# Welcome Home Labs | Labrador Puppies for Sale in Illinois (welcomehomelabs.com) > Welcome Home Labs Where Friends and Family are Made! At Welcome Home Labs we raise yellow, chocolate and black ENGLISH LABRADOR RETRIEVERS with quality champion lineage for family companions, service dogs, therapy dogs, hunt companions, competition and working Labs. Our focus is on health, temperament and raising our Labs with quality care in a family environment. Welcome Home Labs Welcomes You! Lab Breeder in Illinois Welcome Home Labs offers champion bred Labrador Retrievers. We are located in the beautiful city of Pittsfield, Illinois. We are approximately 55 miles west of Springfield, Illinois. It is our passion and privilege to provide quality champion bred English Lab puppies to individuals and families. The English Lab is known to be gentle, intelligent, willing, quick to learn, athletic, therapeutic, great with kids and has the focus and trainability to be an excellent hunt companion or service dog. The English Lab has a stocky, blocky build for a stunningly gorgeous, moderately sized dog coupled with a loving family temperament. The puppies are born in our home. Raising pups in our home allows us to monitor their health and growth closely and we are also able to enjoy the precious peeps and movements from the first moments of life. We believe that the social and emotional development is important during the English Labs first days and weeks so we start them out with love, family care, daily handling and socialization. As they grow we expose them to a variety of experiences so they can become well adjusted adult family companions. We strive to provide hard working families high quality Labradors at a fair price. In addition to the care and socialization provided we perform health clearances on our adults to ensure healthy genetics for our puppies. These tests include: OFA (Orthopedic Foundation for Animals) x-rays for hips and elbows with a rating of GOOD or EXCELLENT and OFA for heart, CERF/CAER for eyes by an ophthalmologist, Optigen(prcd-PRA), CNM (centro nuclear myopathy), EIC (exercise induced collapse), RD/OSD (retinal dysplasia/oculo skeletal dysplasia) and cardiac testing. We operate with honesty and integrity. Our Commitment to Excellence It’s our goal to uphold the breed standard for the English Lab and to maintain a healthy, safe and loving environment for our Labs to thrive physically, socially and emotionally. In compliance with the state of Illinois requirements for breeders. Testimonials ## Sitemap: - [Testimonials | Welcome Home Labs of Illinois](https://welcomehomelabs.com/testimonials) Die große Überschrift Testimonials From our Welcome Home Labs Forever Family - [All Testimonials | Welcome Home Labs of Illinois](https://welcomehomelabs.com/all-testimonials) Die große Überschrift Swipe to read more... All Testimonials From our Welcome Home Labs Forever Family - [Our Girls | Welcome Home Labs of Illinois](https://welcomehomelabs.com/our-girls) Our English Lab Girls The Intelligent, Kind-hearted, Trustworthy, Cuddly Companion All of our adult Labs meet our health clearance standards. At two years of age we test Hips, Elbows, Eyes, Heart on each of our dogs. When a Lab passes the tests with good, excellent and normal ratings and the additional genetic testings are completed and passed then we can determine the best pairings for welcoming puppies. Please, feel free to ask if you have questions about these health clearance tests. We believe that when we set our bar high then that translates to healthy companions for you. The term Yellow Labrador Retriever covers a wide range of shades. The yellow Lab ranges from nearly white, light ivory, cream, classic golden yellow Lab to the fox red Labrador. All of these shades are under the AKC registration heading of Yellow Labrador. Sissy – WHL Gotta Love Your Sissy Black Labrador Retriever Sissy LOVES her people, mild mannered, sweet, willing, smart, snuggler are the traits that we see in Sissy. These are the same traits that we want to see in our puppies so we are excited to welcome Sissy’s first puppies soon. Laloona – WHL Loving Life La Loona Yellow Labrador Retriever Laloona is a loving girl. She adoringly looks at her family all day almost saying, “I love you, I love you,” with her sweet almond eyes. Joy is definitely brought to our home because we get to spend our days with Laloona. Nice conformation is on her side. She is a beautiful girl with the nice English Labrador features. She has the broad chest, the short muzzle, the thick otter tail, nice rear and top-line. We are really excited to have her as part of our program with her sweet, loving and athletic nature. Laloona is a Lightning X Oona puppy. AM CH Ridge View’s Victor JH and CH Tormentil Labradale Primetime are a couple of the champions in her lines. She has all the potential to follow suit. Nahlah –WHL Lighting the Winter Way Yellow Labrador Retriever Nahlah is a stunning English Labrador. She is tender, gentle, attentive, kind…truly a sweet treasure. She likes to play and has a willing way within her to be a part of whatever we have going on but she is not demanding or dominant. She gets along well with all people and all of the other dogs. She has a very blocky frame but all in a smaller proportion. Tina – WHL More Than A Pretty Face Yellow Labrador Retriever Her eyes melt my very soul. She is a gorgeous girl and has a heart to match. If she could write she would be an award winning author because only good comes from her. Happy, content, happy, content…pet me…happy, content. This is sums up Sweet Tina rather accurately. Toonah – WHL Singing My Favorite (Toon-ahh) Yellow Labrador Retriever This is a fun loving, interested, happy girl. Her preference is to be near her people than to be alone but she will go with the flow depending on what the day has in store. She has a nice confidence without being demanding. Did I mention that she is gorgeous? She shared her ... - [Photos | Welcome Home Labs of Illinois](https://welcomehomelabs.com/photos) Photo Gallery A puppy is worth a thousand pictures! These photos allow you an inside view into our lives with these great English Lab dogs and puppies. They are grouped by color so you can get to know us and our pups bit better. There are many more photos to come! We hope you enjoy! Yellow Lab Photos Black Lab Photos Chocolate Lab Photos - [Resources | Welcome Home Labs of Illinois](https://welcomehomelabs.com/resources) Resources for Your Puppy Giving you the best information for your dog. Coming soon! - [Guarantee | Welcome Home Labs of Illinois](https://welcomehomelabs.com/guarantee) Our Guarantee We have a great guarantee: 26 Months Hips and Eyes This is an outline of the guarantee that will be signed by the adopting family and Welcome Home Labs. Your new puppy is guaranteed to be in good health and to be virus free for three days from the date the puppy is received. Parasites are a common problem in animals, especially young animals, and are easily treated; therefore these are excluded from this guarantee. This dog has a guarantee that the hips will receive a grade of fair or above at 26 months of age from the Orthopedic Foundation for Animals (OFA), and that his/her eyes will pass a Canine Eye Registration Foundation (CERF) test at 12 months of age, or we will apply the full purchase price of your puppy toward the price of a puppy from a future Welcome Home Labs litter, the puppy will be chosen by Welcome Home Labs. Replacement puppy must be received within 24 months of notifying us of your puppy’s situation. This guarantee in whole is to replace the dog. We will honor the guarantee once proof of the dog’s condition has been provided and we have confirmed diagnosis with a vet of our choosing. Because we hope this dog will become an important member of your family, it is not necessary to return the dog or have it put to sleep to collect on this agreement. We trust you to make a responsible decision regarding euthanasia considering quality of life for your dog. Should you have a problem but want to keep your dog, we will, upon proof of dysplasia or covered eye defect, require that he/she must be neutered/spayed and proof of the same provided to us. A written purchase agreement will be signed and dated for this guarantee to be legal. This will be completed prior to the puppy pick up. For this guarantee to remain active, all of the following conditions must be met: Dog has been registered with the AKC and has not been transferred to a new owner. Microchip number on any documents from the vet, OFA, AKC and any others must match the microchip number that was given when the pup went to your home. Signed statement from the OFA or CERF that hips or eyes respectively will not certify with a grade of fair or above. (We reserve the right to have our own Vet’s opinion.) In cases of full registration, dog has not been used as a stud or whelped a litter prior to certification of hips and elbows by OFA. All limited registration dogs from Welcome Home Labs must not have whelped or sired a litter at anytime. Dog and AKC papers are returned to us. (You may choose to keep your dog, but papers must still be returned and he/she must be spayed or neutered). There must be no signs of injury, abuse, neglect and dog must be neither over weight nor over exercised, or guarantee is void No puppy/dog will ever be placed in a shelter. Always call us first if you cannot take care of him/her. We will take him/her back and find a good home for him/her. Welcome Home Labs will not be responsible for any travel/shipping expenses, either for receiving a repla... - [Contact | Welcome Home Labs of Illinois](https://welcomehomelabs.com/contact) Contact Us We look forward to hearing from you! Contact Welcome Home Labs Use the form below to contact us online. We'll do our best to respond within 48hrs. - [Tell Us About You | Welcome Home Labs of Illinois](https://welcomehomelabs.com/tell-us-about-you) Tell Us About You The more you tell us then we can better serve you. We are here to help make the perfect match for your personality and needs. We want to place our pups where all, people and pups, will be thrilled and thrive. Please complete the form below to tell us more about yourself. - [Microchip Information | Welcome Home Labs of Illinois](https://welcomehomelabs.com/microchip-information) Microchip Information Welcome Home Labs Resources All of the pups from Welcome Home Labs come with a Buddy ID Microchip. Now that your dog has a microchip, they can be easily identified if they are lost or stolen. This also helps confirm the dog’s identity in case of any issues related to a return due to hips or eyes. You will find the registration form in your Welcome Home Day puppy folder. Simply complete the information on the website given on the form and pay a small fee to register your dog for safety. - [Training Information | Welcome Home Labs of Illinois](https://welcomehomelabs.com/training-information) Clicker Training & Information Welcome Home Labs Resources House training / Potty training / Accidents Your puppy is counting on YOU to TEACH him or her. If your puppy has an accident, try not to be angry or upset (this is sometimes hard but it WON’T help the teaching if you get upset). If s/he fears you it will slow his learning. Remember that your puppy is counting on you to teach and show the way. These English Lab puppies are really smart and they WILL learn rather quickly if you give them opportunity to be consistently taught. This is not an instant process, but if it’s done properly your dog won’t fear you and s/he will learn what you want quickly. Most of the puppies that start out at Welcome Home Labs are fully potty trained by 11 weeks of age if not sooner. Many people have said that their puppies came trained but I give credit to observant, committed families that continued to teach and train their puppies and made this a priority. Not matter what the season or situation…COMMIT yourself to potty training your puppy. If you make this a focus for two weeks then you should have many, many, many years to enjoy your Lab and you will also TRUST your Lab. If you understand when your puppy needs to go out, then you can eliminate many accidents. The following suggestions will help your puppy succeed with his retraining. Don’t punish an accident just give opportunity to display the correct behavior. Never push his nose in the waste or scold him. He won’t understand, and may learn to go to the bathroom when you’re out of sight. Always watch your puppy. You can tie him/her to you with a lead while you are in the house. You can also crate train your puppy. Take puppy directly outside after being in the crate. Feed on a fixed schedule. Usually s/he will need to go potty right after s/he has eaten (2-15 minutes). Always take him/her out after eating, playing, or any excitement or after a nap/ cuddle time. The first step is to give your puppy ample times to go in the correct spot ALL throughout the day and sometime in the night. They will only go inside if they are not taught where the correct spot is to go outside and or if they are not taught to be able to count on you to give them ample opportunities and they don’t know how to communicate to you that they need to go. They were taught here at Welcome Home Labs from four weeks of age that there is ‘a spot’ to go and they all detected the sensation to go potty ahead of time and walked to that spot on their own about 99% of the time. The ‘accidents’ are more accidents of the people and not the puppies. 😉 Watch your puppy and teach and there won’t be ‘accidents’. When the puppy has an accident in the house remain as calm as possible. If you’re watching your puppy, you will catch him/her before he finishes. Quietly get the puppy and take him out to his potty spot. You can use an item that makes some noise to toss near your puppy to startle him or her a bit so that they stop peeing mid-way... - [Meeting Resident Pets | Welcome Home Labs of Illinois](https://welcomehomelabs.com/meeting-resident-pets) Meeting Resident Pets Welcome Home Labs Resources Typically, Labradors are pretty easy going and puppies are just curious and friendly. So, unless you are unsure of how your resident (older) dog will behave/respond to a puppy then I think meeting one another is a special part of the welcome home time. It can be good to have your puppy in his/her crate so that the dogs can smell and see one another without too much contact. Give your resident pet access to the crate area. Let pets smell and touch each other through the crate or pet gate. Do this several times over the next few days if you feel this is necessary. After that, give the resident pet access to the den area with your new puppy out of his crate. Supervise their meeting and go back to through-the-gate/crate meetings if trouble arises. Our recommendation of what NOT to do is to NOT introduce the resident pet with the puppy on the residents pet’s bed or near the resident pup’s food. This could potentially make the resident animal feel protective of items and space and feel threatened by the puppies presence. As long as you make sure to LOVE up and spend alone time with your resident animal(s) without the puppy then the animals typically are buddies within a few days and the resident pet won’t be jealous because of how you are still hugely loving on your first pet(s). - [Dog Food | Welcome Home Labs of Illinois](https://welcomehomelabs.com/dog-food) Dog Food Information Welcome Home Labs Resources Life's Abundance All Life Stage or Large Breed Puppy Food is what we use and recommend We will send you home with your 1st small bag of Life's Abundance dog food when you come to welcome your puppy. Food and Water It is important to keep your pup on the same food for awhile. Puppies' little bodies can be stressed when there are too many changes at once. If you can order Life's Abundance for your puppy... that would be best. We do send the 1st small bag for your puppy, so if you can't feed Life's Abundance, then you can follow the food transitioning schedule (using a high quality food!) located below, on the bag, or in your puppy folder. It is best to use bottled spring water for your puppy to drink in the first 2-3 weeks (Unless you have reverse osmosis filtered water, since that is what your pup is used to here) and then transition to your water. The reason we suggest this is because they are not used to the chlorine used in city water, and the chlorine isn't very good for your puppy, or even your adult Lab. Again, the more that you can keep the same for your pup for several days - several weeks, the easier it will be on your puppy's body. The most important thing is to be sure your pup is drinking, and to make sure your pup's stools stay fairly firm. You don't want pup to stress and become dehydrated. This is generally not an issue, but we want you to know what to watch for, because he/she is a very small puppy, and can have issues. If you watch your pup carefully, and you are unsure or concerned, please call us, and we will help you with our suggestions. We have fresh water accessible and available for your pup all of the time, as well as giving them water in their food at mealtimes. Food Transitioning Even if the label looks similar ingredients are probably really different between the diets, so switching the animals slowly between the two diets, taking 7-10 days to make the switch, would be the way to prevent transitional problems. Start with a 25% new, 75% old food ratio. Feed that for several days, and move up to a 50:50 mix if the stools are normal, and no other problems noted. Hold for several days, as before, and move to a 75:25 mix. When should I switch foods? If for some reason you do not choose to use Life's Abundance, you can choose another food, but definitely choose to use a high quality food! Research brands that have no recalls attached to them. We have found that dogs do respond differently to different foods. Make sure that you use a high quality food, which is actually more economical, because you will feed a lesser amount, and get great nutrition, instead of great amounts of filler. Watch their stools, feel their sides, and watch their coat. Be sure to transition when switching foods, so they don't get stressed. - [Preparing Your Home | Welcome Home Labs of Illinois](https://welcomehomelabs.com/preparing-your-home) Preparing Your Home Welcome Home Labs Resources Making Your Home Safe for Your Puppy Eliminate potential hazards/chemicals around the house and store them in safe places Keep breakable objects out of reach. Puppies like to chew so remove things that a puppy could ingest. Put up puppy gates in areas that are off limits or not safe for your puppy. Deny access to electrical cords by hiding or covering them; make outlets safe with plastic outlet plugs. Keep the following house and garden plants out of reach: poinsettias, azaleas, rhododendrons, dumb cane, Japanese yew, oleander and English ivy among others. In the garage, be sure engine lubricants and other poisonous chemicals (especially antifreeze) are safely stored. If you own a pool or hot tub, check the cover or the surrounding fence to be sure they’re in good condition. If you provide your puppy with an outdoor kennel, place it in an area that provides sun and shelter in the pen. - [First Days at Home | Welcome Home Labs of Illinois](https://welcomehomelabs.com/first-days-at-home) Settling In at Home Welcome Home Labs Resources Your Puppy's First Days at Home We don’t treat a puppy as young as 7 to 12-weeks old like an adult dog, however, from right away we love, teach and guide. Don’t think that your puppy is too young to learn…quite the opposite…your puppy will thrive on being exposed to people, places and things and learning how to interact with their world. Treat him/her the same way you would your own infant or toddler: with patience, constant supervision and a gentle touch. The way you interact with your puppy at this age is important to his/her socialization and identity. The ideal time to bring home a new puppy is when you are in your regular routine. It is nice if you have a bit more flexible time and definitely availability, but puppy will get used to YOUR routine. Establish a daily routine and follow these steps: Over the first few days you are going to get used to one another. The routine of the day changes for all involved. You will learn the sounds, smells and routine of the puppy as the puppy learns yours. The bonding time and getting to know you time is special and needed. Beyond the connecting and you watching that puppy is healthy the next biggest thing is Potty Training, teaching your puppy not to be mouthy and crate training. Potty Training: Before bringing him/her in the house, take puppy to the area in your yard that will serve as his “bathroom” and spend a few minutes there. Sprinkle the saw dust, PINE NOT CEDAR, on the ground for a familiar reminder to your pup that this is the new “potty spot”. We will send a gallon zip-lock with you and this should be an adequate amount for transitioning. If s/he goes, praise your puppy. Some people use Clicker training (briefly described below) and this would be a time to have your clicker in hand. If pup does not take care of business, proceed into the house but be sure to take him to this spot each time you teach the correct potty. As you play with and interact with your puppy then be alert for signs (sniffing and circling) that he has to go to the bathroom, then take him outside immediately. Praise your puppy every time he goes to the bathroom outside. Stick with potty training…if there is a mistake, and there probably will be, just start again with consistency and YOU WILL FIND SUCCESS! Don’t give up! Your pup was well on the way to potty training using the saw dust as “the potty area” since s/he was four weeks old. Watch for signals from you pup, unusual anxiousness, looking for an exit, circling, or barking without obvious reason. It is better to offer MORE potty opportunities over the first several days so that it is clear that outside is the place to go. If you observe the pup squatting in the house (it can happen quickly) I say a strong, “EGH!” take the pup to the appropriate place and say, “go, pee, go pee” or “go poo, go poo” or “business time”. These little phrases, it can be whatever you choose, can become trigger words is use... - [Pet Health | Welcome Home Labs of Illinois](https://welcomehomelabs.com/pet-health) Pet Health Information Welcome Home Labs Resources Welcome Home Labs puppies are started on NuVet Plus K9 Immune System Builder supplements daily at 6 weeks of age. You cannot purchase NuVet Supplements in a pet store. They must be ordered online or by calling. You will need to order these before your puppy comes home. It takes about a week to get them. Order your NuVet Plus Supplements by Phone: Call 1-800-474-7044. Please use order code 802995 when ordering by phone. NuVet Plus is a combination of natural antioxidants, amino acids, vitamins, minerals, herbs, and more. It is a complete nutritional supplement that boosts the immune system and helps defend against free radicals. Our dogs and puppies all receive NuVet Supplements daily. We highly recommend you continue to use NuVet Supplements daily for your new family member for the exceptional nutritional benefits NuVet provides! Why Use NuVet Supplements At Welcome Home Labs, our veterinarians and nutrition experts noticed something important: most pets today don't get enough vitamins and nutrients from their regular diets. Long ago, animals naturally got all the nutrients they needed from living in the wild, but modern pet foods often fall short. Many commercial pet foods include unhealthy fillers and additives, and lack antioxidants—important nutrients that help protect pets from harmful particles called free radicals. Free radicals are linked to health issues like cancer, heart disease, arthritis, poor eyesight, and early aging. To solve this, Welcome Home Labs discovered NuVet supplements made from safe, natural, and high-quality ingredients that pets can easily absorb. We carefully avoid harmful chemicals and toxins often found in regular pet food. Our goal is to protect your pet from these unhealthy ingredients and help them stay healthy. Our team spent years researching and testing these supplements to make sure they're effective. Veterinarians trust and recommend our products because they're made with natural, high-quality ingredients that help pets feel their best. Studies have shown that our supplements can help pets avoid or reduce problems like: - Itchy skin and allergies - Hot spots - Joint pain and arthritis - Early aging signs - Low energy - Eye issues - Digestive troubles - Heart problems - Tumors and growths At Welcome Home Labs, we're dedicated to helping your pets live happy, healthy lives. - [Things Every New Puppy Owner Should Know | Welcome Home Labs Blog](https://welcomehomelabs.com/things-every-new-puppy-owner-should-know) Five Things Every New Puppy Owner Should Know Welcome Home Labs Resources Bringing a new puppy into your life is an exciting and rewarding experience. However, it also comes with a great deal of responsibility. From nutrition to training and health care, being a good puppy parent requires time, effort, and a lot of love. Whether you’re a first-time dog owner or adding another puppy to your family, here are five essential things every new puppy owner should know to ensure your pup grows into a happy, healthy, and well-behaved adult dog. 1. Healthy Puppy Food Is Essential The foundation of a puppy’s health begins with what they eat. Healthy, high-quality food is crucial for your pup’s development, growth, and overall well-being. Puppies need food that’s rich in nutrients to fuel their fast-growing bodies and brains. Look for brands that are formulated specifically for puppies and ensure the ingredients are high in protein, fat, and other essential nutrients. Avoid foods with fillers like corn or artificial preservatives. Speak with your veterinarian to find the best diet suited to your puppy’s breed, size, and any special dietary needs they might have. Tip: Consider portion control as well—puppies tend to eat more than adult dogs because of their growth spurt, but feeding them too much can lead to obesity, which can cause long-term health issues. 2. Consistency is a Must Consistency is key when it comes to training and routines. Puppies thrive on routine and clear expectations. Whether you’re potty training, teaching basic commands like “sit” or “stay,” or helping them understand where to sleep, keeping a consistent schedule helps your puppy learn faster. Establish clear boundaries early on, and make sure all family members are on the same page regarding the rules. Tip: Use the same commands and reward system each time. Positive reinforcement with treats or praise will encourage good behavior. Also, create a regular feeding, play, and bathroom schedule to help your puppy feel secure and comfortable. 3. Correct and Train from the Start The earlier you start training your puppy, the better. From the moment you bring your puppy home, start teaching them basic commands, good manners, and how to behave in the home. It’s much easier to instill positive habits early on than to correct unwanted behaviors later. Socialization is equally important—introduce your puppy to different people, dogs, and environments to help them become well-rounded and confident. Tip: Puppies are eager to please, so take advantage of their enthusiasm by using positive reinforcement. However, be gentle in your training—puppies have a short attention span, so keep training sessions short, fun, and engaging. 4. Patience is Required, or You Shouldn’t Own a Puppy Puppies are adorable, but they’re also a lot of work. They’re learning how to navigate the world, which means they’ll make mistakes—chewing, potty accidents, and confusion are all part of the process. If you’re not ready to b... - [About Us | Welcome Home Labs of Illinois](https://welcomehomelabs.com/about-us) About Us Our family has a lot of love to share. Meet Kyle and Shannon We became the proud owners of Welcome Home Labs in 2023, continuing the passion for Labrador Retrievers with a heartfelt commitment to raising exceptional puppies. Our mission is to provide families with healthy, well-socialized, and loving companions by focusing on quality care, champion bloodlines, and a nurturing environment. Welcome Home Labs has now been providing puppies their forever homes for over 15 years! The family-centered approach of Welcome Home Labs is what truly sets it apart. Our children play an active role in socializing with the puppies. From cuddles and playtime to helping with daily routines, the kids bring extra love and attention that ensures each puppy is well-adjusted and ready for its new family. Raising Labradors together has become a cherished family experience, creating memories that are as warm and joyful as the puppies themselves. We strive to provide personalized support to each client, guiding them through the adoption process with care and honesty. Located in Illinois, we maintain the highest standards with comprehensive health clearances, ensuring every puppy thrives in its new home. Whether you're looking for a family companion, a service dog, or a hunting partner, a Labrador from Welcome Home Labs is more than a pet—it’s a member of the family, lovingly raised by a family. - [Our Boys | Welcome Home Labs of Illinois](https://welcomehomelabs.com/our-boys) Our English Lab Boys The Stocky, Blocky, Ready, Willing, Gentle Teddy Bears All of our adult Labs meet our health clearance standards. We take reasonable steps by health testing all of our adults to cull out the likelihood of of genetic health issues being in our lines or passing through our lines. We want you to welcome a pup that is healthy and that will be a part of your family for many, many years. We test Hips, Elbows, Eyes, Heart on each of our dogs for starters. Please, feel free to ask if you have questions about these health clearance tests. We believe that if we set our bar high then we will have healthy companions for you! Miles – WHL Miles from Home Nip and Teague Black Labrador Retriever We are thrilled to be able to welcome Miles into our program. He is such a sweet, inquisitive boy with an ease and gentleness about him. He loves to be with his people to be sure but he is a best buddy with all of the other dogs as well. Every being loves Miles. To add to his resume of great traits would be his looks. A solid top-line including the thick otter tail with the broad English chest and the solid rear make it a delight to look at Miles. His sparkly eyes respond in novels after he intently listens to his people. He has many champions in his lineage and we believe that many of these confirmed traits came his way as well. His sire, Nipntuck All Aces “Gamble” also sired the Best in Sweeps winner at Potomac, 2017-Nipntuck Well Played. Some names of possible recognition in his close generational lines are BISS GCH Dickendall Ironore Bluefish, Int CH Dual FR CH Carromer Charlie Chalk and CH Shannon Valley’s Beauregard. Miles is a champion in our eyes as well even if he doesn’t get the opportunity to prove it at shows. He has our hearts. - [Retired Dogs | Welcome Home Labs of Illinois](https://welcomehomelabs.com/retired-dogs) Retired Dogs Read their stories. - [Accreditations | Welcome Home Labs of Illinois](https://welcomehomelabs.com/accreditations) Our Accreditations Giving our dogs the best! Orthopedic Foundation for Animals Health Orthopedic Foundation for Animals Health tested parents for healthier puppies. We test the hips, elbows, and hearts of our dogs before breeding. They must have a rating of GOOD for us to consider the pairing. This is one of many standards that we hold to. American Kennel Club American Kennel Club Inspected – Welcome Home Labs is in compliance and in good standing. - [Available Adult Dogs | Welcome Home Labs of Illinois](https://welcomehomelabs.com/available-adult-dogs) Adult Dogs Current availability. Meet Chance We will be placing Chance in a new forever loving home. He is crate trained, house trained, and has experience with leash. Chance has been raised in our house by our family, and we have loved him dearly! He loves to play with other dogs, he loves kids, and he loves belly rubs! He has a mellow-medium temperament, just a pretty easy-going guy who is eager to please. Excellent family companion! He makes for a pretty good listener when you’ve had a rough day; he is an absolute sweetheart. Intact, but will be sold on limited registration with agreement to neuter when he’s fully mature. *Ask us the appropriate timing for neutering an English Lab! Chance is 1 year old (Finn x Velvet). To Reserve: (our main goal is to find a loving home) -$2,500 (plus 7% sales tax) -Complete our "Tell Us About You" form. -Timing and pricing can be discussed via email: info@welcomehomelabs.com No adult dogs available at this time. - [Adoption Process | Welcome Home Labs of Illinois](https://welcomehomelabs.com/adoption-process) Welcome Home Labs Adoption Process Thank you for your interest in our English Labs. Welcome Home Labs - Adoption Process & Pricing Details Below are the steps of the Adoption Process at Welcome Home Labs. Frequently Asked Questions 1) Tell Us About Yourself We ALWAYS ask questions about each prospective adoptive family. Don’t be offended, we just want to do all we can to make this a great experience for all involved. This helps us to make the best matches. Overall, we are looking to place our puppies into Forever Families and we try to make the best fit we can for the puppy and the people. We want our puppies to have endless love, plenty of space to play around and a family that is in a good position to Welcome Home a Lab. A doggie companion is a 10-14 year commitment that must be made with much consideration. There is time in training and play, there are vet costs, you may find that you are not as free to come and go because you have another to consider. Please, don’t ever jump into getting a puppy. Do what is best for you and for the puppy and if you decide that now IS the time…we would be happy to try to help match you with your forever friend. 2) Join the Reservation List A $250 deposit will hold a spot for you on the our Reservation List which goes towards the total fee. This is a non-refundable deposit. If you change your mind or something comes up in your life that you are unable to get a puppy when we contact you of an available option then we will honor your deposit for one year from the date of the communicated change. At no time will we refund an entire deposit…in rare cases we may refund 50% of the deposit and that is entirely up to our discretion. Please, only leave a deposit with us if you are ready to welcome a puppy and are committed to WHL. We accept deposits for future puppies only after we have had a phone conversation determining that adding a puppy would be a good fit for you and the prospective puppy. Call (319) 214-0776 We reserve according to your color and gender preference for your new puppy and to be fair to ALL families they choose their puppy in the order of the deposits received. All of the puppies have strong genetics and have been tended to and loved with the utmost care making it that each puppy is a super option. Some people will just get a choice and others won’t. You can’t ‘buy’ a pick position. Please let us know if you are open to more than one color and/or gender. If you are flexible with color or gender it will increase your likelihood of welcoming your pup home sooner. We will place you on your 1st choice list and we will make note of other possibilities that may work for you. Having a ‘set’ color and gender preference is absolutely fine as well. We will share with you which Labs we plan to pair over the next several months. We try to keep the reservation lists somewhat proportionate to the number of litters that we anticipate in any given 5-9 month period. 3) Temperament Testing Evaluation We don’t ... - [Available Puppies | Welcome Home Labs of Illinois](https://welcomehomelabs.com/available-puppies) Upcoming Litters & Available Puppies Ask about our Reservation List! Reserve your puppy today! Available Black Female - "Star" Miles x Betsy 4 months old DOB: 8/2/2025 $2,500 Potty trained, crate trained, up-to-date on vaccinations, leash experience, great recall, fair-good retriever. She’s eager to please, very smart, and is an absolute sponge with training! She loves adventures and keeping her nose to the ground. Raised with our own children, loves other dogs, loves bully sticks. Our next litter is on the way! Expected Chocolate Litter Beau x Betsy Expected September 2026 Betsy — Dam Beau — Sire