A quality litter of puppies is not just advertising for -anyone- to breed to your dog. ALOT goes into the entire process. Doc covered pretty much all of it. Like it or not! Even when you've done everything correctly the market for lab pups is so down right now you'll be lucky to find them homes... "Free to a good home" comes to mind when seeing postings like this.
Another FYI, Most people (that are seriously looking to buy) are not ignorant to OFA & CERF. Just because your female was "guaranteed to pass" (which I've never heard of! only a guarantee to make things right IF the dog doesn't pass) doesn't mean she will.
Please put more thought into your potential litter. Please put more thought into what type of puppies you're putting out there. Without doing your health certifications you risk the pups/dogs ending up BLIND or having to be put down because their owners don't want to put 5,000.00 into a 20.00 or FREE dog to have it's hips replaced.
You might also want to think if you want to tie up upwards of 1,200.00 for an Emergency C-Section. It happens. Do you have enough money saved back to cover it? Most vet's want their money RIGHT NOW. What if you don't know when the bitch is having problems. She could die. Is it really worth it?
Just think about what you're doing and from "up North" or not.... Doc knows.
From a full time breeder of champion, quality labs.
