Hilltop Labradors

08/03/2023

Rehoming our sweet Poppy-roni 🥺 we are choosing to stick to PWD’s moving forward. Poppy is silly, sweet, loyal, love bug that is settling down nicely into a lovely lab like her mama! Energetic when she gets let out of her crate, but with some playtime outside she settles wonderfully inside. Poppy is UTD on all vaccines and is AKC registered and microchipped. she will be sold on limited registration only. PM me to be considered for this beautiful girl 🖤🐾

27/12/2022

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25/12/2022

Merry Christmas from our crew to yours! 🖤🐶

23/12/2022

Poppy-roni and Pumpkin had a vet visit and PupCup today! 🤩 Poppy is all healthy and developing well- good news for our breeding program! This means hopefully we get Poppy puppies next year 🤞🏼

06/10/2022

Happy TWO YEARS to my very first Hilltop litter! Love these sweet babies so much! They will always hold a special place in my heart 🫶🏼 feel free to post updated pictures!

04/09/2022

Pretty boy Archer came to play today! 😍😍 love this boy so much

15/07/2022

The two Stella’s 😆😆

20/06/2022

Mama Stella and her daughter Poppy getting some “snuggles” in! 🤨🤪

06/02/2022

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https://www.thepaws.net/14-reasons-labradors-are-the-worst-indoor-dog-breed-of-all-time/?fbclid=IwAR1wMtiUsLh_DpcX0vHEMcvsmr6FdyeZ9u32lp1M8_ApOt-u0GAJlt2IuEk

We are warning you, do NOT let their sweet face manipulate you into adopting them. Labradors may very well be on the top list of worst dogs!

23/01/2022

This is great advice. Managing your puppy’s time and mood is your best tool for getting through this phase in their development!

THIS IS A PSA

Puppies bite. They bite a lot. They bite hard. Their teeth are sharp. You might bleed. It might seem relentless.

Scaring the pants off them by yelling, pinning, shoving or shouting will not only do precisely zero, it will potentially create a fearful adult dog.

Puppies bite more when;
They are tired
They are hungry
They are bored
They are overstimulated
They are teething

Read that again. They bite MORE when they are the above. They will also bite when they are absolutely fine. They are dogs not dolls.

Be compassionate not scary. They will grow out of it but only if you teach them a good alternative. Trade for toys. Use a pen or a crate. Teach calmness. Reward gentle interactions. Grit your own teeth and ride it out while reinforcing good stuff and proactively managing bad stuff.

Be proactive when you know biting happens like after some play, when excitement goes up, when they are overtired (7-9pm witching hour anyone?) and give them a good chew or help them settle, or channel that energy into some training.

It does get better basically. Don’t panic. Most puppy biting isn’t aggression. Be CONSISTENT and PROACTIVE and expect more than a few bites along the way.

Signed,
Aalto the Nova Scotia Duck Tolling Retriever (aka the ginger shark)

15/01/2022

Stella playing mama to Sam for a little bit! 😍

24/12/2021

Oh Stelly Belly 🤦🏼‍♀️😂

12/12/2021

Spoiled puppy 🐶

10/12/2021

Princess Poppy 👑 🐾

07/12/2021

I have decided to create a separate account for our PWD’s, just to keep this a labby place 🤪 feel free to join that group as well! Portuguese Water Dogs

06/12/2021

Tomorrow is this girls due date! She is looking more and more uncomfortable each day.

30/11/2021

This girl is so so tired 😴 T-7 days until puppies! Scout has always loved this kids chair we got from IKEA, and she’s still managing to fit her big self into it 😆

A cute picture of smiling Poppy 🥰

27/11/2021

Skipper is such a patient boy 😂

Reminder that we have open spots for our PWD litter, due in just 10 days! 😍😱

25/11/2021

Happy Thanksgiving Hilltop fam! Stella and I are just having a little post dinner nap- someone may be enjoying it more than the other 🤪

22/11/2021

Yes, we are Hilltop Labradors- but did you know we are also Hilltop Portuguese Water Dogs? We are excited about Scouts first litter coming up in December 🤩 please contact me or join our group if you’d like more information.

21/11/2021

Mama Scout enjoying some sunshine in the coveted spot next to mom! This girl has such beautiful eyes 🥰🥰

11/11/2021

My sweet girls 💞

09/11/2021

This is such great information to know. We all know our dogs love their balls!

02/11/2021

Families from the last litter- we are all rapidly approaching this phase! I can’t tell you how many times a day I tell Poppy she’s the worst puppy I’ve ever owned 😝🤣 This is great advice. Just keep going back to basics and focus on the good! It does end. As always, DONT hesitate to reach out for advice, or to hash out and problems you’re having- or just to share pictures!

02/11/2021

Vet appt yesterday for these cute girls! Everyone is healthy! 🤩 we find out in a couple of weeks if Scout (our Portuguese Water Dog) is pregnant, so keep an eye out for puppy news 👀

28/10/2021

Naptime snuggles 😂🥰

06/10/2021

Happiest FIRST BIRTHDAY to my first ever litter and their wonderful families! I have been so blessed by this crazy dog journey, and am so very thankful for the friends I’ve picked up along the way! As always, feel free to post some recent pictures of these beautiful babes!

02/10/2021

All in favor of a puppy ball pit say “aye”!

27/09/2021

Hahahah 😂 Poppy worked soooo hard today!