Our Services — Puppies, Started Dogs & Training

Bear's our second Caldwell Lab. The first one, Mocha, made it to twelve and never had a hip problem in her life — that's why we came back. Tom remembered us before we finished introducing ourselves on the phone. Bear is steady to shot, soft in the house, and ready to go at four in the morning when the alarm goes off. Exactly what we wanted.

We're a family of five — three kids under ten — and we'd been told a sporting breed was a bad idea for us. Maggie spent more time asking us questions than we spent asking her. By the time she matched us with Daisy, she knew our house better than half our relatives. Daisy sleeps under the table at dinner and chases the kids around the yard until they all collapse. The off-switch is real.

I drove from Bozeman to pick up our pup. Twelve hours each way. Worth every mile. Tom sat me down on the porch for half a day and walked me through the first month — crate, feeding, the early retrieving stuff. I've had three Labs in my life and that briefing told me more than the other two breeders combined.