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Boundary Waters Labradors is The Home of The JOLOR Lab

BWCA Labs is located on the edge of the BWCAW
(Boundary Waters Canoe Area Wilderness)

AL & Margo Penke
1405 Hwy 120
Ely, Minnesota
55731

If you love labs, you have come to the right place!
We breed and raise top of the line dogs.

BWCA Labs is glad to announce that "Sparkle", Jolor's Rejuvenator, now has 3 Qualifying AKC JH Ribbons. (Central Mn Ret Club & MIRRC) We want to give our sincere thanks to our PRO - Trainer and Handler: Mark Vossbein. We appreciate his talent, time and effort in helping to bring our dog to her full potential. 'Princess Ballerina Sparkle Bear' (thus named by our 5, 4 & 3 yr old granddaughters who helped raise "Sparkle" from puppy hood) will hopefully, someday, have one of these, 'junior handlers', at her side in an AKC event. Al and I both plan on being one of "Sparkle's" Handlers, too. But we need to take time away from family to get down to Mark V's for OUR handler-training, first :)

" Our Labs have Wonderful Temperament, Good Hunting Instincts and Fire, Fire, Fire! "

BWCA Labs has Yellow Male Pups Ready Now
$500
218-365-5842 or 612-759-7171 (northwoods cell#)
See Current Litter Photos for details NEW PICTURES ADDED 6/30/09
 
UPCOMING LITTER:Out of a 2009 National Finalist!
Carbon's Blue Pursuit ex Jolor's Sunshine Splendor
Pups: $1,200 eic cleared by dew claws, $800 eic carrier pups (carriers do not have symptoms of eic)
"BLUE" is a FINALIST in the 2009 National Amateur Retriever Championship Stake
Owners: Missy Bell & Steve Kompf
"Sunny" is an excellent hunting dog, a granddaughter of NFC Abe's Ebony & Ivory, a great granddaughter of JJ's: Joe DeLoia's last personal hunting dog
An all black litter is expected August 24th, 2009 Pups ready Oct 5th to Oct 19th, approx
Blue: OFA Excellent/CNM Cleared/Eyes Cleared
Sunny: OFA Excellent/EIC Cleared/Eyes Cleared
See Ad in Good Dog Info for puppies pedigree out of Blue and Sunny.
In 'YOUR potenial PUPS' 5 gen pedigree you will see:
'06 NAFC-FC CARBON COPY OF HORN CREEK (2nd Generation: Sire's Sire)
'98 NFC-AFC ABE'S EBONY AND IVORY (3rd Generation: Dam's Gr.Sire)
FC-AFC WILDERNESS HARLEY TO GO (3 x's: 4th & 5th Generation-sire's side) (4th Generation-Dam's side)
1986 NFC-AFC JUBILASHUS T C MALARKY (2 x's: 4th Generation: Sire's Side, 5th Generation: Dam's Side ) 
We're expecting BLUE (skies) and SUNSHINE :)
Click on this link to research pedigree
 
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BWCA Labs participated in Ely, Mn 2nd Annual Dock Dogs Jumping Event
We had a booth and met a lot of wonderful people, esp children, because we had 6 week old puppies there with us.  The dogs out of our kennel here at BWCA Lab that participated were: "Bullet": Placed 2nd, "Jack" of White Iron Beach Resort, "Kiya" of Voltz Technologies (Ely), "Buddy" of Wintergreen Lodge, "Ole", "Emma" and her son, "Sonny", Our "Nellie" and "Sunny"! The dogs with their names underlined all got ribbons!
For PUPPY TESTIMONIES / Puppy Reports by the New Owners:
Click on 'Photos' in Main Menu at left: Go to the Mom's album of your choice in 'Our Dogs'
Then go to: '? ex ?' (for example: 'Beau ex Zesty') then go to 'Placements'...You will find, in the placements albums, pictures that people have sent to us of their BWCA Lab pup as it grows - we upload them onto the website with the report they've sent to us about the puppy in an email, of course, this is all done with their permission, and I'll remove it by their request.
 
 
Smile   LAKESHORE FOR SALE BY z'UP North Realty: Buy the place your lab can only dream about!  Smile
The cabin is presently rented, shown by Andrea, by appointment only.
Presently owned by: BWCA Lab's  Al & Margo Penke
8.25 acres of nice woodland on 'private access only' Lake Esquagama
Only approx 11 miles from the Minnesota Iron Range Retriever Club
Over 500 feet of lakeshore and a cute 2 bedroom Home
Call: Andrea Zupancich for details: 218.827.2288 or see:  http://www.zupnorth.com/


We are pleased to announce: Michael Furtman owns a BWCA Lab: 

We are the owners of:
The Rose Man: 36 West Central Entrance, Duluth, MN
Shop Hours: Mon - Sat 9 am to 6 pm
One Dozen Roses: only $10.00
Buy 2 Dozen for only $15.00 (pending on supply)
I guess you could say: "We're all about Gun Dogs and Roses"



WE ARE A SERIOUS HOBBY BREEDING KENNEL of THE PUREBRED LABRADOR RETRIEVER 
VISITORS  WELCOMED WITH AN APPOINTMENT

Joe DeLoia's last personal hunting dog, "Jolor's JJ",
is in 5 of our 7 labrador's pedigrees:
2 daughters: Lady (B) out of JJ ex Zesty (dob: 10/31/03) & Dolly (Y) out of JJ ex Dixie (dob: 6/8/04)
2 grandaughters: Nellie (B/BY) out of Beau ex Dede (dob: 10/13/03)
& Cookie (B/BY) out of Cannon ex Sunny (dob: 9/2/06) 
1 greatgranddaughter: Sunny (Light Y dob: 9/8/04)
Jolor's JJ: June 11, 1991 to June 19, 2005 (Father's Day '05) 
We will all miss JJ beyond words & are forever grateful for the wonderful
people & puppies he has brought into our lives.
The other two of our seven dogs that are not directly related to JJ are: Beau and Zesty.
(Both of whom trace back to 1956 NFC Massie's Sassy Boots) 
They are the sire and dam of three labs now owned by Joe and Lorraine DeLoia's family.
Here are some names you will find in Beau and Zesty's pedigree:

"BEAU": son of: "FC-AFC Gunstocks Butch From Winifox"
(Owner: of "Butch": Charlie and Yvonne Hays, are in The Retriever Hall of Fame for People)
(We purchased "Beau" from their daughter Lisa in Boise, ID)
"Beau's" dam's side: "FC-AFC Riparian Roughrider", "FC-AFC Candlewoods M D Houston"
He is OFA'd, DNA'd and eyes cleared. Beau is CNM Cleared

"ZESTY":
'Everybody' is titled in Zesty's first 3 generations, except her mother, who is a littermate to "FC-AFC JB's So Rude" (one is MH: Smokin' Juicy Lucy mother to "FC-AFC Super Pic") Zesty is a daughter of: "FC-AFC Rebel With A Cause"
"Zesty's" dam's side: sire: "FC-AFC Chena River Chavez", out of: "NAFC-CNAFC Ebonstar Lean Mac" ex "CNFC-FC-AFC Chena River No Surprise"
"Zesty's" bottom side: "FC-AFC Southwind's Molly Rose", out of: "NFC-NAFC Candlewoods Super Tanker" ex "FC-AFC Itchin' Gretchin"
Zesty is OFA'd, DNA'd, CNM Clear, EIC Clear and eyes cleared.
 
"SPARKLE" out of BWCA Labs 'Beau and Zesty' dob: 4/5/08, AKC Registered name: Jolor's Rejuvenator is currently with Pro-Trainer/Handler Mark Vossbein, and won a 3rd Place Ribbon in 'DERBY' at the MIRRC 2009 Spring Informal Trial (5/3/09) The previous day she brought in 2 JAMS, one in Derby and one in Hunter's Special. She also ran in the Kettle River Retriever Club Spring Informal (Feb '09) bringing in two duck bands, One for 6 retrieves in 'Puppy' & one for 6 retrieves in 'Junior'. We are very proud of both "Sparkle" and Mr Vossbein.
She will be going to 'Brownies Ozark Retrievers' in April with Mark V
Upon returning to Minnesota we plan on running her in the MIRRC Picnic Trial and AKC Hunting Tests
 
Here is a continued list of 'BW Labs':
(Click on 'photos' in blue box top left margin for each dogs personal album and loads of information) 
"BULLET": Son of: "Jolor's JJ ex Zesty"
DNA'd, OFA'd, Eyes Cleared, EIC Cleared
"Jolor's Bullet" has entered two events: 
1: CKRC AKC Hunting Test, 4/2/06, Qualifying Score JH ribbon
2: Dock Dogs Northern Stars, 7/22/06, 5th Place Junior ribbon, dockdogs.com
He jumped 18 & 21 (some say more like 22 to 24 feet!) during open dock (13 &15+ during competition)
People with national dock jumping dogs came up to Al afterwards and said we have a national competitor in "Bullet"! That's exciting!
"Bullet" has a new master: Scott Solberg of Babbitt, MN. "Bullet" remains in my name as his AKC registered owner, we plan to mentor Scott this upcoming summer as he becomes a handler; running Bullet in AKC Hunting Tests and a possible dock jumping contest.
 
"ABBY": Owner: Emmett Penke, our son
Breeder: Howie Towle, "Abby" has a great pedigree, too! 
"ZORA"(Bullet and Lady's littermate): Owner: Sarah Penke, our daughter-in-law 
The 'Photo Gallery' has an album for each of the labradors listed above and more
(previous BW Labs, partners and our beloved labs that are dearly departed);
albums full of photos and personal info. & pedigrees, etc
 
Note: 2x NAFC FC Candlewoods Ramblin Man was a participating stud in Our Breeding Program History

Margo Penke is a Member of The Labrador Retriever Club http://www.thelabradorclub.com/
A Lifetime Member (2006) of two local retriever clubs in our area:
The Minnesota Iron Range Retriever Club (mirrc.org) and The Duluth Retriever Club (duluthretrieverclub.com)
Boundary Waters Labrador is a partner of Working Retriever Central
In July of 2004 we made a donation to The Bird Dog Foundation, Inc. in Grand Junction, TN. It was a donation of
historic memorabilia about the sport of the purebred retriever relating to Mr Joe DeLoia and The DRC. Thank-you to Pert Wunderlich for previewing and approving this gift which was then donated to the new Retriever Building located at the foundation. The gift included 2 scrapbooks, a framed collage and a framed picture of Joe with four retrievers. It was a donation which could not have been made by us without Joe DeLoia's contribution!
BWCA Labs has been featured in The Retriever Journal magazine (Included in a story about Joe DeLoia, also featured in Sporting Classics) and Al Penke was featured in an newspaper article called: Hunting Dog Stories, thanks to "Birdie" (Duluth News Tribune, 9/21/08 issue of Northland Outdoors by Sam Cook)
We recommend Half Price Books, 5017 Excelsior Blvd., St. Louis Park, MN, 55416-3013, 952-922-2414 
see: halfpricebooks.com to search for dog books or magazines
 
(C) 2009 BWCA Labradors
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