Imani Kennels

21/04/2022

Black lab puppies are available (male). In box for more info.

10/03/2022

Sage, Monkey, Luna and Bruno at puppy class at 4.5 months, photos by Liz Walker

10/03/2022

Keena Sage at Imani, 5.5 months old.

10/03/2022

Our 💚 litter of 2021 with Jorge Miranda C.

Wow, they are just wow. This is 4 of the six from puppy socialization class last week. Going back to our foundation dogs Chablais Horacio (Jean-Louis Blais) and Rosinante Fortuna "Rosie" from Jane Trozer one side and then Play Mor Special Edition at Imani "Splash" and Play Mor What if Costa Sterlina "Lilly" (Sylwia Czaja) on the other side.

01/02/2022

⛔️AN OPEN LETTER TO ALL BREEDERS⛔️ by Lynsey Smith
If you don't have goals: DONT BREED.❗
( Producing "great" pets, or big and impressive ISN'T a goal). Far too many breeds have been RUINED because people breed simply for pets with no REAL goals for the breed.
If you don't TEST your dogs in some way (health and/or temperament and working ability) DONT BREED❗
If you don't research the history of the breed to know what to look for (other than "great" pet or big and impressive) DONT BREED❗
If you don't become familiar with the dogs within the pedigree of your dogs in order to know what traits may show up in a breeding: DON'T BREED❗
If you breed back to back to back to back to back: STOP BREEDING❗
If you never hold any pups back to watch how they develop in order to determine if you are meeting your goals: DON'T BREED❗
If you make "picks" at birth or a week old BEFORE a pup can even show you anything about itself other than it's s*x and color: DON'T BREED❗
If you will sell a puppy to anyone with the cash or to someone who knows nothing about the breed and you dont bother to educate them: DON'T BREED❗
If you "ride coattails" of other breeders in order to talk up your own dogs even though you have done nothing with them yourself (ex: "champion bloodline" or has a "famous" dog back in its pedigree): DON'T BREED❗ (get off your arse and prove your own dogs first)
If you do not know your own dogs pros and cons and are unwilling to acknowledge their faults and adjust your program accordingly: DON'T BREED❗
If you do not offer to take back dogs or puppies if they are not working out for whatever reason and will allow a dog that YOU brought into this world to end up in a shelter or worse; don't say that you LOVE your breed b/c clearly you don't so do the dogs a favor and DON'T BREED❗
If you are unwilling to learn from others, take advice (good and bad) and in the process BETTER THE BREED: DON'T BREED❗
If your aim is to make a name for yourself or fatten your wallet and not to better your breed: DON'T BREED❗

29/01/2022

17/01/2022

Susanne Shelton of Austerlitz shepherds is moving her breeder mentorship online this year... here is her first post about planning for the first litter. What a great post to learn from a breeder of her stature and experience. This is GOLD standard for puppies.

https://austerlitzshepherds.com/2022/01/its-go-time-planning-and-preparing-for-your-first-litter/?fbclid=IwAR2mmi8sYLX6Pyb8Dt8ESFqugDOZmySqhqe3iDffA2GJh1QivHB5mluCri0

It’s Go Time: planning and preparing for your first litter. January 11, 2022 Susanne Shelton One of our goals for 2022 is focus on the many positives of breeding, and helping as many breeders and breeder curious people as possible. To that end we are starting the year considering how to prepare fo...

09/01/2022

Labrador Speciality Show, 2018

09/01/2022

(Ch. Bul-GRO-CYP, GR. CH Bul. Cedarwood Play Mor So Much Mor & CH Pol., JCH Pol., Ch Rom Claychalk Costa Sterlina)

09/01/2022

Christmas 2017