Loon Lake Labradors

11/19/2025

Today’s the day! Are we chubby or expecting?! Any guesses?!

11/19/2025

This is so awesome!! There’s potential to save so much money with transportation!

11/09/2025

This girl…she loves her doggos!
Jumpin Frank Flash…always excited for snacks!

11/05/2025

Every single night. They know who shares and who doesn’t!😂 What’s your dog doin? Show me! 🐾

10/28/2025

Good info about neutering!

*Preventing unwanted litters is a goal we all share—but it's time to rethink the surgical approach. Hysterectomies and vasectomies, which preserve hormonal balance, can safely be performed as early as 8 weeks of age, making dogs sterile without disrupting their natural hormones.

New peer-reviewed study published in Nature:

How a dog’s lifetime exposure to his own hormones (before being neutered) affects how well he handles aging and frailty later in life.

Study Background

• Frailty = when older dogs (and people) become weaker, less resilient, and more prone to illness and death.
• Most research looks at how to prevent frailty — this study looked at what makes some dogs bounce back better after frailty sets in.
• The focus was on the HPG axis — the hormonal system that produces testosterone and controls reproduction.

Key Findings

• Dogs neutered very young (before 2 years old) had:

o A much higher risk of death once they became frail.
o About 16% higher mortality for every small increase in frailty.

• Dogs kept intact longer (more than ~10 years) showed:
o No increase in mortality linked to frailty.
o Their hormones seemed to “buffer” the negative effects of aging.

• Each extra year of natural hormone exposure reduced frailty-related death risk by ~1%.

What It Means

• Hormones from the te**es may protect against the worst effects of aging later in life.
• Removing them too early could make dogs less resilient to age-related decline.
• Frailty isn’t just about getting old — it’s also shaped by early-life events like the timing of neutering.
• This supports a “life course” view: what happens early in life affects health decades later.

Why It Matters

• The study suggests timing of neutering might influence how well dogs age.

10/10/2025

Vet day w the girls. Seems like we live there the last couple weeks!💸💰

Franny is in heat! Hoping her progesterone test says she’s ready Monday! We will be expecting another red litter mid December with any luck!

Lucy has an infection so she’s on her 2nd round of antibiotics. Hoping this round kicks it. 🤒

Sugar is doing great-we’re just waiting on her to come back into heat and we will be breeding her for another black litter. That should happen soon.

Etta is still growing like a w**d! She’s so fun! She loves to play with the other dogs. She n Sugar are together a lot and love to play and steal each others toys!😂

Frank… is dying for some action!😂😂 All these girls in heat and another one coming into heat soon…poor guy doesnt know if hes comin or goin!

The wait lists are open!

www.myloonlakelabrador.com

10/05/2025

Who’s with me?! 🐾😂🐾

09/24/2025

💛❤️🤎🖤

08/26/2025

Happy International Dog Day! Let me see your pooch!!🐾

08/12/2025

🎯💯🐾

08/09/2025

When it’s pushing 100* outside- they’re inside-pushing for treats! Just kidding-they push for treats no matter the temperature!😂 Thanks Howie and Linda for the fun snacks!❤️🐾

08/07/2025

Our last litter went home a couple weeks ago and I can’t stop smiling over all these happy faces! Thank you all for choosing us and loving on your new babies! I can’t wait to watch them grow into the most beloved fur members of your homes!🐾