LITTERS
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Preparing for your puppy and taking the puppy home
Important information about what to look for in a puppy, PLEASE READ even if you are just looking
If the litter you are looking at does not have one EIC clear parent (Exercise Induced Collapse) or if the breeder doesn't even know what EIC even is, you risk getting a puppy that will collapse during hunting or even when excited.
At the end of the article is a link to download the testing requisition.
An explanation of EIC
EIC U of MN and Brochure pdf
A carrier is a HEALTHY DOG that will NOT show the EIC condition EVER, but is not clear for breeding purposes.
Erin's Edge will NOT produce or sell EIC or CNM Affected Puppies because one parent will always be clear.
Flash
Meg and AFC Tucker born August 2nd ready September 25th (note date change back)
Blacks available, 1 Male and 2 Females
New Pictures of Tucker!!
Chocolates $900 (sold), Blacks $850 Limited Prices
Meg
AFC Candlewood's Citizen Smith "Tucker"
Meg X AFC Tucker for good looking chocolates and blacks with natural hunting ability and an off switch. AFC Tucker has his Open Win and needs 2 pts for his FC. He is a 90# beautiful large black who carries chocolate. All the Blacks are of course Chocolate Factored. I can guess these pups would be medium to larger, especially males. Pictures do not do Tucker justice, he has a broad head, has big bone, a beautiful tail, and slim but powerful body. Meg lives with her foster family and is heavily hunted but will have her puppies here and Tucker lives with his owner and is run in field trials. Meg is 75# and is amateur trained and actively hunted but is quiet in the blind, very affectionate, good with kids and a beautiful dark female. See female page. Meg is a full sister to my Ben SH.
AFC Tucker/Meg Puppy
Sire AFC Candlewood's Citizen Smith
OFA# 155766, EL28914, CERF
CNM Clear, EIC Carrier
Open Win, needs 2 pts
Sire FC/AFC Whitie IV
OFA# 100357, Littermate to 5 FC
2003 NAFC finalist
Sire 2XNAFC/FC/CNFC Ebonstar LeanMac. OFA# 46627. Highest amount of FC ever >140
Black
Sire CNFC/ CNAFC Waldorf's High Tech
OFA# 22799
Dam Ebonaceace Princess
OFA# 21503EX
Dam 1998 NAFC/FC Hattie McBunn
OFA# 47193EX
Dam of 6 FC
Sire 1992 NAFC Gusto's Last Control
OFA# 27987EX
Dam Lakeside Icicle
OFA# 20925
Dam of 4FC
Dam Candlewoods Sage Brush Sal
OFA# 89150
Choc
Sire FC/AFC River Oaks Way-Da-Go Rocky
OFA# 29519
1993 Natl Open Finalist
Sire FC/AFC Canis Major's River Bear
OFA# 9150 EX
Dam Timberlane Samantha
OFA# 21091 EX
Dam Candlewoods Ms Cadillac
OFA# 64835
Sire NAFC/NFC Candlewoods Super Tanker
OFA# 22669
Sired 51 FC
Dam Phillips Cream de Cocoa
OFA# 27525
Dam Erins Edge Double Magnum Meg
OFA# 170074 Excellent, EL 36437, CERF 42215,
EIC clear, CNM Clear by Parentage
Sire GRHRCH Gator Pt's Magnum Gentle Ben MH/QAA
OFA# 75227, CERF 24757, GDC Elbows 16860
Passed 72 straight finished and master tests.
Member of 1000 pt club
Sister first FC/AFC chocolate in AKC History
#5 sire HRC
Sire CFC/CAFC Pachanga Magnum Force OFA# 35856
Sire FC/AFC Westwinds Bold Tiger
OFA# 18354, 1984 NDC
Dam A Painted Lady
OFA# 222498
Dam HRCH Gator Pt's Roc N Moon Pie
OFA# 45527
Sire FC Mueller's Stormy Canada
OFA# 14631 EX
Dam Gator Point's Lena Lou
OFA# 27641
Dam Erins Edge Roadhouse Diva OFA# 126274 EX, EL16776, CERF33171
Sire Roadhouse Gusto, QAA OFA# 45568 EX sister to 1998 NAFC Hattie McBunn
Hattie had one litter with LeanMac
and nearly all were field champions
Sire 1992 NAFC/FC Gusto's Last Control OFA# 27987 EX
Dam Lakeside Icicle OFA# 29325, dam of 3 FC's, 1 NAFC
Dam Mallard Lake Lady Magnum, QAA OFA# 58566EX
Dam Mallard Lake Lady Liz OFA# 29131EX Dam of AFC
Due October, ready late November
AFC Tucker and Mango JH, Blacks and Chocolates, Hunt test, Gundog, Active Families
Chocolates $900, Blacks $850 Limited Prices
Mango JH
Mango is #62, she is a good hunter and is very affectionate. She turns heads and has had two pictures on a Calendar. We had a off year this year but I still plan to run her in Senior HT. These pups will be good looking and birdy and fun to run.
OFA# 155766, EL28914, CERF clear
OFA# 100357, Littermate to 7 FC
Dam of 7 FC
Dam
Erins Edge Crashtest Tango Mango JH OFA# 188475, EL 47955 CERF
Sire CFC-HRCH Gunner, Flight Interceptor SH,QAA OFA# 116322 EL 13561 CERF 30007 CNM Clear, EIC Clear. US Open and Amat wins
Sire MW's Damn I'm Chocolate MH OFA# 62613
Dam Panda's Kodiac Bear Creekwood SH OFA# 32472 EX
Dam Windmill's Brown Derby OFA# 99274
Sire CFC Jaybar's Blue Duck MH QAA OFA# 48174 sired 5 FC Can Natl Finalist
Dam Windmill's Muddie Waters SH OFA# 64194
Dam CRASHTEST LAUNCH BY ERINSEDG JH
OFA# 156998 EX, CNM clear EIC Clear
Sire ERINS EDGE LEAN MACHINE SH
OFA# 117134
Sire 2XNAFC/FC/CNFC Ebonstar LeanMac. OFA# 46627. Highest FC ever >140
Dam FC/AFC GATOR PT'S SWEET POTATO PIE
OFA# 58612 first female FC/AFC chocolate
Dam ERINS EDGE HOT CHAQUITA
Reserve derby jam
OFA# 92620
Sire FC/AFC Webshire's Honest Abe OFA# 39863 73 Derby Pts Prod Top Derby Dogs in US Canada Sire NFC Black
Dam ERINS EDGE ABBY'S KARMA KAZI
OFA# 30136 Black
Chocolates in December? Markie X Finn or Ben
Yellows or Yellows and Blacks Flash in Feb?
Yellows or Yellows and Blacks Riley in April?
Recommended Breedings
Blacks and Yellows ready in September from Candlewood's Owen Station MH QAA
*Limited registration is $100 less than the Full prices. The $100 discount is so that you can use it towards your spay or neuter, if you are not planning on breeding. You may still enter any AKC event except the conformation show ring: that means obedience, agility, hunt test etc. Limited registration can still be converted to full with Hip OFA, & Elbows and CERF; CNM and EIC clearances if necessary at 2 years old plus the $100 and demonstration of responsible breeding knowledge. If the puppy would be CNM and EIC Clear and I know you or you can demonstrate responsible breeding practices, I may issue a full registration after all the health certs are done and I would like to see a SH or some type of intermediate title to show you are working with the dog. The Power of Attorney on file with the AKC is Kathy Swab at Crosswinds Kennel who will act on my behalf if necessary on Limited Registration conversions. 641-478-3368
Maggie as a puppy
I prefer to sell to homes that do not intend to breed. I will make an exception on an individual basis. Breeding has become very complicated with EIC testing; therefore, all pups will be sold with a limited registration unless I know you. If full registration is desired, and I don't know you as a breeder, you must first obtain the health certifications listed above and an intermediate title such as SH.
We will not produce EIC or CNM affected pups. An EIC carrier status does not affect their health or working ability, and is only of consequence if you want to breed. All dogs carry recessive genes that are considered Deleterious Mutations. It's like blue eyes are recessive to brown eyes in that you may have blue eyed children if the other parent also has the hidden blue eyed gene or has blue eyes.
For precautionary reasons I no longer allow viewing of puppies before their 1st vaccinations except under special circumstances. There are pictures on the nursery page. The pups are going to change dramatically anyway by the time they are ready, and their personalities are just becoming noticible by 6 weeks. This is being done to protect the health of the puppies, whether people are visiting other kennels or not since I have been told there is Parvo right in my area, an epidemic in Milwaukee and also for the privacy of the mothers. The Moms are not themselves because Mother Nature gives them hormones to protect their babies. They don't want to meet you or your children for you to see if they are friendly. After nursing they will not look like themselves either for a few weeks. The stud dogs are protective when there are puppies so I try to keep a calm atmosphere for the Moms. All the pups are in the house and not outside in a facility so no facility tours here. In fact if that's what you are looking for please pass by as I don't want Parvo or other diseases tracked here on clothing and shoes from another place with problems. In most cases the sires are not here either because they are picked for being a good match with the Mom. Places that always have the sire and dam are those you find in the newspaper.
Pups are picked in order deposit is received at the pick-up date so you will not know "which one" is available. If you are trying to find a duplicate of your old dog I can't guarantee what the puppies will look like and looking for your old dog is not fair to the new puppy. You must be ready to accept a new puppy as his own individual pup and you will love him for his own traits.
Pups are born in a whelping box in my computer-TV room so I can keep an eye on them. When they are being weaned they may go to an intermediate area in the basement with a living space and separate potty area and then they are brought outside for outings or play depending on the weather. Some litters are whelped at the homes of the females' families. Pups are home raised, dewormed, vet checked, dews claws removed, first vaccination, well socialized, exposed to feathers, introduced to crates, and microchipped.
50 years of Labradors, see Today's Breeder article
Breeding Foster Program
I will be placing one or two Chocolate females in 2010 in foster homes with breeding rights for several litters, and then when your obligation is finished, the foster family owns the dog. I would like her to be placed in a hunting home, a plus would be someone interested in running at junior hunt tests, or placed with an active family, but either way she MUST be a house dog. Preference will be given to you if you already have another dog from me, or have another dog because I will need to take the dog for health certs, breeding, and whelping (which would be a period of 5-6 weeks) and in the past people have a difficult time allowing a single dog go for that long. The foster family must live within 100 miles from me, and must be experienced with raising hunting Labradors. You must not ever be interested in breeding the dog yourself, and there will be a contract defining the expectations and obligations of the agreement. When the contract is ended you will be expected to spay the dog as you will not have breeding rights. I will be very discriminating in her placement. My foster homes must be real homes and families, and not just someone looking for a hunting dog or a broker. If you are familiar with whelping a litter you may be approved to whelp the litter, but you must be able to cope with changing conditions and have either a healthcare or animal husbandry background, have very good animal sense, and have access to a vet near by that takes call. If you live farther than 40 miles away it would be best if I whelp the litter because I have access to reproduction veterinarians, and it would be safer for the dog to be under their care in case complications arise.
ErinsEdge@charter.net
Dogs are our link to paradise. They don't know evil or jealousy or discontent. To sit with a dog on a hillside on a glorious afternoon is to be back in Eden, where doing nothing was not boring - it was peace. Milan Kundera
Maggie/Cash pups at the vet
During the winter, November-March, I may, at any time, refuse to ship by air unless the buyer flies to Milwaukee and accepts the puppy as a carry-on. This is for the safety of the puppies and because of more frequent cancellations of flights. Puppies can't be shipped when it is too how or too cold. Continental Airlines does not take dogs from Milwaukee anymore.
Kathy Swab Professional Retriever Trainer from Crosswind Kennels in Marshalltown, Iowa
Goose marking his first pigeon.
E -mail Kathy Swab Crosswinds Kennels -Marshalltown, Iowa
Deposits are nonrefundable but may be applied to one other litter; however, I consider the purchase of a dog or puppy to be an adoption. I reserve the right to refuse the sale of a dog or puppy or will return a deposit to any person for any reason including misrepresentation, inappropriate home, or an impaired working relationship between the seller and buyer. Refund will be within 30 days for those reasons only. Although I will try to find the puppy that is a fit for your family, no breeder can make a designer puppy and this is not a store mall. You are adopting one of my babies, and if you don't agree with how I do things, you need to look for another breeder you are comfortable with and agree. All payments for pups to be held or shipped must be paid and cleared one full week prior to the 7 week old date. No shipping in the winter.