Idlewild Labradors
We hope that you are well pleased with the new addition to your family. We take great pride in our breeding program and are confident that we have produced the finest animals in temperament and conformation possible. Unlike other White Labrador breeders, we do extensive Health Certifications on every Labrador in our program, including OFA Hips, Elbows, and Heart, and EIC, CNM and PRA-Prcd. You never have to guess if the puppies we bring into this world are healthy and sound. They are SUPERLATIVE representatives of the "gentleman's gun dog"; never hyper, driven nor unruly. We believe that by using superlative researched breeding stock we are doing our best to lessen the occurrence of hereditary (controllable) defects. This is why we can offer the best guarantee available for our White Labradors; we are that confident in our dogs. All puppies are sold as pets.
Provided your White Labrador puppy is not altered (spayed/neutered) before 14 months of age, If your puppy is diagnosed by OFA/CERF with hereditary heart disease, hereditary hip dysplasia or hereditary eye disease at age two, we would like to provide you with a new puppy of equal quality and value at our earliest opportunity.
Our Health Guarantee does not cover vaccinations, veterinary costs, regular worming (although we de-worm at 2, 3, 4 and 6 weeks AND have our vet perform a full health check and fecal before adoption, retained worm larvae can activate during times of even light stress, such as a new environment and non-heriditary conditions are unforseeable)
or training costs. These costs are the direct result of responsible dog
ownership and should be expected and planned for prior to getting a puppy.
All puppies are sold as pets. All puppies are AKC LIMITED REGISTRATION which means that puppies resulting from a breeding are ineligible for AKC registration, and entry into AKC sponsored events is restricted. All puppies will remain AKC Limited Registration unless PRIOR (to a deposit being accepted) arrangements have been made with Idlewild Retrievers in writing. We take the bloodlines, pedigree and conformation of our dogs VERY seriously; we DO NOT allow our puppies to be sold with Full Registration except in very specific instances; a breeder we know, co-owners, etc. Allowing a Limited Registration puppy to be bred, is a violation of our trust and ethics. When we sell a puppy to a family purporting to be a "pet home", and then find out of breeding intent after NO mention of this possibility in any prior correspondence, it is very frustrating. Only puppy mills sell all their pups on Full registration, or even the majority of them. We DO NOT condone this!!
We do now require that you register your puppy's microchip with the AKC CAR via the paperwork included in your puppy packet.