Our Process
Chocolate Labradors Is Your Reputable Breeder
Although we are very thankful for everyone who shows an interest in purchasing a pup, we want to remind you this is a very serious purchase, and much thought needs to go into this. That’s why we ask that you are as committed to this purchase as we are to our breeding and caring.
Our pups are in extremely high demand, which means that the buying process may take as long as six months to one year from the time you first call us. We will not lower our standards; our goal is to deliver the perfect match for you.
How to Purchase a Pup from Chocolate Labradors
We like to use the phrase “journey of joy” when thinking about this new purchase that you are carefully considering for your new forever companion. Because our pups are in great demand, most pups already have deposits on them or are sold before they are born, if not soon after. Therefore, we require a non-refundable deposit for a dog of either sex. For current pricing, please click the link above.
WE STAND BEHIND OUR TRAINING!
We understand that raising a well-behaved pup to maturity can be quite an undertaking! Our owner and trainers have had decades of combined experience to accomplish just that—their expertise results from thousands of hours of challenging and dedicated work training pups.
Gene Wolfenbarger, our owner, has been involved in the dog industry for over forty years. After experiencing extraordinary success in the Treeing Walker coonhound realm, he changed his focus to English Labradors. Our Senior Trainer has spent many years in the field and is the best trainer we have worked with.
Smoky Mtn Labradors, one of the World's Premier Breeders, has a solid infrastructure in place where we can produce boys or girls in all three colors. We urge you to consider what color and gender you want before placing your order. We have all of our puppies examined by our Veterinarian two different times (6 Weeks and 9 Weeks) before any of our clients see the picture of their puppy. At eight weeks old, all of our clients can enroll their puppy into our Crate Training School, which is an additional cost. At Smoky Mtn, we only want to deal with a very serious Labrador Buyer; therefore, all of our puppies are paid for in their entirety if you want to enter your puppy in our Crate Training School billed at eight weeks eight.
1. Purchase Your Puppy
(Typical Wait time 4-6 Months)
2. Level 1 Crate Training School (Optional)
Our Crate Training School has been one of THE SINGLE GREATEST DECISIONS we have made for our clients. We would have never believed that INSTALLING a 16-week-old puppy (4 months) into our client’s homes would have the overwhelming success of their complete satisfaction with us doing the challenging work early on for them. Our four-month-old pups installed after our Crate Training School and their 4 Veterinarian Examinations here are the guarantees our clients are looking for in purchasing a lifetime companion. Our school involves over 728 hours of oversight in 8 weeks by our paid staff, and we are allowed to develop a puppy's personality and watch the development of that pup in its most crucial health stage. This is the MOST RECOMMENDED route that we cannot stress assure you of the correct choice.
3. Level 2 Behavior Training School (Optional)
Occasionally, our potential clients will confuse the TWO LEVELS of TRAINING. Level 2 Training occurs after the puppy is nine months old and has lived with you for five months. We have learned the hard way to toughen a puppy to go home at four months old and allow it to be a puppy before it starts this level of BEHAVIOR TRAINING. Your puppy needs to be a puppy and bond with you during the 4-9 month stage, and then when we introduce your puppy to our TRAINERS, they are ready for the OFF LEASH TRAINING, which is your highest level of training being done today in the DOG TRAINING WORLD. You do not want to confuse the two CRATE TRAINING and BEHAVIOR TRAINING. We have learned to separate them by months and allow the puppy to mature.