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Welcome to Cardueae Labradors. My primary interest is breeding working chocolate labradors The dogs enjoy life but equally enjoy their work.

I have owned, trained and worked labradors now for almost half of my life. I am a Kennel Club Assured Breeder and strive to breed healthy, trainable, good natured dogs suitable for working or active family homes. I have a team of dogs ranging from puppies in training learning the basics to fully trained dogs for working or competition. I enjoy every aspect of breeding, rearing and training labrado

rs, and find nothing more pleasurable than allowing them the use of their natural instinct to help me in my work. During the summer I like to compete in local gundog working tests and spend a lot of time training the dogs with friends. I have recently started to compete in field trials and was lucky enough to gain two awards with Yvie this past season. In winter I spend 3-4 days a week out picking up on a large shoot, allowing the dogs to use their natural ability and determination to find fallen and injured birds. I have been lucky enough to work on some very prestigous shoots around Yorkshire and the dogs make a very good impression on anyone they meet. They behave well, do the job well and continue to suprise me bringing birds from places I did not know existed. We aim to breed dogs that will make fantastic pets but they also love the challenge of a job, whether that be as a gundog, doing agility or obedience or as an assistance dog. All the girls are Hip/Elbow tested, hold current eye certificates and are PRA, CNM, EIC, SD2 and STGD tested aswell, I only use health tested sires to abide by the KC Assured Breeder Scheme. My primary interest is breeding working chocolate labradors using bi***es that are chocolate or carry chocolate and dogs with strong trialling bloodlines. I aim to improve the pedigree of chocolate and chocolate carrying labradors to enable them to compete on a level with their black and yellow counterparts. I stand one fully health tested stud dog which is black carrying chocolate.

14/02/2025

Gotta love Kenny

♥️🌹

18/01/2025

Thrilled with this news 😍

Due mid Feb 2025

Not had yellow puppies for a while, very excited 🏆👀🐾

30/11/2024

To celebrate our recent 25 year anniversary, and to say a huge thank you to all of our breeders, members and for their support, we are giving away a year's supply of dog food and other great prizes.

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17/10/2024

2nd in the Southern & Western 2 day open on Monday/Tuesday with Yvie 💕

She ran a dream of a trial and was a joy to handle.

Thank you to everyone who made the days possible and very well done to the other award winners, I thoroughly enjoyed both days.

11/10/2024

Me and Dora 💕

One of her finer moments - a smart retrieve today in a trial 🐾

Congratulations to Kevin Butler on winning the trial 🏆

Thank you for these photos

05/10/2024

A great day yesterday judging for Barton on Humber Gundog club. A tricky novice trial with difficult and testing ground. Some lovely dog work on show and a nice day had.

Well done to the award winners and thank you to for the invitation to judge. Thank you also to for the sponsorship.

01/10/2024

Beautiful September morning training on Sunday with all shades of Labrador!

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The first group session of the winter now the nights are drawing in. The novice dogs & handlers really stepping up to what was asked of them and showing some lovely work 🐾🐶

Roll on spring and working tests 😂🤞🏻

26/09/2024

Just me and Dora ……..

Getting a mark from the 4 judges in a recent trial 👑🇬🇧🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿🙌

26/08/2024

Absolutely thrilled with these 2 yesterday!

🖤 Cardueae Yealands 3rd
🤎 Cardueae Hazel 4th

A lovely day out with the Vale of York club running in an open walk up test on field trial lines. Both girls picked 7 retrieves in a testing field of sugar beet and we had a thoroughly enjoyable day.

A huge thank you to the landowner, the judges, the helpers and everyone else involved in the day - it really is appreciated that you give up your time to enable me to run my dogs 💕.

Follow us on Instagram to see what is happening with the dogs more regularly 🐶🐾🤎🖤

20/08/2024

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18/08/2024

Cardueae Kentia - Kenny

Last Sunday saw young Kenneth (as he is known at home) take part in a puppy test at Aske Hall, he completed all of the tests to come a very respectable 4th 🤎🖤😍

12/08/2024

Fantastic start to the walked up working test season for us ……

Cardueae Emilia - 3rd last Sunday in a novice test on field trial lines held by the Lincs branch.

Cardueae Yealands - 4th in an all aged mock trial held again by the URC, this time the Midlands branch this Saturday.

A big thank you to all involved in running these days and congratulations to all other award winners. Thank you also to the sponsors of both events , it is very much appreciated.

The girls are on good form and I am thoroughly enjoying running them at the moment ❤️🤎🖤

05/08/2024

A lovely day out with my bestie Sneeze and some very good friends in Suffolk.
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02/08/2024

Butter wouldn’t melt 🫠🐾💕

Wingbeat Astra aka Olive (mark 2) 🫒

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25/07/2024

Tia – Ashmerah Crystal of Cardueae 🐾

05/11/2008 – 24/07/2024

My 2nd chocolate bitch, her and Roxy were as thick as thieves together. Tia was a beautiful, clever, hard working and loyal bitch with an occasional independent streak. She didn’t like the competitive obedience career I had hoped she would (as this is what I did with the older girl) so we embarked on a journey of agility. She much preferred that and had some good results winning to Grade 3.

Alongside agility my introduction to the gundog community began in 2010 when I started beating on a commercial shoot with Tia after being invited by a friend. It was there my interest in picking up started as I found myself fascinated by watching the dogs using their natural ability to find game. I spent the whole season using my days off from work to volunteer on the shoot watching, learning & asking questions with two incredibly eager dogs. It was a massive learning curve and one I am incredibly grateful for now as it is what stands me in my current position.

Tia was the mother to my first Cardueae litter, and in my current kennels are one granddaughter, one great granddaughter and two great great grandchildren. Tia was a lovely mother and taught me an awful lot about breeding, the highs and the lows!

My close friends Laura & Mark took Tia in her retirement and I cannot thank them enough for the brilliant life they gave her, the care and love they showed her over the years and the respect needed when the time came yesterday. I will be forever grateful. Thank you.

Sleep well old girl 💕🤎

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VERY cold day picking up today. Minus 7 when I arrived at the yard 🥶🥶 Dogs were brilliant, sensible and efficient. 💪🏻😍 Glad to be back inside in the warmth now 🔥

Fabulous day picking up in the most beautiful countryside with a group of my faves (dogs & people) 💕🫶🐾 @morkulla_working_dogs #cardueaelabradors #labrador #cardueae #run #blacklab #cardueaeyealands #pickingup #pheasant #partridge #duck #eatgame #gameshooting #ladieswhohunt #chocolatelab #funday #loveit

Cardueae Emilia - Dora Her first open working test today, a walk up on field trial lines. Following 6 retrieves she was awarded 3rd place! 🥉💛Massive thanks to the #unitedretrieverclub north midlands committee, including the new secretary @scottford100, all of the helpers & the 2 judges. My fellow competitors good spirits made for a really enjoyable day. Thank you to the sponsors @alphafeeds @sportingsaint @skinnersfieldandtrial Thank you also to Jessica for keeping Dora physically fit. @jparkervetphysio That is the working test season of 2024 finished now, I have had a whale of a time this year and the 5 dogs I have been running have done me incredibly proud 💕#cardueae #cardueaelabradors #labrador #run #blacklab #training #workingtest #fieldtrial #cardueaemilia #blackcarryingchocolatelabrador #urc #unitedretrieverclub #edwinstowe #sugarbeet #doratheexplorer

No caption needed …….She makes me smile 😀#olive #cardueae #wingbeat #cardueaelabradors #blacklab #blackcarryingchocolatelabrador #fun #spinmeround #laugh #greatstarttotheday #ftch #puppy

Cardueae Emilia - winner of the YGRC Novice test on Sunday 🏆💕🥇A wonderful day spent on a beautiful estate and Dora pulled out all the stops to win the Novice class at Aske Hall. A huge thank you to all involved in organising the event along with all those who helped on the day. Also thanks to the judges who gave up their time so me and others could run our dogs over some challenging and interesting tests and to the landowner for allowing us on the estate. Thank you to the sponsors for the day - your support is much appreciated #skinnersfieldandtrial

Fantastic start to the walked up working test season for us …… Cardueae Emilia - 3rd last Sunday in a novice test on field trial lines held by the #unitedretrieverclub Lincs branch. Cardueae Yealands - 4th in an all aged mock trial held again by the URC, this time the Midlands branch this Saturday. A big thank you to all involved in running these days and congratulations to all other award winners. Thank you also to the sponsors of both events @skinnersfieldandtrial, it is very much appreciated. The girls are on good form and I am thoroughly enjoying running them at the moment ❤️🤎🖤 #cardueae #mocktrial #walkup #test #labrador #retriever #doratheexplorer #sneeze #run #training #prizes #cardueaeemilia #cardueaeyealands #happiness

2024 working test judging appointments …….. I feel very lucky to have been asked to judge 7 working tests for 7 different clubs taking place over 6 different counties this year. Overall I have seen a great standard of dogs run over some fantastic ground and thoroughly enjoyed watching the team work between dog & handler needed to achieve the retrieves I set 💪🏻💅🏅Thank you to the clubs/committees for inviting me, and a big thank you to the helpers on the day along with the main sponsors Skinners and also Sporting Saint. #lincsgundogs #unitedretrieverclub #valeofyorkworkingretrieverclub #threeridingslabradorclub #goldenretriever #northumbria #tyneteestweed #northumberlandanddurhamlabradorclub #fieldtrial #workingtest #cardueaelabradors #dummy #skinners #sportingsaint #workingtest #labrador #apanelwho

Holding an area

Last night practising holding an area with as the group describe it a “cat toy” 😂

Such fun being a puppy here!!!

Puppy swimming today with Tinkerbell’s Trails at Casa Canine Ltd 😍😍 Thank you Mia (Stellareider working labradors ) for swimming them. This is litter mates Kenny and Raven Cardueae Delphinium x Bellspaddle Mungo.

Hazel 🥰🤩💪🏻