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07/05/2024

Happy 4th to all. Thank you to the ones who served and the ones who gave it all.

05/15/2024

Still available 1 black female and 3 yellow female pups. 12 weeks old up to date on shots and worming. AKC registered comes from very nice pedigree show field trail hunt test lines. Parents are both health tested and titled. Contact us for more information.

05/06/2024

We have 3 yellow females and a black female still available. 12 weeks old and has had worming every two weeks and first and second shots. With 3rd round of shots coming. Also have a foxred female that’s 4 that’s available and a black female that will be a year old in July. All bred very well. Contact us for more information. 4343213596

04/16/2024

Still have these pups available if anyone is interested. They are ready to go now and have had regular worming and first round of shots. 8 weeks old.

04/09/2024

Still have some yellow and black pups available. Let us know if we can help you out with your new furbaby. AKC registered health tested parents. Outstanding pedigree to back them up as well

03/19/2024

First puppy meal. Pups loved it. We still have a one black male one yellow male and 2 yellow females available. Let us know if we can set you up with a new hunting friend or family companion.

03/15/2024

Scout x Callie

https://www.huntinglabpedigree.com/puppy.asp?id=56441

Puppies are moving around good. We still have a black male a yellow male and 3 yellow females available. Let us know if we can help you with your next companion. Will be great in the field or at home.

02/24/2024

Scout x Callie pups are here blacks and yellows available. 2 black males 1 yellow male 1 black female and 2 yellow females available. Health clearances in link attached.
https://www.huntinglabpedigree.com/puppy.asp?id=56441

02/23/2024

Scout x Callie pups are here. Born 2-18-24
Callie had 10 pups all are healthy and doing good. Currently we have 2 black male 1 yellow male 1 black female and 2 yellow females available. Let us know if we can help you with your next hunting companion.
https://www.huntinglabpedigree.com/puppy.asp?id=56441

02/11/2024

”Above all, put on love — the perfect bond of unity.“
‭‭Colossians‬ ‭3‬:‭14‬

02/01/2024

Litter confirmed. Puppies will be due around February 22nd. See link attached for pedigree.

https://www.huntinglabpedigree.com/puppy.asp?id=56441

01/17/2024

”Nothing that goes into a person from outside can defile him, but the things that come out of a person are what defile him.“
‭‭Mark‬ ‭7‬:‭15‬ ‭HCSB‬‬

12/27/2023

Do the Dew(claws)?

M. Christine Zink DVM, PhD, DACVSMR

I am a vet that works exclusively with performance dogs, developing rehabilitation programs for injured dogs or dogs that have had surgery as a result of performance-related
injuries. I have seen many dogs now, especially field trial/hunt test and agility dogs, that have had chronic carpal arthritis, frequently so severe that they have to be retired or at least carefully managed for the rest of their careers. Of the over 30 dogs I have seen with carpal arthritis, only one has had dewclaws. The others have all had them removed.

If you look at an anatomy book (Miller’s Guide to the Anatomy of Dogs is an excellent one – see figure below) you will see that there are 5 tendons attached to the dewclaw. Of course, at the other end of a tendon is a muscle, and that means that if you cut off the dew claws, there are 5 muscle bundles that will become atrophied from disuse.

Those muscles indicate that the dewclaws have a function. That function is to prevent torque on the leg. Each time the foot lands on the ground, particularly when the dog is cantering or galloping, the dewclaw is in touch with the ground. If the dog then needs to turn, the dewclaw digs into the ground to support the lower leg and prevent torque. If the dog doesn’t have a dewclaw, the leg twists. A lifetime of that and the result can be carpal arthritis. Remember: the dog is doing the activity regardless, and the pressures on the leg have to go somewhere.

They can be absorbed by the dewclaw, or they will move up and down the leg to the toes, carpus, elbow, and shoulders.
Perhaps you are thinking, “I never have had one of my dogs have carpal pain or arthritis.” Well, we need to remember that dogs, by their very nature, do not tell us about mild to moderate pain. If a dog was to be asked by an emergency room nurse to give the level of his pain on a scale from 0 to 10, with 10 being the worst, their scale would be 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10. Most of our dogs, especially if they deal with pain that is of gradual onset, just deal with it and don’t complain unless it is excruciating. But when I palpate the carpal joints of older dogs without dewclaws, I almost always elicit pain with relatively minimal manipulation.

As to the possibility of injuries to dew claws. Most veterinarians will say that such injuries actually are not very common at all. And if they do occur, then they are dealt with like any other injury. In my opinion, it is far better to deal with an injury than to cut the dew claws off of all dogs “just in case.”

Anatomical diagram viewing the medial side of a dog’s left front leg demonstrating the five tendons that attach to the dewclaw.

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A little morning walk with Sophie this morning. Did a little obedience on the walk. Mike she’s doing good.

Sophie came over today to try out some obedience. We worked on walking on a lead (heel work). She picked up on it very quick. Look forward to seeing her again. Thanks Mike.