NAME: Lauretta Duthie
LOCATION: NY
EMAIL: lduthie@laurdankennels.com
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HISTORY
PRIMARY BREED: Eng Sprg
OTHER BREED 1:
OTHER BREED 2:
YRS BREEDING PRIMARY: 15
TOT YRS BREEDING: 15
AVG LITTERS A YR: 2
NUM DOGS OWNED: 14
NUM CHAMPIONS BRED: 10
NUM PERFORMANCE
TITLED DOGS BRED: 1

SERVICES
STUD SERVICE TO
APPROVED BITCHES: Yes
BOARDING SERVICE: Yes
GROOMING SERVICE: Yes
RESCUE SERVICE: No

TRAINING
AGILITY: No
OBEDIENCE: No
BEHAVIOR: No
COMPANION: No
HERDING: No
SECURITY: No
TRACKING: No
MANTRAILING: No
HANDICAPPED DEAF: No
HANDICAPPED BLIND: No
HANDICAPPED OTHER: No

About the Breeder:
Laurdan Kennels breeds English Springer Spaniels for conformation with an emphasis on excellent health and temperament. Because we naturally rear, feeding an holistic, home-prepared diet, our puppies have calm, easy-going temperaments that make both excellent pets and show dogs. Our English Springer Spaniels are naturally reared in a rural setting. You may ask, 'what is natural rearing?' It is an holistic approach to the care of companion animals. They are fed a natural diet, exercise outdoors a minimum of 2-1/2 hours a day and when healing intervention is necessary, alternative modalities, such as acupuncture, chiropractic, homeopathy and herbal remedies, are used alone or in conjunction with conventional medicine. We often hear the comment, “how calm your puppies are.” We attribute this to their natural diet which does not include artificial sweeteners and sugars used in some commercial dog foods for palatability. These additives can create hyperactive and objectionable behavior. Between ten and twelve weeks is a critical socialization period among litter mates and the dam, so we do not place puppies before that time. We find twelve weeks of age to be an optimum time for puppies to leave their dam and adjust to a new home. All puppies are checked by a board certified veterinary opthamologist and a general practitioner for congenital and hereditary defects. When placing puppies we try to make the right match and spend a considerable amount of time working with new owners and educating them on the breed.