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Trailrunners Working Labrador Retrievers

Kai - the corrections dogWhat is a working Lab?

Well, it can be anything from a bomb detection dog to a hunting dog, a therapy dog or a companion/pet. They all have a job to do, and our goal at Trailrunners is to breed dogs that can do their jobs well, and to match them with owners that will provide them with excellent care and opportunities to reach their full potential.

There are many types of work that Labradors and other detection dogs are doing in the world today. Trailrunners Working Labrador Retrievers are presently doing many of the following jobs:

  • Gun dogs
  • Hunting dogs
  • Working dogs
  • Detection dogs
  • Therapy dogs
  • Search and Rescue Dogs
  • Autism dogs
  • Police dogs
  • Mould Detection dogs
  • Cancer dogs
  • Cadaver dogs
  • Accelerant dogs
  • Explosives dogs
  • Bomb dogs
  • Arson dogs
  • Bedbug dogs
  • Drug dogs
  • Japan Cancer Detection dogs

Trailrunners Nikita is a Search and Rescue Dog in EdmontonTrailrunners goal in breeding working Labs is to produce individual dogs whose very existence makes the world a better place to live in for the well-being of all. Our dogs are specifically bred to be physically, emotionally and mentally sound. Trailrunners Labs come with health guarantees. The parents of the pups we breed are all titled and certified in areas from CKC Obedience Trials, CKC Hunt Tests, as well as some Certified Therapy Dogs. We won't breed a dog that cannot demonstrate in this way it's workability and attitude to learn and perform. The pups we sell are pre trained and socialized, the adult dogs we sell are trained for specific purposes and are all excellent in obedience. We also believe that optimum nutrition in a raw form OVER GENERATIONS is one of the greatest keys in breeding dogs of excellence.

Below are some of the ways that Trailrunners Labradors have become useful canine citizens:

  • Search and Rescue: Searching for clues that will lead to lost people.
    Trailrunners Chinook Lady Lexi is a tracking dog in Calgary.
    (Amo's pup, Brumby's sister)
  • Therapy: institutional, or home environment for emotional comfort
    Trailrunners Timely Tiersa, Trailrunners Birdy Brune, Trailrunners Autumn Gale, are Certified Therapy Dogs. In the picture is Tiersa.
  • Detection: Drugs, bombs, arson, gas leaks, mold and mildew, and others. Sully and other Trailrunners dogs are doing professional detection work across Canada.
  • Service dogs: Helping people with special needs. Example, blindness, hearing impairment, wheelchair, those with seizures, Autism, etc.
    Trailrunners Autumn Gale became a Service Dog at 15 months. She is pictured at the Saskatoon Airport.
  • Environmental: many Trailrunners Retrievers are at work retrieving wounded or dead wildlife for hunters and outfitters,birds that at times would otherwise be too difficult to retrieve and would go to waste.

    Trained dogs also assist conservation officer to find spent shells from poachers,

    Other trained dogs can detect major or minor natural gas leaks even in remote areas where the pipelines are buried deep in the ground, even in the winter with frozen ground. - "Purdy" retreiving a bird.

  • Sport: Field Trial competition, Hunt Test, Working Certificates, Obedience Trials or just going out hunting with the dog to bring back all the birds and to enjoy its company.

  • Companion: Even what we call a "pet dog" is really a working dog, because that is it's career, if we have given it the job of "our pet", and we hope/expect our pet to do its job well. As a friend to all, and often as a "family member", the "working pet dog" helps to strengthen the family unit, to bring new friends together through clubs, sports, and associations, and to be a friend when one is all alone.

    Maggie's son Jamie, a Fox Red Labrador, in Austria with his owner

  • Recreation: Agility, Sled dogs, skijoring (pulling on skiis), frisbee ball, walks and hikes, swimming, etc.

    Trailrunners Sargent Pepper (son of Jetty and Bo) Skijoring near Prince Albert SK

  • Education: 4H canine clubs, canine reading buddy for kids in school

 

 

MAN'S / WOMAN'S / CHILD'S BEST FRIEND - A true "working dog" will carry out it's duties in one or more of the categories above, with an absense of genetic health issues or behaviour problems. However, to do this well even the most carefully bred working dogs must be maintained through proper nutrition, exercise, proper training, focused attention / praise, and regular health care.
"Man's best Friend" is really depending on us to make it all it can be for us.



 
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