First and foremost.....the cheapest part of owning a lab is buying it!

Whatever you do just make sure you get one of them silver labs!

Me and my tab at Gundogsupply.com can 2nd this.

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I'm hoping for a christmas card from them and LCSupply.com!

Now that is a true statement Shawn

I have trained plenty that were "Tools";)

Was wonderin where you were for this thread

Raymond where u been?

Like Cajuin said eic clear good eyes and hips also good pedigree I went almost to tenn to get my pup waited a year for them to breed litter he has a on off switch.laid back at home but fast as lightning in field.talk to Cajuin or mr Raymond they can get u what u want and remember it will cost more for a pup but you get what u pay for

Robert has a litter being born this weekend. They will be ready for Christmas.

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Would you please pm contact info for Robert. I too am interested in lab. Thanks.

I'm in the market also, I'll take Roberts info if you don't mind. Is it better to buy a pup in the spring instead of the winter so that you can introduce it to water?

I would think now is a great time for a pup. I gave my daughter one for Christmas 12 years ago. The pup was ready to hunt the next season. She was swimming and retrieving at 8 weeks.

Depends on what your going to do with it. Take whelp date and add 6 months, then add 6 more months maybe 2 more. This will be the approximate time it takes to get any dog through the Basic Program. A dog welled in November will be approximately 6 months old in may of 2013, which is the worst time to ever start a training program in the south but if your trainer goes north for the summer it works. Of course none of this matters if it's going to be a "Rock Dog".;)

My pup was born 11-11-11 and boy was it a task Force Fetching in the summer. It's hard to train a lab in South Louisiana heat but not impossible. You'll have to pick the time of day you train.

why not save yourself the trouble of trying to find the right pup, training it, raising it, etc. and just buy a finished dog. Will be a bit more pricey but all things considered you will have a dog to use immediately. You can get a good finished dog for around $5,000. Its like buying a boat or a 4 wheeler.

Not a bad idea here, also you can test run said dog to see if he/shehas ghe qualities that you're looking for

That is the way I plan to do my next one. Then you get to see the end product.

4 yrs ago I sold a finished female from an NFCxFC/AFC breeding for $3,500 and was glad to get rid of her. The market has not come down on trained dogs, nice finished dogs start at $5,000 for 2 yrs and under. The puppy/finished $$ are pretty much even for the first time in my 15 yrs and hope it stays that way. I will have a trained dog forsale in may if anyone is interested if not he will go in oct.