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Cricket Hollow Farm

Cricket Hollow Farms Labrador Retrievers

So, you've decided you want to add a Labrador Retriever to your family! Congratulations, it is a momentous decision to commit yourself to care for and love a dog for its lifetime. For love it you will, there is just nothing like the love of a lab! That said, before you go any further, perhaps you could take a look at this wonderful "So you think you want a labrador retriever" page and see if a lab really is the right breed of dog for you and your situation. This page will discuss the pros and cons and costs involved with a lifetime commitment to your new puppy.

So - you're still with us? A lab must be the puppy for you if those cons and costs didn't outweigh the pros! Of course, if you have ever been owned by a lab, you already know all this and you know it is all well worth the cost and the fur on the couch.

Conditions of Puppy Sale

We only raise a few litters per year, so each and every baby is precious to us. We do everything in our power to ensure the babies are healthy, happy, well socialized little darlings. We offer an extensive guarantee, which includes everything from a three day return regardless of reason, to a 2 year guarantee of the puppy's hips, and lots of other guarantees in between. You won't find many equivalent health guarantees out there. We sell all our puppies on a limited registration. We occasionally will place a show quality puppy, but only under a co-ownership agreement. We offer two types of contract, limited registration contract and co-ownership contract. You can view the contracts and have the difference between the two explained here.

If you'd like to view some photos and notes from our
previous puppy families, you can visit them on our Love Page. Recently added pages 7-14 can be accessed HERE.

If you are on Facebook - please click on the link and join us there - we have tons of our puppy families posting photos and updates about their Cricket Hollow Kids
and any one of them would be more than happy to tell you about their experiences with us!

We are careful about where our precious little ones are going. We do our utmost to ensure the babies will be all they can be, we start them off right by using the BioSensor method of neurological stimulation. We also socialize our puppies extensively to ensure they will be happy, healthy additions to their new families. We take special care in deciding which puppy goes where by use of extensive puppy aptitude testing.

In order to help us decide which puppy is the best match for you,
please complete and submit our puppy questionnaire

Placement

Puppies go to their new homes at about 8 weeks of age. They will be microchipped, have their first shots, have been wormed, and our vet will certify their health prior to them leaving. All puppy prices are for puppies going to approved pet homes on a spay/neuter contract (non breeding). Price includes 7.75% Illinois State Sales Tax as required by the state of Illinois. All our puppies, regardless of color or gender, are $2000. Contact us if you are interested in a show/breeding prospect, pricing varies on show/breeding puppies. Puppies come microchipped for their safety and our peace of mind!

On unborn litters, we will accept deposits ($300) on up to 8 puppies (4 males and 4 females). Eight puppies is the average litter size for labradors, (although we have had 11 or 12!) The gestation period for a Labrador is about 60 days. On unborn litters, we can not be sure that there will be a litter, sometimes the breeding doesn't take, or something goes awry and the litter is re-absorbed. In the event that there is no litter, or when the puppies are born, if we do not have your selection, your deposit is returned, or can be used toward a future litter. Deposits are ONLY refunded if we don't have the gender/color you reserved. If we have the color/gender you requested and you've changed your mind about a puppy, the deposit is not refundable.

To read about how we decide which puppy goes to which family, click here.

Current (or expected) litters:

-------------------------------Ember-----------------------------------------------------Captain-------------------------------

Ms. Ember is expecting red and black babies with Captain. Ember is the daughter of our Salsa and Elmo, Salsa is the daughter of our Siri and Harry. She is a red fox color, which is the darkest shade of yellow in the AKC breed standard. She is a very calm and sweet girl, her mom and auntie Merida are some of the mellowest dogs I've ever had the pleasure to live with, and she is the same. Easy going, gets along with everyone, loves to play and splash in the pools. Babies from Ember will be nice heavy boned beauties with kind temperments just like her! Captain is our sweet chocolate boy, loves everyone he meets, human, canine, even all the barn critters. He's kind, smart and easy to train. He's got a wicked sense of humor and is gorgeous to boot! His babies so far have been amazing! The daughter I kept is lovely, sweet, smart and beautiful! I board several of his sons and they are drop dead gorgeous, big broad heads and solid stocky bone, and are getting rave reviews from their families. Babies from this pairing will have great conformation, big heads and the calm sweet temperaments of their parents. Please email me if you'd like to be on our waiting list for this litter, the list is fairly full already, but it just depends on what she has!

-------------------------------Honey----------------------------------------------------------------------Rolo---------------------------

Sweet Ms. Honey has been bred to Rolo for black and yellow babies due at the end of April. Honey is a sweetheart, kind, easy going and loves everyone she meets, human, canine, even the farm critters, though she thinks the goats are super mental! She had babies last year with Yeti that are doing terrific out in the world, getting rave reviews from their families. Rolo is our mexican import, he has been shown and has been Reserve several times, including to a major. He's a happy go lucky fellow, loves to retrieve, loves water, has been easy to train and live with, he's excellent with every dog or human he has met. I could see this boy becoming a terrific Therapy dog as he matures (he's just 2 and still has a lot of puppy shenanigans). Babies from this pairing are going to be gorgeous, stocky, big heads, and sweet! I've started a waiting list for this litter, please email me if you'd like more info!

---------------------------------------Rio--------------------------------------------------------------------------------Kudzu---------------------------------

Rio should be cycling soon, she'll be bred to Kudzu for an all yellow litter, probably born in May, going home in July, depending on when she actually cycles. These two had a litter last year that will be a year old in April. They are AMAZING, gorgeous babies, and oh so smart! I have two still here, sisters I kept, Samba and River. I'm finding them to be some of the most stunning babies I've ever had. Samba is a little naughty, but I tend to like the naughty ones. River is pure sweetness and light, and has stolen my heart! I know this litter is going to be amazing again this year! I have just opened up the waitlist for this litter, please just email me if you'd like to get on the list, or have any questions!

Future litters:

Litters we are planning for in Summer 2025:

Our next litters will be born in May-July depending on when the ladies cycle.

Jade will be bred to Rolo, for a black, chocolate and yellow litter. She is due to cycle soon. These will be the only potential chocolate babies until 2026.

Journey, Sedona and Dakota will cycle probably in May. Yellows and blacks anticipated. We won't breed all three, probably just one of them depending on timing and where the waiting list is.

Later in 2025:

Ivy will have a litter, probably with Reggie again as I am head over heels for their litter from 2024.

Julep will be bred in the fall, hopefully she'll conceive this time.

*Remember the folks who are already on the waiting list will be contacted first. And the babies born in the above time frames stay here with us for 8 weeks after they are born.

The waiting list fills up fast, so if you would like to be on the list email me!

**Any or all of these plans are subject to change as the whims of these lovely ladies decree.

Litters sired by our boys:

You are always welcome to email us to see what is in the works, things can change and often do :-)

Puppy families are welcome to prepare for their new family member with the purchase of a Puppy Layette from our petstore.

We also offer training packages of one or two week duration to help house and obedience train your new family member.

Looking for a photographer for your family photos or dog portraits?
Michael H Photography does a terrific job.
Mike has a very artistic eye and his photographs are a cut above
your standard portraits or staged shots.
Check out his website linked above to see more of his work!

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