Chestnuts Labs2Love

CHESTNUTS LABS2LOVE IS A SMALL, EXPERIENCED HOBBY Breeder LOCATED IN SOUTHERN NH. OUR LABS ARE ALL ENGLISH CHAMPION PEDIGREED!  WE ARE DEDICATED TO OUR LOVING LABRADOR FAMILY. We are expecting a yellow litter the beginning of August 2008! That will be the last litter for a while..

We have bred Stoney to Chestnuts Charming CarmaBella,aka,Carly, both yellow, all yellow pups are due August 2008. Chablais Antonio Gaudi aka Stoney is the sire.

Carly grows up!

Cary at 13 months old, such a sweet girl! Cindy x Camper made her mom Cello  and our Black boy Finnegan is her dad!

Carly thinking about having babies!!

Stoney is our Canadian boy who came to us named Chablais Antonio Gaudi,we have changed his call nme to Stoney boy..Picture of Stoney April 25,2008! 

Stoney, proud new Papa!!April 25, 2008!

Rosie just before she turned 2 years old, what a beautiful face! First litter born April 25, 2008 with Stoney as sire! Beautiful pups, my 7th and 8th generation of Chestnuts Labs!!

Stonie and Rosie pups at 6 weeks old

Ciecie, Rosie's mom, is CH. Windfall's Black Piper, W.C.  and CH. Dickendall Arnold, son of CH. Dickendall's Ruffy SH, granddaughter. CH. Windfall's Win Storm, JH is her greatgrandma, Storm is CH. Beechcrofts Citadel and CH. Tabatha's Windfall Abbey JH very well known daughter, excellent producer of champion pups. Our Shiloh is her grandma, another beautiful lab from Champion show labs. All of our labs are wonderful example of the labrador breed. I love the look and temperament of the original lab and will do my best to continue keeping the breed as close to perfect as can be done!

 Chestnutbelle whom I lost Jan 1, 2004 from medication complications and old age I dedicate this site to you..My Chess was almost 15 years old when I said good bye. She had a wonderful life and her memory and spirit live on as well as her gene pool from which I will always breed. Stonio is a show dog but I have not shown him, he will have beautitul pups with all my girls. We needed some new bloodlines and I wanted my Sandyland lines that Chestnut has and I was lucky to find Stoney. Sadie's dad has been at the Westminster dog show 3 years in a row. He is a beautiful black, CH. Saltmeadow Dickens at Cedarbay!  Rosie is Chestnuts and Shilohs great granddaughter. Rosie had her beautiful yellow pups on April 25 with Stoney as the dad.

In late summer next to breed, my beautiful dark yellow girl whose parents are Camper x Cindy's ,Chocolate Mello Cello and the father of Carly is our Black boy Finnegan. Finn and Cello had many lovely pups through the years, Cello is retired at 8 years old and Finnegan is still going strong and producing beautiful litters. Ciecie is fixed and retired and now I have her daughter Rosie to breed. My labs have always been very healthy and beautiful so I will continue breeding my lovely lines.

Information on Stoney x Rosie parentage!

Chablais Antonio Gaudi (Y), aka, Stoney, parents are CH Chablais Ouzo (Y) x  Ch. Chablais Opale (Y) "Opale".  Sadie's dad is the  black boy American CH Saltmeadow Dickens At Cedarbay. Her mom is a chocolate Cedarwood's Casey, WC, RN

Stoney's mother Opale's mom is the famous Multi  BISS. Am. Can. Champion Chablais Olivia "Olive". Chablais Antonio Gaudi is line-bred on that lovely mother side and therefore the famous Olivia is also the mother of Ch.Chablais Ouzo. Being linebred on this mother's side, you can not ask for a better breeding. Stoney has sired 2 gorgeous litters for Chablais Labradors but they are downsizing the number of their labs and I was very fortunate to be able to add Stoney and his superb pedigree to my wonderful labradors. Temperament, beauty and brains with the ability to work for you, whether as a therapy dog or a hunter and of course a loving family member is what I strive for in my breedings.  With our new addition of the old original labrador lines such as my favorite and original from England Sandylands and Tawastway's and Stronglines, from Finland we are expecting some beautiful,healthy intelligent labrador pups in the near future.

OFA information on our new boy!!!!

Stoney is available to be bred with only the best girls who live with loving, caring breeders.  Hip and eye clearances please. For more information please contact me by email if you would like to be considered to have our Stoney sire your litter or get a copy of his pedigree, which is quite impressive! He does not carry chocolate. His eyes are cerf'd and cleared to April 2008..His dad is Optigen A and his mom's mom is as well as a few of his littermates. He may be able to be optigen cleared by parentage...

 Please email me if you would like to be considered for one of our lab pups. Fill out the application in this website and I will notify you when the pups are born..

Recommended Reading about the Labrador Retriever Breed

Dog Owners HOME Veterinary Handbook by Delbert Carlson,DVM., and James Giffin,MD This book has helped me so many times and irregardless of the breed you have you should own this book and keep it handy!!

The Art of Raising a Puppy by the Monks of New Skete and they also have a tape and a new book, How to be your Dogs Best Friend!

Mother Knows Best; Training Your Dog the Natural Way by Carol Lea Benjamin

How to Raise a Puppy You Can Live With by Rutherford & Neil

Puppy Retriever Training by Loveland & Rutherford

The New Complete Labrador by H. Warwick

Here is picture of our labrador family taken July 21, 2007.

Rosie, Crystal and Carly are the 3 yellow on the left. Ciecie is the yellow on the right. Next to yellow Carly is her chocolate mom, Cello and Sadie, our black girl is next to Ciecie, Rosie's mom. Sailor is our black boy in the picture.

We lost our beloved Cindy on April 20, 2007. She was almost 14 years old. She passed on to Rainbow Bridge on Campers Birthday...  

Our labs are very intelligent, beautiful and easily trained. They are raised with lots of love...Laid back labs, not field labs but could be excellent week-end hunters...Our Sailor is a son of  Finnegan from Shiloh and Percy. Percy is a son of CH. Lindall Mastercraft. Lindall Mastercraft is also Cello's g.g.g.grandpa. He was a magnificent labrador who contributed some wonderful genes to the labrador world. It is hard to find a pedigree without him or his brother in it. They are both from England. Mastercraft is pictured below...He is also in our new boy Chablais Antonio Gaudi's pedigree! Out Stoney's grandpa on the mom's side is a Finland Import, Can. CH.Tawastway's Paw Print. He is pictured along with his grandparents everywhere you look for a nice labrador! Best of all I am back in my Sandyland's lines which to me are the best of the best.

World Champion Lindall Mastercraft, g. grandfather of Spencer, Carly and Sailor.  Cedarwood Chestnuts SableSadie comes from excellent lines and is a beautiful black girl. We will be breeding our Sadie x Spencer(Finnegan x Cello pup) in the fall/winter of 2008. Expecting a beautiful black/chocolate litter from these 2 wonderful labradors. Spencer is a gorgeous chocolate boy, Finnegan is his sire, Cello is the mom. Excellent lines, closely linebred with World Champion Lindall Mastercraft on Spencers side as well as Sadie's pedigree.

Carly should have an all yellow litter the beginning of August! We will know for sure in 4+ weeks!!

Spencer and Carly have very nice pedigrees as do Sadie and Rosie. Spencer and Carly's grandparents are Shiloh x Percy, which gave us Finnegan, Percy is a Lindall Mastercraft son and Cindy x Camper, who gave us our Little Mello Cello.  Shiloh who lived with us until passing on at the age of 12 1/2 was a beautiful, kind labrador. Her parents are CH. West Wind Winchester, JH and CH Pine Edge Sunnybrook Pebbles. Percy's sire was the famous World CH. Lindall Mastercraft and his mom was Brandy Hill's Chocolate Bits. Cindy's parents Groveton Patent Pending and Cedarwood Sable Shadow who was also a Lindall Mastercraft daughter. Camper had all the heart and soul that went into the pups, not a wonderful pedigree but a lot more, a wonderful temperament, and the best most comical companion you could ask for..I feel very fortunate to have had in my life as well as all of my labradors. They each do have different personalities but all my labs have always lived together in the house with us with not too much arguing !

There is a website I would like you all to look at it is called Puppy Mills, There is also lots of great information about vaccines, and dog food recalls..You should check this website out weekly if not daily to see what is happening in the dog world...It has all the latest on the rat poison in our pet food and the recall numbers of pigs ears, which I do not recommend anyway, but it is a wonderful site for information.

http://www.dogsadversereactions.com/puppymills.html

Carly, aka, Chestnuts Charming Carma Bella is pictured below at 58 days old, a joy to have with us. We have her grandma, Cindy, who is 13 1/2 years old and her mom, Cello who is 7 years old.

Cindy at 8 weeks and 13 years, grandpa Camper at 11 years old.

Cindy and Shiloh playing over 13 years ago, Carly grandma's.

Cindy, Shiloh, Starr and Chestnutbelle, all our foundation girls 12 years ago, We lost our Cindy on April 20, 2007. All of our foundation labs have now passed on to Rainbow Bridge.

Camper is Carly's grandpa, what a handsome boy, we miss him so much!

Maggie just settled into her new home, a Ciecie x Sailor baby at 8 weeks and very loved.

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Ciecie x Sailor babies 5 weeks old, typpical Chestnuts pups, happy and healthy..Gentle and loving. The perfect family companion. Nov. 2006 litter.

 

 

Saying hello to you are Sailor x Ciecie pups, Sammi, Teagan, and Angus.

Jan. 2007

 

 

I have some new pictures at the following album that where put in Feb.2007. Enjoy! I will be updated this album regularly.

 

http://s176.photobucket.com/albums/w166/judie895/

Exceptional pups, as always with Chestnuts pups. Pups are professionally handled and raised with lots of love, kindness, and gentleness. The first 8 weeks are the most important weeks in your pups life, in regards to its relationship with humans. All experiences should be happy and positive! Labradors should start to be taught as soon as they are able to learn. Labs love a challenge. Training starts between 2-3 weeks of age and continues on for the rest of our days with them. You will be picking up right where I leave off. Training your lab is so much fun, as they love to please you, once they know what you want from them!

Finnegan, pictured below, is the sire of Cello's beautiful litter. He is a Shiloh son and Ch.Lindall Mastercraft grandson. He is OFA good and has sired many beautiful litters.

Finnegan at 7 years old, enjoying a swim and posing so pretty!

Chestnuts Shamrock Finnegan, is such a beautiful, happy gentle soul just like his grandpa below!! 

CH. Eng. Am. Can. Lindall Mastercraft (BLUE)                     

This is our newest Addition, Cello x Finnegan girl. Chestnuts Charming Carma Bella/ aka Carly....

Carly has a very nice pedigree as do Sadie and Rosie. Carly's grandparents are Shiloh x Percy and Cindy x Camper. Shiloh who lived with us until passing on at the age of 12 1/2 was a beautiful, kind labrador. Her parents are CH. West Wind Winchester, JH and CH Pine Edge Sunnybrook Pebbles. Percy sire was the famous World CH. Lindall Mastercraft and his mom was Brandy Hill's Chocolate Bits. Cindy's parents Groveton Patent Pending and Cedarwood Sable Shadow who was also a Lindall Mastercraft daughter. Camper had all the heart and soul that went into the pups, not a wonderful pedigree but a lot more, a wonderful companion..

Chestnuts Charming Carma Bella at 5 weeks old.

Cello x Finnegan daughter from last litter.

Carly at 8 weeks old, such a pretty girl and smart!

Bentley, a chocolate pup from Cello x Finnegan

Buckshot, black male from Cello x Finnegan's last litter

Cello with Finnegan's 2005 litter. What a wonderful mom!

Cello with 2006 litter Finnegan litter! 5 boys and 2 girls..

Cello resting with babies at 18 days old. 2005 Finnegan litter!

Cello x Finnegan son from 2005 litter, Budman!

Happy Jake, another beautiful Cello x Finn pup from 2005

Pax, Cello x Finnegan boy at 9 weeks old, 2005 litter

Presley, a beautiful Cello x Finnegan boy from 2005 at 5 weeks old.

     Sailor, Finnegan son, 6 years old, 2006 

Litter of Sailor x Ciecie pups at 5 weeks old~

 Ciecie x Sailor pup                                       Sailor x Ciecie pup

OUR LABS ARE BEAUTIFUL, HAVE WONDEFUL TEMPERAMENTS, AND ARE EXTREMEMLY INTELLIGENT.  THEY ARE LOYAL COMPANIONS AND OUR BEST FRIENDS. WE ARE ALWAYS LOOKING FOR THE PERFECT HOMES FOR OUR PUPS AND DO HAVE 1-2 LITTERS A YEAR. THE PUPS ARE RAISED IN THE HOUSE WITH  THE OTHER LABS AND ARE VERY SOCIALIZED AND HAPPY, HEALTHY LAB PUPPIES! WE DO NOT SHIP OUR PUPS.

This website is very educational about why you should not spay/neuter your pup until she/he is done growing!

http://www.caninesports.com/SpayNeuter.html

For you who have a canine athlete, this is a good site to help you condition your pup..

http://www.caninesports.com/index.html

IF YOU ARE THINKING ABOUT HAVING A LAB BE PART OF

YOUR LIFE AND WOULD LIKE AN INTERVIEW:

PLEASE EMAIL US@ 

labs2love@comcast.net or call  603 895 4693 

Our pups are only for homes that want a family house dog. 

 

 

Books Recommended

How to Raise a Puppy You can Live With by Rutherford & Neil

Puppy Retriever Training by Loveland & Rutherford

The Art of Raising a Puppy by The Monks of New Skete

 

What is a Backyard Breeder?

Please check this website for more information on backyard breeders and puppymills, disguised as breeders. You must meet the mother of the pups and the pups should be born in the home and raised in the home for the first 5 weeks, at least. Someone should also be with the pups during this time as they need socialization from the day they are born. This is crucial for a well adjusted pup.

 

http://www.almosthomerescue.org/whatisbyb/whatisbyb.htm

 

Of the 53 million dogs in the U.S., about two-thirds come from backyard breeders.

They are the single greatest cause of the pet overpopulation crisis in this country. The worst of the backyard breeders sometimes come to the attention of local animal

control authorities, who may negotiate with a breeder who is keeping dogs in truly deplorable conditions to release at least some of the dogs to a shelter.

Shelters then often turn to rescue groups, because they know that the dogs -- unsocialized, requiring more

medical care than most shelters can afford -- will have to be euthanized.

A backyard breeder is someone who keeps a number of dogs and either breeds them deliberately or just lets them breed. Backyard breeders may have a few dogs or many, one breed or several. They usually have no understanding of or concern about the breed standard, genetics, socializing the dogs, and maintaining their health. Don't confuse them with "hobby breeders,"  who breed small numbers of dogs and care for their dogs well.

A backyard breeder who is successful in selling puppies may decide to expand and become a puppy miller -- someone who breeds dogs with profit as the one and only motive and concern. More often, though, backyard breeders simply allow the dogs they have to breed, and they often keep many of the offspring.

They frequently end up with too many dogs to care for properly. Backyard breeders get new dogs from a variety of sources, among them from ads offering dogs "free to good home".

If you are looking for a dog, research and check out the breeder thoroughly to avoid backyard breeders.  

We are all saddened by the loss of our precious Grand Ole Dam, Shiloh. Shiloh, who was almost 13 years old, passed on May 30, 2006 and has joined Chestnut, Starr and Camper. Her son Chipper has gone to Rainbow Bridge also. He passed suddenly on, Sept. 21, 2006. He is with his mom, Shiloh and dad, Camper now.

Shiloh lives on in our memories and 7 of our labs, our one year old, Rosie, is Shiloh's great granddaughter. Rosie is a lot like Shiloh. Carly are newest addition as of 2007 is also a Shiloh granddaughter. Thankfully Shiloh's passing was very peaceful, we are comforted knowing this.

Chestnut, Camper, Shiloh and now our precious Cindy Lou are Angel Friends Forever. Young Chipper, Shiloh x Camper son, has left us to join his family at Rainbow Bridge. They are missed and will always be loved and live on forever in our hearts.

We celebrate their lives everyday. Our lives as well as many people would not be the same without thest three wonderful labradors that brought so much happiness to us as their babies have done the same to so many families over the past 18 years. We hope to continue producing beautiful labs for many years to come.

Chestnut, Starr and Judie Christmas 1991

Starr is in Rainbow Bridge also, Chestnuts Daughter left us Sept.2003!

 

Beau, Chestnuts son from 1991, Starr's brother, went to

Rainbow Bridge 2005

Shiloh as a pup on top of Sister Cindy.They are no longer with us:-(.

Rainbow Bridge! 

Shiloh at 11 years old and Granddaughter, Crystalbelle...

Our beloved Chipper, now our Angel.

Sept., 21, 2006 Chipper joined his family at Rainbow Bridge!

We miss you big guy!!

This is Sammy Collins. He was born to Chestnuts Shooting Starr and Could be Camper on July 3, 1996 and passed on Jan.20, 2007. He was the best friend and loving companion to his family, Joel and Tammy and Sam helped raise their 2 children who are now 12 and 14. Sam was a wonderful boy and he is missed dearly. Run fast, run free until we meet again...Love you Sammy

Sailor, Cindy, Ciecie, Crystal, and Cello

This is a picture taken when we still have our Cindy. The other 4 are with us plus 3 more and minus our chocolate Cindy with the whiter face.  All of our current lab family members are in the first picture. The other 3 new additions have their own page, Rosie and Sadie were both 1 in Dec., 2006. Carly was born in Nov. 2006, our last baby, Cindy, Camper and Shiloh's granddaughter.

To view pedigrees and pictures click below

http://www.geocities.com/chestnutbelle2002/all3colors.html

http://www.dogwebs.net/kennelid.asp?Kennel=Chestnuts+Labs2love&ID=1742 

Some of our pedigrees are available at the site above, I have some new ones to put up. Sadie's, Rosie's and Carly's.

Labrador Life Line's Heart Dog  link is below for anyone wanting to donate or buy or just find out about this wonderful cause...Information is below..http://www.labradorlifeline.org/

If you would love a beautiful watercolor done of your lab, one of my puppy people to my surprise is an excellent artist. Please visit her site below and see what beautiful work she has done. Also

www.granitedog.com

example of her work and the watercolors she has donated to the LLL are below also..
I have donated two original signed, framed Labrador Retriever watercolors and boxed notecards to this auction. I hope that you will consider bidding to help raise funds for Labs in need.
Below are the two paintings I have donated to the auction.  There are also plenty of other neat goodies to bid on as well that will appeal to all dog lovers.

 

Thank you,

Molly

http://www.granitedog.com

 

http://www.akc.org/public_education/responsible_dog_owner.cfm

http://www.dog-breeds.net

http://nelliemckay.com/ecard/ a great song for me and my dog!