Welcome to Cowboy Up Kennel. 

Site updated April 30/08 Cocker pups,
      Lab puppies  and Client Gallery

      

We, Nathalie and Arnold Gillespie, owners of Cowboy Up Kennel, are the proud owners and breeders of beautiful CKC registered Labrador Retrievers  and American Cocker Spaniels. We raise both the English/show style and the American hunting style Labs carrying champion pedigrees. We offer Labs in black, yellow and chocolate specializing in fox red. Fox red is a rare and unique shade of yellow that resembles pumpkin pie filling.

Currently our spaniels come in chocolate/tan as well as black/tan with the occasional buff. See our adult Lab and Cocker pages for pictures of the parents and visit our puppy pages for current and upcoming litters.

Cowboy Up Kennel bases our breeding program on health and temperament first and foremost. Our mission is to achieve temperament, health, beauty and intelligence through responsible breeding. We pride our program on breeding with the "whole dog" in mind. Our dogs always make excellent family companions and are also capable of making showing, hunting, obedience or service dogs in many instances.

We are proud of all our dogs and hope that their offspring will grow into beautiful dogs that their families can be proud of. We stand behind our dogs and carry genetic health guarantees with every puppy. Our guarantees are an indication of our confidence in producing genetically sound dogs.

Socialization is a top priority for Cowboy Up Kennel. Hence our objective to produce confident, friendly, intelligent and relaxed puppies. Part of a pups social and temperament outcome is inherited and part is from its socialization as a puppy. Our pups are handled from birth and are exposed to as much stimuli as possible before they leave our kennel. The first 12 weeks of a puppy's life are extremely important and determine to a great extent a puppy's personality and sociability. A puppy acquires the personality traits in the first 12 weeks that will make up his adult character. These traits are established through positive interactions with people, other dogs/animals and being introduced to a variety of environments. Cowboy Up Kennel strives to introduce puppies to positive interactions that will lead to a confident, well-adjusted puppy that is both friendly and intelligent.   

Proper feeding of adults and puppies is also very important to Cowboy Up Kennel. High quality dog food is fed and contains human-grade ingredients. The food does not contain wheat, corn, or glutton that is responsible for most skin irritations and allergies in dogs. A proper feeding handout is sent home with every puppy to help get your puppies nutritional needs started off right. We believe proper feeding is crucial for the health and longevity of the adults and puppies. With proper feeding and care as well as the aid of a local vet we are able to keep our dogs and puppies healthy.

Please feel free to email or phone us for further inquires. Thank you for visiting!

 

Our puppy socialization program in action!    

Brandy-Bailey pups
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