Rascal Flats Labs

Chesters' Parents

Buck and Heartz Montana Red (USA)   Sire

Keepsake Ruby X11 (USA)   Dam

"Keepsake Brickhouse"                     By Keepsake's Gulliver Travels x Keepsake's Tiger Lily                 Owned and bred by Judy McCormick, Keepsake Labradors   Chester's Grandpa

"Scrimshaw Placido Flamingo. " Another dog, while not particularly famous himself, passed his influence on into the red bitch lines of both Kelleygreen and Keepsake, was the fox red Scrimshaw Placido Flamingo. Tenor was bred by Barbara Barfield of Scrimshaw Labradors, sired by Ch Scrimshaw Duckless Fairbanks and the grandson of the very famous Ch Lindall Mastercraft. Tenor inherited the fox red shade from both sides of his pedigree, his grandfather, English Field Champion Venture of Brattonsplash and while his mom was a dark yellow, she had the red shade as well behind her. Tenor passed the fox red "C" allele on to his offspring. When bred to Kelleygreen's Lady in Red, they produced Keepsake's I Love Lucy, dam of the only AKC fox red champion, Keepsake's Cajun. Not only did he give his shade to his descendants but also his wonderful laid back temperament. This big red dog was everything a Labrador should be, a true gentleman in every sense of the word. Chester's great great grandpa

Roxy's Parents

Abby's Parents

Firehouselabs Brick Firehouse (USA) Sire

Keepsake Issabella Rose (USA) Dam

Boradors Moose By CH Keepsake Cajun x Decoy's Dondi of Borador   Abby's Grandpa

CH Keepsake Cajun By  Kelleygreen Kardinal x Keepsake's I Love Lucy Sally Bell's Keepsake Cajun overcoming all those odds and becoming only the second true fox red AKC Show Champion, what a stunning boy! A Labrador given his quality of any other color/shade would have finished quickly but even for Sally, it took her a while to gain acceptance of her red dog. Abby's Great Grandpa

Keepsake's I Love Lucy Has  been so important in our modern fox red Labradors. . In all the well known show bred Labradors of today, you will find her name, sometimes multiple times, in the pedigree if you look far back enough.   Abby's Great Great Gandma

Color Facts 

In a  litter of fox reds you will always get a variation of shade from medium to dark., even on breeding fox red to fox red, much the same as the variation of color on yellows or chocolates. On all fox red puppies, as they get older, the color will darken, usually up to the age of about 2-3 years. When you look at a new puppy ,you are looking at the undercoat, not the guard hairs, it is the guard hairs that determine the variation of the body coat, medium to dark. This undercoat will appear to be the color of a brown paper bag. The  head and ears should  appear to be red, medium to dark, also the pigment should be a peach color, not a bright pink like the yellow. As soon as they are born, they appear fairly dark, within a couple of weeks they lighten up as their undercoat develops. The red will appear as the guards hairs start to grow. All fox red's are registered as yellow.

Interest in the darker shades of gold and fox red were re-established by English breeders in the 1980s, and two dogs were instrumental in this change: Balrion King Frost  who consistently sired "very dark yellow" offspring and is credited as having "the biggest influence in the re-development of the fox red shade", and his great-grandson,  the famous Wynfaul Tabasco , described as "the father of the modern fox red Labrador",other dogs, such as Red Alert and Scrimshaw Placido Flamingo, are also credited with greatly passing on the genes into more than one renowned bloodline.

Temperament

Labradors are a well-balanced, friendly and versatile breed, adaptable to a wide range of functions as well as making very good pets. Labradors have a reputation as a very mellow breed and an excellent family dog including a good reputation with children of all ages and other animals. Females may be slightly more independent than males. Labradors mature at around three years of age; before this time they can have a a lot of puppyish energy,  leash-training early on is suggested to prevent pulling when full-grown. Labs often enjoy retrieving a ball endlessly and other forms of activities. Almost every Lab loves playing in water or swimming.

They instinctively enjoy holding objects and even hands or arms in their mouths, which they can do with great gentleness a Labrador can carry an egg in its mouth without breaking it. They are also known to have a very soft feel to the mouth, as a result of being bred to retrieve game such as waterfowl. They are prone to chewing objects ,though they can be trained out of this behaviour.

Although they will sometimes bark at noise,  when there is noise from unseen sources, Labs are not on the whole noisy or territorial, and are often very easygoing and trusting with strangers, and therefore are not usually suitable as guard dogs

Labradors have a well-known reputation for appetite,  eating digestible and non-food objects alike. They are persuasive and persistent in requesting food. For this reason, you must carefully control their food intake to avoid obesity and its associated health problems

The steady temperament of Labs and their ability to learn make them an ideal breed for search and rescue, detection, and therapy work. Their primary working role in the field continues to be that of a hunting retriever.