Lorken Farms, Labrador Retrievers, Fremont, WI 

Labrador Litter:
FC-AFC Land Ahoy "Pirate"
x Lorken's Frieda Run

Chocolate and Black Labrador pups  - born 4/17/2010 LITTER IS SOLD
Pirate is currently on the cover of the Retriever News Magazine as the 2009 Top Open Dog of the year!

We have another litter and are currently taking deposits on anticipated litter 6/13/10

Watch Pups Grow (photos)

About the parents
Pedigree for the pups
For photos click on the pedigree names below
Reading a pedigree
References  for Frieda pups
Frieda's Web page
Preparing for your pup
Lorken's Guarantee
Contact Lorken Farms

ABOUT THE PARENTS OF THE LITTER:

SIRE:  FC-AFC  Land Ahoy  "Pirate" (Click on photo for full view of his photo on the cover of Retriever News this month)
Pirate earned his Field Championship titles FC and AFC by age three.  He was the youngest dog to run the 2006 National Amateur trial.  Pirate was a Finalist in the 2008 Nat'l Amateur.  He ran both the 2009 National Open and Amateur going to the 9th series.  Additionally he was the Top point winner in 2009 with 83 all age points.  He is a litter mate to 2 other Field Champions.  In short, this dog has the talent, trainability, intelligence and produces very nice pups.  This dog lives in the state of Oregon and we plan to keep a pup ourselves.  According to his owners, "... As far as Pirates personality I can tell you that he is high spirited in the field but a perfect house dog. When he is home he eats, lives and sleeps in the house with us."  We have talked with others who say he knows when to be a turn things on and turn them off.  Very talented and recently announced as the 2009 Top Open dog of the year.  Great talent in a great package.

DAM: Lorken's Frieda Run
Frieda is a great dog.  She is wonderful in the house and is great out in the field.  She knows when to turn on the drive and when to kick back.  She works both upland and waterfowl and has plenty of drive and desire to please.  She weights about 65 pounds, is athletic and very nice looking.  She has a great personality and is friendly, engaging, cuddly, loves to please and gets along well with people, other dogs and pups.  She is especially nice as a pheasant dog.  She has an outstanding pedigree for trainability, intelligence and health documentation.  Both her parents are titled and 3 of her four Grandparents are National Field Champions! (only one dog per year earns this title).  We have not run Frieda in any events.

These should be very nice looking dogs that work great in the home and field. There is a very strong pedigree and these dogs would do well in AKC events such as Field Trials/Hunt tests if one were to pursue that direction.  Both dogs are clear for EIC, CNM and Cerf.  OFA is good and excellent in parents.  Additionally OFA is excellent in 3 Grandparents and good in the 4th. We have a health guarantee in addition to these clearances.  Pups are born in our house with plenty of socializing.  We like to post weekly photo updates about the litter as they grow

PEDIGREE:
*Titles are highlighted in yellow

READING A PEDIGREE

Get more information about HOW TO READ PEDIGREES AND TITLES  More can be found on the trials and tests page

Lorken Guarantee
Lorken Farms provides a written health guarantee for 2 years 2 months on the hips (OFA approval) x-ray without the use of anesthesia and 1 year CERF.  Pups will have  dewclaws removed, have first shots, be home socialized and exposed to game farm birds or wings when available.  We provide a starter sample package of Eukanuba puppy chow along with a written record of shots, worming schedule and veterinarian exam.  AKC papers are for full registration.  You do not need to use the name Lorken in your pup's registered name but we will sign approval if you wish to use it.  Parents are both clear for EIC and CNM and since for one to get the disorder, both parents need to contribute the bad gene and neither carry it.  The pups not only cannot have this disorder, they also would not pass any affected genes.