re: Labs

My dog and her puppies

My dog is June and she just had a litter. By far the fastest dog I have ever seen and would rather retrieve than eat. Her father was Roux.

Hmmmm. I just don't feel like going into it.

Good for Mike and his kennel.

I'll leave it with this: There are certainly varying opinions on Mike, His Father, and their training methods within the Oxford community.

Frankly: I am surprised I am the only one with a negative remark. Not too many Oxford natives frequent TD.com apparently.

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Hmmmm. I just don't feel like going into it.

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Well, Is it just Mike or does this go back to Robert Milner?

He started Wildrose and recently starteed another kennel (that I just found out about) call Duck Hill Kennels. It's only about 20-30 minutes from my house.

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Well, Is it just Mike or does this go back to Robert Milner?

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I am referencing PRE "DU Drake" days. There is too much money, advertising and reputation on the line with Wildrose these days for me to anonymously spew off at the mouth.

So, just leave it at this:
Would I get a dog from them? NO.

Will a dog trained by them /from them hunt? Emphatic YES


You endorsed his kennel being from Memphis. I said I didn't like his kennel- being from Oxford. I tried to search for what I was referencing on public records and could not find it on Google, so I am dropping it. Wildrose is great

my advice to the OP, buy the cheapest one you can get cause in the end, they are all fricking dogs that eat, shite, and run.

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my advice to the OP, buy the cheapest one you can get cause in the end, they are all fricking dogs that eat, shite, and run.

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This. Labs love to retreive. its in their DNA not in the number of benjamins you put down for it.

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Was about to throw down a deposit for an $800 golden from Katy tx when my dad called me with a freeby. Best dog I have ever owned. After this season I'm going to look into field trials she's that good. Don't spend all that $ specially if your not gonna breed em, like he just said....they are just dogs.

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Post back how that goes. You might want to cut your teeth on hunt tests.

The filed trial game is a lot tougher than it looks on paper.

Just dogs, indeed. Of course PP7 is just a person as well.

ON the wildrose kennel debate....

There isn't enough money in the world to make me take a dog from there.

Bottom line he has some nice English dogs and is an absolute WIZARD at marketing.

My advice for someone looking for a puppy...

Go to a hunt test and then to go an English field trial. You will see what each dog is bred to do and see which fits your desires for your dog.

There are some hard running english labs but most are bred to be steady and not move and for many of them their personality shows this. I like a dog that runs hard and hits the water hard. While there are many English labs that will do this there are more that won't.

My dog is a puppy still but I don't think I can tell yet the difference between the two. I had mainly american labs my whole life and this one is mostly english (I think-Dad's dog to mine pics a few pages back). I can't tell the difference. My current puppy was nuts up until I sent it off last week (hyper and loved to fetch just like all my other dogs). My last lab was from Bart Posey-Wonderlabs and he likes and had American Labs. I guess it's too early to tell with my puppy yet.

I'm not sure I understand the debate I guess. People are saying they like to be able to turn the dog off. My last dog (american lab) had as much drive as you will "ever" see in a dog and he was nuts while training but if I removed the dummy/bird/tennis ball he was calm.