Labrador Retriever Puppy Blog

It is with sadness that we announce that we are discontinuing breeding services (at least for now).  (Somehow, I've got to figure out how to epxlain this to my daughters.)  We have four wonderful - beautiful, smart, sweet, gentle - adult labs for sale: Golden (yellow male, 3.5 years old); Brandy (chocolate female, 3.5 years old); Toby (bl…

Do you want your child to develop strong social skills?  Then buy him or her a puppy!  According to the latest scientific research (we already knew) having a pet dog helps children develop many positive characteristics. Child development Having a pet can help develop the following qualities in children: Nurturing skills Responsibili…

Then buy him or her a puppy! Check out these findings from scientific research: 93% of C-Suite executives in the U.S. grew up with a pet! 78% of C-Suite executives in the U.S. attritbute their career success, in part, to owning a pet as a child! 83% of C-Suite executives in the U.S. grew up with a dog, in particular! 92% of C-Suite executives in t…

Well, I knew that long before scientists studied such things, but I'm glad they've finally caught up.  Having a pet dog is good for children!  And scientific research has now verified what all dog owners already intuitively knew. According to this report, Benefits of Pets, by the Royal Children's Hospital of Melbourne, Australia, hav…

South Bay Labs has beautiful Labrador Retriever puppies available now!  We have a yellow male, a yellow female and a black male availale.  These puppies are beautiful, healthy, strong, smart, sweet and wonderful!  If you are in Silicon Valley, or the San Francisco Bay area, or anywhere nearby, contact us to come see these wonderful p…

A very sweet grandmother up in the Sierra foothills of California bought a beautiful lab puppy from us for her granddaughter.  We met this nice family in Modesto, to deliver the puppy, and a very happy little girl took home her new puppy on New Year's Eve!…

A very kind and thoughtful woman in San Diego bought a beautiful Labrador Retriever puppy for her father, who lives in Napa, for Christmas.  We drove up from Silicon Valley today, to deliver the puppy, meeting the new owner halfway, in the San Franciso East Bay.  What a wonderful Christmas gift!…

How about a new puppy for Christmas?  We've got the most beautiful Lab puppies you've ever seen available right now.  They'll be 8 weeks old - and ready to take home - on Christmas Eve!  If you're in Silicon Valley or the San Francisco Bay area, give us a call - we'd love to have you over to meet these adorable creatures.…

Have you seen this video?  If you google "Labrador Retriver Puppies in Silicon Valley", this is a top result. This video is our first litter of puppies with their mother Brandy.  It's totally homemade - by my wife and daughters.   We're thrilled with the quality of the puppies in this first litter.  We're please to be able…

My wife has cried every time we've sold a puppy - EVERY TIME!  My daughters get sad when we sell the puppies too. Well, I understand.  It is bittersweet.  We're very happy with the new homes and families we've found for our puppies, but it's also sad to see them go.  They are beautiful and wonderful, and we've, naturally, gotten…

Well we've made our first puppy sale from our first litter.  It was bittersweet.  Of course, we're happy that people love our puppies and are eagerly lining up to buy them.  But it's a sad thing to send the beautiful little pups away and realize we'll never see them again.  My wife cried when we sold the first one. If you live i…

After two years of diligent care and eager anticipation, we finally have our first litter of puppies!  The first litter was born on April 11, 2018 and will be 8 weeks old tomorrow.  What a joy it has been to welcome these beautiful pups to the world and watch them grow and develop in myriad ways since then! At South Bay Labs, we…

Living in the San Francisco Bay area is very different from how I grew up in Alabama. My youth was filled with things like sports; playing in the yard with my friends; romping through the woods; shooting birds, squirrels, and just about whatever moved, with my bee-bee gun; fishing; hunting; gardening; swimming; boating; water skiing; and, of course…