AKC# SR38421808

Chocolate Male

Sire:  Rocky's Chocolate Sunrise

Dam:  Sunny's Sweet Surprise

What...    No E-Collar?

You won't see our dogs wearing e-collars in many of the photos or videos, not because we don't believe in them - they are great training & hunting tools and even an important safety device.  However, we use high tech devices very sparingly because we want to know that especially in a training situation, our dogs will be tractable and trainable because of their genetics. 

This is especially important for our breeding stock.  We want 'the dog' to be exposed...   in other words, what you see is what you get.

If the sire of a litter can be trained and controlled through his tractability and willingness to please, he will transfer that genetic trainability to his offspring.  That means the pups we sell will most likely be easy to train as well.  Yes, we breed for large, good looking dogs that are put together well - but even more importantly, we breed for pups with a temperament suitable for hunting - and tractable enough that you don't need an expert - or gimmicks - to train them. 

                                                                                                                          ^{September 2009                                                                                                                                                                        October 2008  -  23 months old}

See more videos of Sarge on YouTube:   

Water retrieving - Sarge doing what he loves most: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oUT0JPn7dws

No cheating - dummy lands at shoreline but he still swims back: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=p6S4i15ZhYQ

Double retrieve - the only thing more fun that retrieving is retrieving twice!   http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Je2jiqxEWB8

Sarge is a  focused and task-oriented dog who is more at home in the water than on dry land. 

He has a very strong retrieving instinct and a competitive drive.  Sarge's pups are usually our top performers! 

Sarge stands an impressive 26" at the shoulder and weighs 102 lbs.   Well-muscled with a nice streamlined conformation. 

Free of hip dysplasia and consistently produces litters free of genetic defects.  Sarge has an excellent muzzle and soft mouth for field work.

No dew claws and passes that on to pups (some pups have very small front dew claws.)

OFA:  GOOD - LR-184757G24M-NOPI