are valuable, a dog without them is unproven.

I would like to acknowledge and thank Lori & Kerry CURRAN (Whistlinwings Kennel). In my opinion they have set an example for all breeders. The CURRANS have been the only people in North America to produce a triple champion. To make this even more remarkable, they did it three times, with their own breeding, training and handling. The CURRANS are no longer breeding but are still very much involved with Labs.

I am a qualified Judge for CKC and NAHRA. I have qualified and judged dogs in all classes. While judging a CKC Hunt Test during the summer of 2000 in Quebec I discovered that the CKC had not translated their WC or Hunt Test Rule books to French. We have since done this.

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