Smithwick The Stud

06/20/2024

Smitty's pup update!

C**t (Coal) has been paired with a US Marine Veteran. VET Service Dogs, NFP has been keeping us updated and shared this amazing update with us! We are so excited to have another veteran have a forever partner! ❤️ 🐾

06/17/2023

It’s getting to be that time of year …..

05/14/2023

Mom has some delicious food made for us and Yuengling cannot wait to taste it! She is just as inpatient as the rest of us!!! It smells so good 😊❣️🐾🐾🐾🐾

05/14/2023

Yuengling is adjusting well to being home!!

Porter Retrievers

05/11/2023

What a beautiful day to enjoy the sun! 🌞🐾🐾🐾 With Smitty, Sammy & Yuengling

04/27/2023

03/12/2023

🐾🤤 Moms cooking again everyone 🤤 this week she's making Sammy and I a "Dog Beef stew" she gave us taste tests as she was cooking and some for our lunch!! Oh my was it dogalicious good!!!!

She used the gravy from the left overs from when her and dad had chuck roast in the crock pot 🤤 added fresh mixed veggies (carrots, broccoli, cauliflower, green beans, & potatoes) salmon oil, coconut oil, bone broth, turmeric, pumpkin, fresh eggs, fresh porterhouse steak, fresh sausage, rice.

03/09/2023

5 puppies were recently born ❤️🐾 all chocolate!!

Michelle Gavinski

02/15/2023

So happy to read this about 50 Caliber! What an amazing team these two have made!!! Great team work!! 🐾❤️

01/30/2023

After 10 inches of snow fell I got to play outside! Oh how I love the snow! ❄️🐾

01/30/2023

Mom did it again ⭐😱🤤
Oh my, the kitchen smelled so good! 🤤
I told her she should start selling this to my friends!

01/15/2023

Helping you fight off the Sunday scaries with this adorable pupdate! The puppies are 3.5 weeks, and have hit a few new milestones-

🐾 All of their eyes are open- right now they have their baby blues, but as they age their eye color will change

🐾Their teeth are coming in! We've started them on puppy mush - a mix of blended puppy food, puppy milk formula, and rice cereal

🐾They have graduated to a larger playpen, and have started on litter training. This will prepare them for potty training when they head home

🐾They have also had a few new exposures. They had their first bath (meal times get very messy!), and exposure to vacuum and blow dryer sounds. We will start to expose them to all sorts of new experiences, and sounds, in the next upcoming weeks to prepare them for their new homes.

We still have a chocolate female, a yellow female, a black male, and a yellow male available 🥰 tell your friends and family!!

Michelle Gavinski

01/15/2023

Here's a little information about the BOLO mark that I have on my right foot!

BOLO PADS...

In 1916 the Labrador Club was formed in England with support from Lord Knutsford (Munden Kennel line) and Lady Lorna, Countess Howe (Banchory Labradors). Some chocolate labs are said to trace back to FC Banchory Night Light from the Banchory Kennel. He was a black dog born in 1932 in England. Night Light comes from the line of Dual Ch. Banchory Bolo (1915) who appears to be a carrier of the chocolate gene from Buccleuch Avon. Sh. Ch. Banchory Bolo was also known for carrying a trait of white hairs under the feet (Bolo pads).

In the late 1930's Chocolate Labradors were known to be at two kennels: Tibshelfs & Cookridge. Some of these lines connect down to NFC-AFC Storm's Riptide Star from Buccleuch Avon and Banchory Bolo.

Bolo Spots/Marks

This is called a "Bolo spot" or bolo mark. Its named after CH. Banchory Bolo one of the early Labs who had these spots and passed them on to his get and future generations. Bolo spots are found on the back of the leg above the pad. This is NOT considered a mismark.

01/11/2023

Mom's ( Michelle Gavinski ) busy in the kitchen again 🤤, can't wait until breakfast tomorrow morning!
She did give Sammy, Guinness and myself a taste test and boy was that a tease. 🤤🐾

12/30/2022

Who else is allowed on the couch? My parents let me, no beer allowed though!