Sampson Labradors

02/12/2024

The many moods of Pink girl 😊
She is looking for a new family to love!

02/08/2024

First outside fun for Cinders litter - now 6 weeks old.

Black boy and chocolate girl are available
Ready February 23 week end

02/08/2024

Today was vet visit day! Meeting new families soon ❤️

01/25/2024

Cinder and Bo babies - 3 weeks old!
Bobble head stage 😁

Chocolate females and black males ready February 23 weekend

01/23/2024

just to calm your nerves.....Proplan is still a safe food.
Dont jump on the rumor wagon.

01/19/2024

01/03/2024

I was having a conversation with a breeder friend about how some veterinarians tell families to keep their young growing Labradors lean and thin to be healthy......in the long run it is ruining the growth of the bone and structure of that puppy. Then a family cant understand why their well bred puppy looks like a w**d and not up to standard.

a good structured Labrador is not fat, but carry the correct structure and bone they are suppose to as per the standard.

Jan Grannemann
ARE LABRADORS FAT?
I had the pleasure of presenting the Labrador Retriever Judges’ Seminar in Orlando, Florida this year for the AKC National Dog Show. During the Hands-On portion of the seminar, I was showing the judges how to do a breed specific hands-on examination. I had a nice black bitch on the ramp and was looking down on her, pointing out her nice spring-of-rib and short clearly defined loin, when a licensed AKC Poodle judge asked why I was showing them a fat lab?

The lab in question was in very nice shape. She was nicely muscled up, her loin/waist was clearly defined and easy to see, and her individual ribs were easy to feel under a correct double coat. There were no rolls over her shoulders. She was in excellent shape.

As I was saying, “she is not fat,” it dawned on me. This is a poodle judge and their dogs have tuck-ups – labs do not. Are people and judges looking at our labs with their level underlines and immediately thinking fat? Is this why so many people comment that a winning Labrador on TV or in a picture, is fat?

I had shown pictures of labs with no tuck up in the seminar. I also stated why labs do not have a tuck-up. Our standard, which should have been read prior to the seminar by all attending judges states, “The underline is almost straight, with little or no tuck up in mature animals.”

The lack of tuck up is because the foundation of the Labrador Retriever was a water dog and as such needed to move their center of gravity back toward their rear. The Labrador is a swimming dog. In his book, “The Dog In Action,” McDowell Lyon states these things about water dogs –

1. “Retrievers take us into water as well as over land. On land, their physical requirements are relatively those of the springer or quartering dog which would work at a walking pace and stay close to the hunter but in water, they meet entirely different problems which must be considered in their make-up.”

2. “It is an advantage to the swimmer for the center of gravity in the body to be moved back toward its center, taking weight off the forehand. This distributes the weight more evenly over the submerged area and the front feet do not have to fight so hard to keep the head afloat. The swimmer’s main drive comes from the back legs; the front feet add very little to this but do keep the animal from doing a head dive. When the dog is carrying heavy game, this is still more important.”

3. “A dog’s center of gravity depends on leg length, body height, and length and weight of the head and neck. A poor center of gravity requires more muscle power for movement and results in inefficient movement and wasted energy” (splashing with the front feet).

4. Lyon said that “it is important to move the center of gravity back in the swimming dog and this was done in the Labrador by having a relatively (my underline and bold print) smaller head, a shorter neck, and level under line. Whereas the Chesapeake Bay Retriever has a larger head and a longer neck than the Labrador.” He also has a tuck up, so how does he move his center of gravity back? He does this by having a raised rear.

I have watched other breeds that are not water dogs swim. I am always shocked by the amount of splashing front feet and wasted motion as they head out to get their birds. They are working extremely hard to swim. I see this type of motion in Labradors as young puppies or older dogs learning to swim. But almost always when the lab reaches out to take ahold of the bird several things happen. First, they reach out to the bird by laying their head on the water. This normally brings their topline and rear end up out of the water. They are in balance and can level out and swim naturally. Their front feet are no longer used to keep their head above water. Their level topline and raised rear can now drive them forward and their otter tail can guide them where they want to go. All of this happens because they are water dogs and their center of gravity has been moved back.

I am tired of hearing about our fat labradors. Yes, some of them can stand to lose some weight and get in better shape. But I am going to make sure that I stress why Labrador Retrievers have a level underline when mentoring judges and other people about our breed! It is part of what makes our breed so special and allows them to do their job correctly while expending less energy. Plus, it is in our breed standard!

12/25/2023

Gibson boys say -
Merry Christmas to all the Sampson Labs from the Yogi and Boo Boo family🎄🐾🤎🎅🏻🎁

12/25/2023

Rocco and Clayton Cooney enjoy the Christmas mountain air! Two handsome sampson labs

12/25/2023

Crosby & Dixie Blumin wishing you a Silent Night!!!

Merry Christmas Janet!
We love the joy you have brought to our lives!

12/24/2023

“Hennessy and Jagger” chillin by the fire!
Two wonderful sampson boys!!

12/24/2023

Biscuit and Rocky Beale are ready to rock Christmas!!
Handsome Sampson labs 🥰

12/24/2023

Samson Labradors is wishing all of our family and friends a very merry Christmas and a happy new year!

12/24/2023

River and Coco wishing everyone a very merry Christmas from their home to yours!

More very loved sampson labs!

12/24/2023

Boone and Ozzy Krizman, their second Christmas!🎄
Two more handsome Sampson Labradors that are loved.

12/22/2023

The Bumford boys- Otto, Sam, Jack and Rusty wish you a Merry Christmas!!

Love getting photos of my Samoson Labs 😊

12/18/2023

Welcome to the world babies!!
Born 12/16/2023
5 boys and 5 girls ❤️

12/11/2023

Sorry for the spammer - I’m trying to get it under control 😡

12/07/2023

Just a few snaps of some sampson labs

“Henry” and “Gracie” Paterno

12/02/2023

Let’s all wish “Gretta Lee” a very happy sweet 16 birthday! ❤️

11/09/2023

RECALL! do you feed Victor?

Effective IMMEDIATELY.

VICTOR PET FOOD is doing a VOLUNTARY RECALL on ALL OF THE DRY DOG FOOD PRODUCTS to be on the safe side. If you’ve bought a bag, have some bags, or need to get rid of any food you currently have call, inbox, or stop by today to turn it in or dispose of it.

10/29/2023


I can’t express how excited I am to announce that Sid found his forever home!

he was adopted by an awesome family.
He now has new doggie brother and sister, a big fenced in backyard, and a pool any dog could wish for.
❤️❤️❤️

10/24/2023

Sid is still looking for his forever family…he did request a bigger pool 🤣

10/17/2023

Update: Sid has found his forever home!

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Sid is looking for a new home!

Sid is a 7 year old, chocolate, neutered male. A big love bug who is very people oriented.

He’s great with our other dogs and cats and loves to play. He’s a bed hog and loves, loves, loves his chow – he’s very food-oriented. He’s basically a middle-school boy in a dog body – goofy and funny.

He loves to be brushed and bathed. He loves the mud puddle on his walks.

Sid would do well in a home with a fenced in yard.

Issues needing attention:
-He can not be walked off leash, he likes to explore.

-He can get excited when he sees new dogs so be sure to keep hold of his leash.

-He has a habit of barging out doors- unless you make it clear to sit-stay

If you are interested please message me for more information m

09/12/2023

This is such a hard post to make
We lost Jilly this weekend…
we are heartbroken 💔

Grandquest Le Vian Chocolatier
10/14/2018 - 9/11/2023
Jilly and her pups lay to rest in the orchard on the farm…May she rest in peace.

Give your Jilly babies a big hug…..I hope they inherited her wonderful, happpy, loving personality that made her so special.

She was pregnant, one of the pups passed away in utero and caused Metritis, an infection. By the time she showed any sign of being sick it was to late. Emergency section / spay was preformed but we lost her due to septic shock. I was in the surgery room with her, my vet tried everything possible. 😭

09/01/2023

Hello families!!
Thank you to all of those that have reached out to check on our family, our Labradors and our farm.

We are good! All humans and animals are happy and healthy with no injuries. Our homes are in good shape.

The farm property took some hits with winds at 80+ miles an hour we lost a lot of trees and fencing. We have that under control first two days were spent clearing driveways and roadways so we can get to town and each farm property

Still without power it may take a while as there are several power poles with transformers, broken half on our street

of course the Labradors just wanted to have a hurricane party and go play outside in the puddles from the awesome rain.

We are blessed ❤️