Dual-Purpose Labrador
Wynk is a dual-purpose Lab that loves to retrieve. It’s almost an obsession. Whether birds, bumpers, or balls, she loves them all. She also has the correct structure as described in the breed standard. Not slender with a roached back and thin tail, nor short and stocky with a head that looks like a Rottweiler.
Many fanciers seek a revival of this type of Lab that came to America in the early 20th century. At that time it was not unusual for a dog to compete successfully in both the field and the show ring.
About Wynk
Wondering where Wynk got her name? She’s named for an old nursery rhyme called Wynken Blynken and Nod. Check it out here.
OFA Good (hips)
OFA Normal (elbows)
CERF/CAER (eyes)
prcd-PRA Clear (blindness)
CNM Clear (muscle myopathy)
EIC Clear (exercise induced collapse)
D-locus Clear (dilute)
Black, carrying the chocolate gene
Pedigree:
| GCH Domenico Brunet RN CGC “Bruno” |
Am Can CH Chablais Cornelius “Lius” |
Am Can CH Chablais Brookhill Joss |
| Am Can CH Chablais Delorme Ziggy | ||
| Nirvana’s Blue Lotus “Gina” |
GCH Big Sky’s Stone Kutter | |
| Nirvana’s Center of Bliss | ||
| SHR Justamere Tisket A Tasket RN CC “Tisket” |
CH UCH SHR Big Skys Justamere Lido Shuffle WC “Boz” |
CH MoonLit’s Drum Roll |
| Big Sky’s Olivia | ||
| Justamere Quidditch “Seeker” |
Am Can CH Skyfire’s Oughta Be Haulin’ RN CGC WC | |
| Justamere Catalyst RA CGC CC |
Dual-purpose Lab: success in both show and field
Wynk’s first time in the show ring. She moved out well and showed like a trooper. Wynk placed 4th in a nice class of puppies under breeder-judge Gunella Ek.
In the field…
Earning her Working Certificate, Wynk started with one mark on land – near the top of a little hill – no problem. But there was something new, something she’d never seen before. A blind out in the field, hiding people.
‘What’s that?’ she asked. So she had to take a peek before bringing her bird back to mom. She delivered to hand and the land portion was completed!
After a bit, we worked the water portion – back to back retrieves in a pond enclosed by tall vegetation. Another new experience for her. Out and back, delivered to hand for each mark. I’m quite proud of my little Lab!
Photos by Linda Alexander
I’d only planned to run Tisket in the hunt test, but Wynk kept telling me, “Put me in coach. I’m ready to play.”
So I did and she smoked it! She got her first pass at the Platte Valley HRC hunt test in Snyder, CO the same day her mom finished her title.
Photo by Chuck Wagner Photography
Earning another pass at the PVHRC hunt test.
Can you tell she loves working?
“No, mom, I don’t want to go out after all.”
Blizzard of March 2019
