North Star Retrievers

06/25/2025

Puppies first taste of solid food is a hit!

06/24/2025

Managed to get some footage of our sweet Beau x Sadie puppies this evening!

06/24/2025

The CUTENESS…!! 💕

Second pick on the black girls, and both the yellow Dudley and fox red Dudley girls are still available from our Beau x Sadie litter, whelped on 5/30/25.

The go home date is July 25th. We are located in Rock Hill, SC and can help locate a pet transporter if needed.

Beau’s pedigree is filled with field champions and hunting champions. His parents are both family-owned hunting dogs. This boy absolutely loves to retrieve! As soon as he sees you coming, he starts looking around for a ball or a stick to play fetch. Since he was a puppy, he could keep up to our older dogs retrieving on the water. He’s very sweet, intelligent, affectionate, and learns quickly. He loves hanging out with his people and follows us around whether it’s for a walk or hike, or chilling by the bonfire.

Sadie is the sweetest little “Velcro dog” ever! She is a calm and affectionate girl who learns quickly and loves nothing more than to be with her people. She is super obedient, always wants to be involved in whatever we’re doing. She has an English background, but has fantastic drive and loves to retrieve on land and water!

All our puppies are raised in our home surrounded by plenty of love and socialization with our 8 children, 6 dogs and 4 cats. They are extensively socialized with children, cats, other dogs, household noises, a variety of indoor and outdoor surfaces and textures, sights and sounds. We begin working on basic obedience, retrieving, and introduction to water (weather permitting). Pups will be vet checked, vaccinated and dewormed, and come with a health guarantee and a new puppy kit. We also provide lifetime support for any questions or concerns you should ever have with your puppy.

Once puppies are six weeks old and have had their health check at the vet and first vaccinations (and personalities have had a bit of a chance to develop), we schedule a day of appointments for everyone to come out and meet and choose their puppy in person. If you can’t make it in person, we will send lots of photos and videos. Puppies go home at eight weeks old, as it is very important to their psychological development for them to remain with mom and littermates until that age.

You can view more info on the planned litters and our sires & dams on our Good Dog profile:
https://my.gooddog.com/north-star-retrievers-south-carolina

You can also see updates, and photos & videos of our past & current litters on our page: https://www.facebook.com/profile.php?id=100086522255810&mibextid=LQQJ4d

And here is the link to our website (our apologies as we are in the process of updating, but you can still see general info about our kennel): https://jesusfamily4.wixsite.com/northstarretrievers?

06/16/2025

Our beautiful Beau x Sadie litter arrived on 5/30/25. Three boys, four girls, all adorable! 💕

The go home date is July 25th. Two yellow girls and two black girls are still available. Both of the yellow girls are Dudley Labs, and one of them is also a fox red. Please ask to see photos of Dudley labs and fox red labs that Beau has produced in previous litters!

We are located in Rock Hill, SC and can help locate a pet transporter if needed.

Beau’s pedigree is filled with field champions and hunting champions. His parents are both family-owned hunting dogs. This boy absolutely loves to retrieve! As soon as he sees you coming, he starts looking around for a ball or a stick to play fetch. Since he was a puppy, he could keep up to our older dogs retrieving on the water. He’s very sweet, intelligent, affectionate, and learns quickly. He loves hanging out with his people and follows us around whether it’s for a walk or hike, or chilling by the bonfire.

Sadie is the sweetest little “Velcro dog” ever! She is a calm and affectionate girl who learns quickly and loves nothing more than to be with her people. She is super obedient, always wants to be involved in whatever we’re doing. She has an English background, but has fantastic drive and loves to retrieve on land and water!

All our puppies are raised in our home surrounded by plenty of love and socialization with our 8 children, 6 dogs and 4 cats. They are extensively socialized with children, cats, other dogs, household noises, a variety of indoor and outdoor surfaces and textures, sights and sounds. We begin working on basic obedience, retrieving, and introduction to water (weather permitting). Pups will be vet checked, vaccinated and dewormed, and come with a health guarantee and a new puppy kit. We also provide lifetime support for any questions or concerns you should ever have with your puppy.

Once puppies are six weeks old and have had their health check at the vet and first vaccinations (and personalities have had a bit of a chance to develop), we schedule a day of appointments for everyone to come out and meet and choose their puppy in person. If you can’t make it in person, we will send lots of photos and videos. Puppies go home at eight weeks old, as it is very important to their psychological development for them to remain with mom and littermates until that age.

You can view more info on the planned litters and our sires & dams on our Good Dog profile:
https://my.gooddog.com/north-star-retrievers-south-carolina

You can also see updates, and photos & videos of our past & current litters on our page: https://www.facebook.com/profile.php?id=100086522255810&mibextid=LQQJ4d

And here is the link to our website (our apologies as we are in the process of updating, but you can still see general info about our kennel): https://jesusfamily4.wixsite.com/northstarretrievers?

06/14/2025

What’s more fun than a barrel full of monkeys…?

06/12/2025

Amazing! 🤩

Scientists have been researching the ability of dogs to detect cancer in someone’s body using their olfactory system.

Dogs have approximately 300 million olfactory receptors, which is 50 times more than a human. They can detect and discriminate odors that are present in the air at ultra low concentrations. Unlike humans, their sense of smell is divided into left and right nostrils separately, and this stereoscopic processing of odor information enables them to form a 3 dimensional map of where odors are coming from.

In scientific studies, dogs have been trained to detect cancer by smelling someone’s skin, urine, blood, or breath. They have proven to be able to accomplish this accurately and consistently.

Cancer cells emit certain volatile compounds that are not released by healthy cells, and it is these cancer-specific compounds that dogs are sensing.

Scientists are still trying to figure out how to copy the dogs' sensing mechanisms, which certainly are not a product of chance, but an Ultimate Designer.

06/09/2025

2 reds, 2 pinks & 2 light blues still hanging out till they go to their new homes later this week. They sure had fun on their first big walk around the property! Please don’t mind the mess… 🫣 It’s been a BUSY two weeks!!

06/08/2025

One sweet pretty girl is still looking for her special human to love! 💕 Puppies from our Wilson X Bonnie litter have been exceptionally gentle and calm. Wilson is fairly calm for an American, and Bonnie is our most laid-back English girl. Both parents also love to retrieve. We would expect these puppies to turn out as very nice, well rounded family dogs. Pink girl is a little bit shy with strangers, but she sure has a lot of love to give. And she really loves her belly rubs!

Our beautiful Wilson x Bonnie litter of chocolates arrived 4/16/25. Seven girls, five boys, all adorable! 🍫 ❤️

The go home date is the weekend of June 6-8. There is one girl still available. We are located in Rock Hill, SC and can help locate a pet transporter if needed.

Beautiful Bonnie Blue comes from English show champion bloodlines on both sides of her pedigree. Her sire is an international show champion, and also has a working title. He comes from a breeder in Florida who strives to preserve the beauty of the show ring alongside the working abilities of the retriever. Bonnie is definitely a stunning example of their efforts!

She has a very sweet, calm temperament, is very intelligent, and learns quickly. She absolutely loves children, people, pets and cuddles. She also loves a good run in the woods, a game of fetch, and retrieving on our pond. She loves to be with us and get involved with whatever we are doing. She is also calm, easy-going and able to chill out on her own when she’s not the center of attention (as she very much deserves to be!).

Wilson’s family tree is full of hunting champions & field champions, including his great granddaddy who was a 7x GRHRCH, MNH9 and Hall of Fame dog. This boy loves water and retrieving! He also has a wonderfully calm and loving temperament, is very intelligent and obedient, and is just a fantastic all-around family dog.

All our puppies are raised in our home surrounded by plenty of love and socialization with our 8 children, 6 dogs and 4 cats. They are extensively socialized with children, cats, other dogs, household noises, a variety of indoor and outdoor surfaces and textures, sights and sounds. We begin working on basic obedience, retrieving, and introduction to water (weather permitting). Pups will be vet checked, vaccinated and dewormed, and come with a health guarantee and a new puppy kit. We also provide lifetime support for any questions or concerns you should ever have with your puppy.

Once puppies are six weeks old and have had their health check at the vet and first vaccinations (and personalities have had a bit of a chance to develop), we schedule a day of appointments for everyone to come out and meet and choose their puppy in person. If you can’t make it in person, we will send lots of photos and videos. Puppies go home at eight weeks old, as it is very important to their psychological development for them to remain with mom and littermates until that age.

You can view more info on our planned litters and our sires & dams on our Good Dog profile:
https://my.gooddog.com/north-star-retrievers-south-carolina

You can also see updates, and photos & videos of our past & current litters on our page: https://www.facebook.com/profile.php?id=100086522255810&mibextid=LQQJ4d

And here is the link to our website (our apologies as we are in the process of updating, but you can still see general info about our kennel): https://jesusfamily4.wixsite.com/northstarretrievers?

06/06/2025

Our cutest ever little mama dog, Sadie, just LOVES to retrieve! Think she likes the new ball blaster

02/16/2025

We are excited about this beautiful litter of chocolates due April 17th, 2025 (going home mid-June)!

Beautiful Bonnie Blue comes from English show champion bloodlines on both sides of her pedigree. Her sire is an international show champion, and also has a working title. He comes from a breeder in Florida that strives to preserve the beauty of the show ring alongside the working abilities of the retriever. Bonnie is definitely a stunning example of their efforts!

She has a very sweet, calm temperament, is very intelligent, and learns quickly. She absolutely loves children, people, pets and cuddles. She also loves a good run in the woods, a game of fetch, and retrieving on our pond. She loves to be with us and get involved with whatever we are doing. She is also calm, easy-going and able to chill out on her own when she’s not the center of attention (as she very much deserves to be!).

Wilson’s family tree is full of hunting champions & field champions, including his great granddaddy who was a 7x GRHRCH, MNH9 and Hall of Fame dog. This boy loves water and retrieving! He also has a wonderfully calm and loving temperament, is very intelligent and obedient, and is just a fantastic all-around family dog.

All our puppies are raised in our home surrounded by plenty of love and socialization with our 8 children, 6 dogs and 4 cats. They are extensively socialized with children, cats, other dogs, household noises, a variety of indoor and outdoor surfaces and textures, sights and sounds. We begin working on basic obedience, retrieving, and introduction to water (weather permitting). Pups will be vet checked, vaccinated and dewormed, and come with a health guarantee and a new puppy kit to take to their new homes. We also provide lifetime support for any questions or concerns you should ever have with your puppy.

Once puppies are six weeks old and have had their health check at the vet and first vaccinations (and personalities have had a bit of a chance to develop), we schedule a day of appointments for everyone to come out and meet and choose their puppy in person. If you can’t make it in person, we will send lots of photos and videos.

You can view more info on our planned litters and our sires & dams on our Good Dog profile:
https://my.gooddog.com/north-star-retrievers-south-carolina

You can also see updates, and photos & videos of our past litters on our page: https://www.facebook.com/profile.php?id=100086522255810&mibextid=LQQJ4d

And here is the link to our website (our apologies as we are in the process of updating, but you can still see general info about our kennel): https://jesusfamily4.wixsite.com/northstarretrievers?