About Us

Hello! We would like to tell you a little bit about our family.

We are located in Virginia, Minnesota, an hour north of Duluth and a couple of hours south of the Canadian border. We are surrounded by the beauty of the lakes and woods of northern Minnesota. While waiting for our 1st litter to be born we decided we needed a kennel name. Our inspiration came from living in the heart of the iron mining industry. Our kennel name was no father than looking out our back door.

Our love and passion for the breed started with our 1st lab, Copper. We loved her temperament but soon realized we wanted to show in conformation so we bought Libby from Heartland Kennels. Libby & Copper opened our eyes and fed the passion to how truly wonderful this breed is.

The dogs are my passion, thats why all my jobs are dog related, I am an all breed dog groomer, I teach dog training classes, do private lessons, I’m a member of the Pet Dog Trainers Association and I’m an evaluator with AKC Canine Good Citizen program.

Bill is the greenskeeper on our city owned golf course. Even though he is always ready to help out with the dogs he’s the 1st to say “talk to Cathy”. Bills pride and joy in life is watching our children participate in all the sports that they love to do.

Scott is a hockey nut, (that is his passion) he will plays Division 1 hockey with the University of Minnesota-Duluth Bulldogs. June of 2007 he gave us the thrill of a life time and was drafted into the NHL by the Montreal Canadians.

Emma loves her sports too, she is on the golf team and is a dominate force on her hockey team. She also plays in the High School band.

As you can see we are a busy family and that’s why we only have a few dogs and breed an occasional litter (quality over quantity). All our litters are planned in between our family activities. It is all to important to us to give our puppies a strong foundation, we are very committed to each litter.

Thanks for visiting us.

Cathy and Bill
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