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We specialize in English lines--field
retrievers, family companions, beautiful show dogs. WE IMPORTED OUR FOUNDATION
FEMALES FROM ENGLAND in 1997, Lyndhurst Jasmine and Lyndhurst Jessica.
Our labs live in the house, swim in our pond, and
occasionally still hunt with Andy.
all our breeding stock is
certified thru OFA and CERF , tested for EIC, and
all of our labradors are Optigen A1 -- either tested or by parentage
Because Shenandoah is a National Park, a River, a County, an AKC Kennel Club,
and an incorporated town in VA,
we were not allowed to Register the name
Shenandoah with AKC as a kennel affix. Consequently we have chosen to register
the new generations
of Shenandoah Labradors under the affix of YNDA which is an anagram of
Andy.
This has been recognized by AKC as a proprietary affix.
Our Labs Are Our Pets. Temperament
is very important to us.
We are a small, select kennel, keeping about a dozen
labradors.
Andy is an AKC Licensed Judge (for labradors) and Marti is a retired Counseling Psychologist, and a UKC Licensed Conformation and Junior Showmanship Judge.
We are active in the AKC dog community; Andy is a member of the
'parent' lab club LRC, Inc;
Marti is a member of the 'parent' Ridgeback club, RRCUS. Andy is a Life Member
of the Potomac LRC and qualifies for the AKC Breeder of Merit program.
Marti is a CGC evaluator.
We are happy to serve as mentors to folks wanting to learn about showing and breeding Labradors.
We are proud to be the founders of
the first UKC affiliated Labrador Specialty Club,
United Labrador
Retriever Association, ULRA
and
authors of THE LABRADOR RETRIEVER STUDY GUIDE.
AKC CH Twinhollys Yellow Submarine was co-bred by
us.
History the early years @ Shenandoah
Shenandoah Bred AKC Champions & Titled Dogs:
CH Shenandoah Spritely Dianah
CH Shenandoah Sea Sprite
CH Shenandoah Ebon Echo
Shenandoah Ebon Express CD
Shenandoah Larkspur CD
Also owned & owner-exhibitor shown by Shenandoah: CH Ballyduff Barnes of
Shenandoah
Shenandoah Labrador Retrievers,
was established 1969 in Norfolk England
by "Andy" and his late wife, Doreen.
Using English Field Champion Ballyduff lines crossed to Ballyduff show lines,
they crafted their foundation
which they used with little augmentation
to produce the first 20 years of
Shenandoah champions. Andy and Doreen were the
first conformation exhibitors that we know of,
to bring Ballyduff bloodlines to the USA.
The females they brought with them in 1970 to America were steeped in
"Ballyduff" lineage.
Eng CH Ballyduff
Hollybranch of Keithray "Ben"
In 1970, they brought
to America
their 2 CH Ballyduff Hollybranch of Keithray (see below) daughters
that they had bred and whelped in England.
Those "Ben" daughters were
CH Shenandoah Spritely Dianah "Sprite" and Shenandoah Ebon Empress "Emp",
and were out of
Andy and Doreen's Ballyduff FCH
granddaughter,
Shenandoah Jet Lady, "Dusty", bred and whelped in the Liverpool area.
Shortly after returning to the States,
they imported Curnafane Buoy,
"Marker", a Mark son, and also
Ballyduff Barnes of
Shenandoah -- both from Mrs. Docking.
Ballyduff
Barnes of Shenandoah finished his AKC
CH by going WD at Potomac in 1979.
Empress was Ben's daughter, and it was Emp's daughter, Tuppence -- CH
Shenandoah Ebon Echo --
who became the Shenandoah trademark and icon.
Tuppence was sired by Eng & AKC CH Kimvalley Kenbarra Mr Softee.
Tuppence was bred to Barnes just once, and this produced a litter
whose
descendents can be found in numerous pedigrees today
-- including Flying Cloud Taipan and
dogs in the Fantasy, Hennings Mill, and some West Coast lines.
The Hennings Mill connection came through a striking pup from that litter --
Shenandoah Dinar Tite --
who went to the Tite kennel at about the same time
their import Ballyduff Lark arrived.
Although she won her American Bred
class at the Potomac
when shown their by her Shenandoah breeders,
Dinar was not used by the "now renamed" Tite kennel,who quietly loaned her out to Hennings Mill.
It is through Dinar that the connection to Flying Cloud Taipan and BISS CH
Ruthless Blazing Brently can be found.
Several years after Shenandoah
had imported Ballyduff Barnes, a female from a repeat breeding of Barnes' litter came to the USA. She was Ballyduff Lark.
The last dogs -- an entire litter except one -- of the old Shenandoah Ballyduff lines remained at Shenandoah until the death of the last one in 1998.They were produced from a breeding of Sprite's son at Fantasy Labradors to a daughter of Dinar. The remaining dog went to Whidbey Island, Washingtonto become the companion of Doreen and Andy's Grandson, Nate. Hobson became Nate's introduction to Labradors, and now we have another generation who adore labs. Among that litter was one girl who earned her CD in 3 consecutive trials with Andy,and brought home the last title on a Shenandoah lab that Doreen was to witness.
A yellow female English import
from Mr. Belshaw's
Strinesdale kennel -- Melody --
was the last surviving dog from the old
Shenandoah labs. Melody was with us until she was 15 years old -- in 2000.
At age 14, she competed in the Veterans' Class at LRC Piedmont,
and brought the
entire crowd to its feet as she gaily wagged her way around the ring with her beloved Andy.
our dear friend, Strinesdale Melody
There were few dry eyes among us
as we all knew this last ring appearance was
the end of an era for Shenandoah.
Shenandoah Labs
have always been about hunting upland game birds in season with Andy. They
have always been about showing in conformation, with Andy and Doreen.
They
have always been about competing in obedience, working as service dogs,
and
often as foundation stock for other kennels.