Our chocolate Labrador retriever  Chili is a 60 pound female that has a lean, athletic build and a very dark chocolate coat. She has an excellent disposition and works very hard in the field. Chili has developed into an exceptionally good upland hunting Labrador retriever. She passed 4 straight Junior tests for her Junior Hunting Retriever title and will be running Senior and Master hunting tests in the future.

Our chocolate Labrador retriever Luna was a very athletic and muscular female with a great temperament and tenacity for birds.  She was very tractable, hard driving in the field, and a great mother.  Sadly, Luna passed away in early December 2006.  She was just four years old and has been sorely missed.  Luna and Sage were featured in a scientific article published by owner Ed Arnett that demonstrated how Labrador retrievers could be trained to find carcasses of birds and bats killed by wind turbines (download article).

Our Program

We are dedicated to providing quality chocolate Labrador retrievers for hunting dogs, field competitors, and family companions. All of our dogs are hunted extensively, trained for obedience and field competition, and campaigned in the AKC Hunting Test program. Our Labs live in our home and are true family companions and well socialized with people and children. 

Our breeding program combines outstanding Field Trial Champion and Hunting Retriever titled parents to produce intelligent, athletic retrievers that are tractable, trainable, good looking, and eager to please. Our small facility and breeding program provides a very close and personal touch when raising our puppies for their new owners. We guarantee, in writing, that our puppies are free of hip and elbow dysplasia and hereditary eye disorders. Our puppies come with their dew claws removed and first worming and vaccinations.

We work closely with our clients to match our puppies with their needs and desires. All of our retriever puppies are well socialized with people, adults and children, other dogs, and introduced to birds, gunfire and other loud noises. We spend a lot of time socializing and caring for our puppies to ensure you have a healthy, stable, intelligent, bold, and happy puppy entering your home. Socialization is a critical step in raising puppies: most chocolate Labrador retriever breeders say they do it…we guarantee it!

So whether you're considering a field competitor, hunting dog, a family pet, or any of the numerous possibilities a chocolate Labrador retriever has to offer, consider a Brown Dog!