Cashman Kennels - Minnesota Labrador Retriever Breeders

With over 25 years experience, we have bred, trained and competed with some of the most recognized field trial, hunt test/hunting, and pointing lab lines in the country. By selectively breeding some of the best American and British bloodlines, Cashman Kennels' mission is to produce an amazing all-around gun dog with sound genetics. Our stud dogs have AKC SH & MH Titles, Grand Master Pointing Lab and International Show CH title. Our studs are OFA good or excellent, Normal elbows, DNA tested clear of PRA, EIC and CNM. There are always quality puppies available out of our studs listed on our website www.CashmanKennels.com

Labrador Retriever

Stud Services

Karen & Matt Cashman
23995 Edenvale Trail
Elko, Minnesota 55020

Breeding quality gun dogs for over 25 years.

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I just wanted to take a moment and give you an update on the pup I purchased from you last January...I picked a male pup from the Trooper litter you had last Jan (born on Thanksgiving). There were 7 males to pick between. I was torn on whether to pick the most docile one (I did pick him) and the most aggressive one (a fox red dog). He is going to be a real light weight dog too...maybe 65lbs when he is full grown...just what I wanted.

I named him Frank and he is definitely not a docile one like I thought he was going to be. He is a handful and knows how to get in trouble...however, his training is coming along well. I have him handling in the yard pretty well, completed the force training, collar conditioning and just moved to the double T activities. Progress is a little slower than I'd like due to my schedule.

I've had him on birds since I picked him up last winter. I had him to the game farm 4 times during the off season working with the guns and live pheasants and chuckars in high confidence situations. He showed much promise leading up to this season.

Since the season has started I've had him out for ducks and pheasants every weekend. We've shot no less than 50 pheasants (not to mention all the hens flushed) over him and about as many ducks / geese. Two weeks ago the light switch turned on and he has become one intense machine at tracking down the roosters. He put his nose on 18 wild roosters in SW MN two weekends ago and Myself and hunting partners shot all of them for him. Some of them required technical retrieves across the Redwood river where the birds fell. He has also caught two wild roosters and one hen. He really chases them down.

He works nose to the ground and sounds just like a pig rooting in the mud. It is great! However, with how light colored he is he has a tendency to look like a prize fighter after 12 rounds in the ring. His eyes and nose are bloodied...my wife doesn't like that too much...heck he doesn't care.

Thanks for the great dog! I look forward to him becoming the dog that saves the hunt for most of my hunting buddies.

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Bella is doing awesome- couldn't be happier with a 10 month old pup. She did great on trip to Sask last week in Sept at 9 months. Made some
great long retrieves both on water and land- 100-200 yard plus. She is small
so holding geese is a little bit of a issue but will only get better with
age and when she is force fetched.
Haven't had a chance to pheasant hunt much yet- one day at game farm-short
stint in hot weather and quick walk after a duck hunt- she did great here
also. I know she will do real well as she is very birdy and gets it
already.

I am excited to continue training and growing with her. I have been in
Montana hunting antelope- now its back to birds with her.

Let me know if some pics come thru- never take as many or as good of ones as
I would like.

Hope your fall is going well, Kurt

Kurt Woodrich
DNR Waters

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Karen,

Great news, all of my pups are sold!! Thank you so very much for your (and Amos') services. This whole experience has been outstanding.

I really do appreciate your help, as I hardly did anything to sell the pups, unlike the last litters that I had.

I hope you plan on keeping Amos for awhile, I would like to breed my female to him again, in 2 years, as at that point, there is no question that I will be keeping a pup. She will be 8 years old then, and I know that I can't breed her any later than that, and I want a pup out of my female.

Thanks Again!!
Mike Wendt

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