We have been breeding Labrador Retrievers since our black lab, Katie had her first litter in 1998. She had 14 puppies in that litter and many of them went to friends and family right here in Turner. They have all proven to be healthy, happy, family dogs. Several of them hunt birds and are very good at it.

Kate's second litter came 3 years later in 2001 in which she had 13 puppies. From that litter our son, BJ, kept a male named Amos. Amos become our primary stud dog. He has proven to have beautiful puppies no matter who we mate him with. Like his mother he throws 3 colored or "rainbow litters.”

We have been breeding full time for close to 20 years.

Over time we have found it helpful to raise our own breeders. We have established a foster program.

We give you a pup/adult female and you raise it in a family environment. The dog is here for a week for breeding, back to the foster family for 8 weeks and then back here for 6 weeks while giving birth and nursing puppies. Every female and a majority of the males on the Meets the Girls and Studs pages have their own foster families and home life. When the dog is retired from the breeding program, the foster family gets to keep the dog and have her spayed. If you are interested in fostering a female for us, please fill out this form:

Varney's Labs Foster Waitlist.

The majority of our puppies go to be family pets. We have heard from many of our customers who are extremely happy with their dogs. Our puppies grow up to be mellow happy dogs with Amos's wonderful temperament. Our list of satisfied customers grow longer each year.