The Millab prefix began in 1970 with a litter out of Marge Miller's first girl Cinder, whose pedigree went back to Dual Ch. Shed of Arden, Dual Ch. Cherokee Buck, Fld. Ch. Hiwood Mike and Ch. Labcroft Mr. Chips. She was bred to a Shamrock Acres dog and Marge discovered that line to have the 'look' she loved.
In 1974, Marge's Christmas present to herself arrived from Wisconsin. She became Ch. Shamrock Acres Royal Oak BYOB, CD. "Babe" finished her championship and her obedience title at the same show - a very busy and exciting day! Anyone who says dogs can't do both conformation and obedience at the same time, must not have had a Labrador! For more on training, visit CommandDogTraining.com.
Back to "Babe". She can be found in our pedigrees if you go way back - thanks to online pedigree databases such as www.pedigreedatabase.com, you can now research bloodlines much farther than the typical 5 generation pedigrees we usually see.
Marge became a serious obedience competitor, but truly loved a beautiful face, so she incorporated some Briary, Sandylands, Graemoor, Lockerbie and Dickendall into her Shamrock Acres lines.
Debbie, Max & Daniel Bates have continued the "Millab" lines, with line breedings on some of the great dogs of the past, such as Ch. Dickendall Arnold, Ch. Tabatha’s Drifter at Dickendall, Ch. Guidelines Mastercard and Eng. Am. Ch. Receiver of Cranspire, as we love the beautiful "English" stocky look. We strive for temperaments that are sweet and lovable, calm in the house, yet always quite willing to work or play.
Our pups have gone on to succeed in the show ring - whether it's conformation or obedience, and we've had some go on to earn hunting titles. Recently, Debbie has fallen in love with the sport of Agility with her girl Blondie. Blondie has earned several titles and is currently competing in the master's classes toward her Agility Championship. Blondie's daughter Pepper has earned her novice agility title and has her senior dock diving title. But most importantly - more important than all the titles in the world, we like to see our dogs as "part of the family". Our 4 legged kids, sleeping on the bed and sharing our lives.
Most recently our girl Beignet was bred to the beautiful Swedish boy, Ch. Annual's Pop Star. "Pete" is visiting Dickendall Kennels in Texas for a limited time from Sweden, so we took advantage of breeding to this beautiful boy.
We were thrilled with our Beignet x Pete puppies. It was a tough decision on which puppy to keep, as they were all beautiful babies.
We usually keep girls, but decided to keep a boy this time. As his father's name is Ch. Annual's Pop Star, we named our boy Millab's Rock Star. We call him Jagger. This was his first "show" and Jagger baby turned out to be a rock star for sure! This was a fun match hosted by the Fort Lauderdale Dog Club, and he won best baby puppy in the match!
Jagger's Judges were Hector Hector for Best of Breed & Sporting Group, and Mara Powell & Leanne Hugg for Best in Match.
Jagger's First Win at 4 1/2 months old!
Looking back at this picture in the years to come, we'll certainly remember this time with everyone wearing masks!
Baby Jagger wasn't able to get a lot of training or socializing during COVID, so we were thrilled when he won Best in Match! It was great to see his tail wagging, even though this was all new to him. Can't wait to see what the future holds for this special boy.
This is Blondie's daughter "Pepper" earning her Senior Dock Diving Title at the Treasure Coast Dog Show.
All our dogs have their hips & elbows x-rayed and certified by the Orthopedic Foundation for Animals (OFA) before we even think about breeding them. This is not a guarantee that every pup's hips & elbows will be free of dysplasia, but the chances of having healthy, sound puppies are greatly increased by breeding only dogs with OFA certifications. Here's an example of an OFA Certification for Hips.
ps areiHHips fall into seven different categories: Excellent, Good, Fair (all within Normal limits), Borderline, and then Mild, Moderate, or Severe (the last three considered Dysplastic). On the other hand, Elbows are rated Normal or Abnormal (dysplastic). Elbow dysplasia is classified as Grades I, II or III. We would only breed a dog with a Normal rating.
PRA, Progressive Retinal Atrophy is an inherited eye disease that causes degeneration of the retina, causing dogs to go blind at an early age. Our dogs are tested by a board certified ophthalmologist to make sure they show no signs of PRA.
Our dogs are checked for heart murmurs. A breed registry number will be issued for any dog found to be free from any congenital cardiac disease at 12 months of age or older. The exam must include auscultation.
Before breeding, our dogs are DNA tested for inherited diseases such as PRA (Progressive Retinal Atrophy), EIC (Excercise Induced Collapse),
DM (Degenerative Myelopathy), CM (Centronuclear Myopathy) and other diseases.
Millab's Southern Beignet
Beignet went to a family member in Louisiana as a puppy. She ran and played on their small farm, swam in the Comite River and developed lots of muscle tone! She returned to us in 2019. We have big plans for this beautiful girl!
OFA Good, Elbows Normal, Eyes Clear
PRA (Progressive Retinal Atrophy) Clear
EIC (Exerc
Millab's Southern Beignet
Beignet went to a family member in Louisiana as a puppy. She ran and played on their small farm, swam in the Comite River and developed lots of muscle tone! She returned to us in 2019. We have big plans for this beautiful girl!
OFA Good, Elbows Normal, Eyes Clear
PRA (Progressive Retinal Atrophy) Clear
EIC (Exercise Induced Collapse) Clear
Heart Clear by Auscultation
CNM (Centronuclear Myopathy) Clear
DM (Degenerative Myelopathy) Clear
CY (Cystinuria) Clear
HNPK Clear
(Heriditary Nasal Parakaratosis)
Ch. Annual's Pop Star
Pete is a beautiful Swedish Import visiting Kendall Herr's Dickendall Labradors in Texas. He's returning to Sweden in April 2020.
Pete finished his U.S. Championship
in 3 weekends with 4 majors.
Hips A - Sweden
Elbows 0/0 Sweden
EIC Clear
PRA Clear
HNPK Clear
Copper Toxicosis Clear
Newborn puppies, born February 8, 2020
Beignet gave us 6 beautiful puppies on February 8th. These pups go back on both parents sides to Dickendall Labradors. It brings some new blood in from Sweden, and some very exciting BISS (Best in Specialty) Winners, such as BISS Ch. Wit's End Jacks or Better at Blackwing. Jacks is OFA Excellent and w
Newborn puppies, born February 8, 2020
Beignet gave us 6 beautiful puppies on February 8th. These pups go back on both parents sides to Dickendall Labradors. It brings some new blood in from Sweden, and some very exciting BISS (Best in Specialty) Winners, such as BISS Ch. Wit's End Jacks or Better at Blackwing. Jacks is OFA Excellent and won BOB at the Heart of Texas Specialty show in 2012. He won WD at Labrador Specialties at Coastal Carolina, Dallas Fort-Worth, the Piedmont and more. BISS CH. Blackwing Superfine is a multi-specialty winning dog who has produced multiple BISS progeny. These pups also go back to some Sandylands & Jayncourt dogs. We are so excited about the future of these babies!
Millab's She Ze' Blonde
RN, AX, AXJ, OF, CGCA, TKA
Blondie is a fabulous athletic girl, and is my first agility dog. She has earned Master agility titles and is competing for her Agility Championship. She also has titles in Rally, Obedience & Tricks. She's always willing to play fetch, run agility, compete in obedience or work or as my "de
Millab's She Ze' Blonde
RN, AX, AXJ, OF, CGCA, TKA
Blondie is a fabulous athletic girl, and is my first agility dog. She has earned Master agility titles and is competing for her Agility Championship. She also has titles in Rally, Obedience & Tricks. She's always willing to play fetch, run agility, compete in obedience or work or as my "demo" dog for Command Dog Training. And she's always happy to cuddle and sleep in my bed too!
OFA Good, Elbows Normal, Eyes Clear
PRA (Progressive Retinal Atrophy) Clear
EIC (Exercise Induced Collapse) Clear
Heart Clear by Auscultation
CNM (Centronuclear Myolopathy) Clear
DM (Degenerative Myopathy) Clear
CY (Cystinuria) Clear
HUU (Hyperuricosuria) Clear
HNPK Carrier
(Heriditary Nasal Parakaratosis)
Ch. Delight Teddy Bear JH
Teddy belongs to Sharon Parr with Delight Labradors in New York. He visited Kendall Herr's Dickendall Labradors in Texas in 2018. We bred our Blondie girl to him and had a wonderful litter. Teddy has since returned home and is working on his hunting titles.
OFA Hips Good, Elbows Normal
Eyes Cleared Annually
Heart E
Ch. Delight Teddy Bear JH
Teddy belongs to Sharon Parr with Delight Labradors in New York. He visited Kendall Herr's Dickendall Labradors in Texas in 2018. We bred our Blondie girl to him and had a wonderful litter. Teddy has since returned home and is working on his hunting titles.
OFA Hips Good, Elbows Normal
Eyes Cleared Annually
Heart Echo Clear
PRA (Progressive Retinal Atrophy) Clear
EIC (Exercise Induced Collapse) Clear
CNM (Centronuclear Myolopathy) Clear
Dilute Free
Full Dentition
HNPK Clear
(Hereditary Nasal Parakaratosis)
Blondie - Teddy Puppies born May 9, 2018
We were very excited about this litter, as it was a line breeding going back to Ch. Dickendall Arnold and Am. Eng. Ch. Receiver of Cranspire. It's unusual to see "Rever" so few generations back, as he would typically be much farther removed. But Teddy's breeder Sharon Parr, had the foresight to fr
Blondie - Teddy Puppies born May 9, 2018
We were very excited about this litter, as it was a line breeding going back to Ch. Dickendall Arnold and Am. Eng. Ch. Receiver of Cranspire. It's unusual to see "Rever" so few generations back, as he would typically be much farther removed. But Teddy's breeder Sharon Parr, had the foresight to freeze semen from Ch. Delight Bear De Menthe, a Receiver Grandson. On our girl's side, this is our 10th generation of Millab Labradors, which we are very proud of.
We don't have puppies often, but feel free to contact us to learn when we might be expecting a litter.
If we don't have pups, we're always happy to refer you to a good, reputable breeder.
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