Welcome to Swift Creek Labradors

Swift Creek Labradors-Labradors since 1989. SCL is a small kennel and guide service located on 80 acres in central Missouri. We also have land in the Missouri river valley adjacent to 5000+ acres of the Big Muddy Wildlife Area. We have over 12,000 acres of public land nearby to hunt and train on including a waterfowl refuge. Our goal is to perpetuate the original traits that have made the Labrador the most popular dog in the world. We believe that longstanding great field bred bloodlines are the key to great dogs. SCL has sought out NFC bloodlines throughout the United States and the United Kingdom. Our dogs possess sound temperament and great natural instincts and excel in the home as well as in the field. We believe in the British philosophy of breeding. You don't train out bad habits/traits you breed them out. We only breed our best dogs. We only breed dogs that we can train easily without using a professional. Our dogs are born and bred to hunt. They also have the skills to compete as well as being excellent family companions.

Your dog is the most important part of your hunting equipment. SCL only breeds dogs that have proven themselves in the field and all of our breeding dogs are OFA certified good or excellent Their eyes are CERF 'd annually. We also register the DNA of our dogs so that our dogs' and your puppies' lineage can be proven. We are so confident in our bloodlines that we not only guarantee our dogs health (hips / eyes ) but that they will hunt for anyone (with a minimum of training). Our dogs are used extensively for upland and waterfowl hunting and to further prove themselves, they compete throughout the United States. We are in the process of testing all our dogs for the EIC(Exercise Induced Collapse) gene. EIC is a genetic neuromuscular disease that has been found in a large number of Labradors primarily from/in field trial stock. A new DNA test has recently become available through the University of Minnesota (EIC info link). As of 9/01/2010 we have the results back for several of our dogs. Swift Creek's JJ Flash , Swift Creek's Lady Guinevere, SCL's Lady Hot Tub Aella, Glenbriar Roisin, SCL's Tandragee Kiera Flash, SCL's Loosey Goosey, and SCL's Watermark Stella Blue were all found to be EIC CLEAR. All of our dogs are tested and none will be bred until the results come back. We encourage all buyers to insist on EIC test results for both the dam and sire of their puppy/dog. This is a double recessive genetic disease. We have witnessed it in dogs other than our own and feel that all Lab owners/buyers/breeders must join to eliminate this disease from the gene pool. It is an insidious disease with no cure that causes dogs to become temporarily lame after exercise or excitement and can cause death in extreme cases.

For several years our dogs ran primarily in the BDC/Tournament Hunter LLC. We are now running AKC/HRC/APLA hunt tests with continuing success to prove that our dogs can compete in them as well at the same high level. l feel that tournament hunting is the most true test of what the Labrador Retriever was originally bred for over 200 years ago. It is real upland hunting with live birds being shot by the handler, after being produced by your dog. The dog must produce the bird, mark the fall, and retrieve to hand to receive full points for that bird. Points are also awarded for the amount of time it takes to fill the bag limit. Dogs are scored not subjectively judged. The most proficient dog wins. Championship points are awarded to dogs placing 1st,2nd,or 3rd. To earn a championship title you must place first multiple times and accumulate a total of 20 championship points similar to field trials. We also get to compete against AKC JH,SH,MH; APLA GMPR's; Field Trial champions;HRCH, etc. to see what dogs truly are great hunting dogs. We only breed exceptional, natural hunters. We do not breed litters that we would/do not keep a pup out of. SCL dogs have participated in thirteen national tournaments since 1997 being awarded two thirds,fourth, fifth, eighth, and eleventh place competing against the best tournament hunting dogs in the USA and have been featured on the Outdoor Channel, the Sportsman's Channel, and in the Quail Unlimited Magazine. SCL had two entries in the 2006 and 2007 World Championships of Tournament Hunting and has two in 2009 and 2010 as well. We have had to cut back on competing recently due to personal mobility issues. In spite of this SCL dogs continue to compete at the highest levels. We expect to return to a more active role in competition in 2010. In 2010 two dogs we bred placed 5th and 6th in the World Championships of Tournament Hunting. In March 2011 GMPR HR Swift Creek's Wanna Dip SH(Cope) won the 2010 BDC Amateur National Championship title and the BDC Amateur Flushing Dog of the Year while being handled by Paula Voorhees. Cope followed that up in October 2011 placing third in the World championships while handled by John Turnquist. In Feb 2012 Cope while handled by Noah Voorhees won the Youth title at the National Pheasants Forever/Quail Forever Bird Dog Classic. Another dog we bred, Ryley at 17 months of age, placed 2nd in the doubles division at the same 2010 BDC National Championships and was handled by her owner Jerry McCarthy. Ryley just followed that up by winning the Top Gun Puppy and second in Puppy Doubles at the NATHA U.S. Open in April 2011. Ryley has earned the 2011 BDC Puppy Flusher of the year title. On a sad note Swift Creek's Lady Guinevere 5X BDC CH passed away Nov. 1, 2011 at the age of 12. Guin was our "once in a lifetime"dog and was one of the best to ever tournament hunt. She had the best nose that anyone has ever seen and the drive to keep up with it. Guin gave us many, many, great memories. She was a special member of our family and will never be forgotten. Her bloodline is the foundation of our kennel and her pups, grandpups, and great grandpups continue to prove her bloodline. Ironically, our last two litters of 2011 were her grandpups and great grandpups. 4 generations in the house and kennels at the same time!

Paul Swift has been hunting and training dogs for over forty years. Paul has been an active judge, scoring hundreds of dogs in numerous competitions and multiple organizations, as well as ten national tournaments and the 2009/2010 World Championships. He is a member of the AKC, UKC, BDC, Ducks Unlimited, and the National Wild Turkey Federation and has guided hunts for upland birds, wild turkey, and waterfowl for over twenty years. He is also a member of the Tri-Tronic's Influentials Club. If you are in need of an e-collar please contact us as we can get you the lowest price anywhere on Tri-Tronics' equipment .

Our dogs are "possessed" with great hunting skills and desire!

Swift Creek Labradors

Paul Swift
1920 Route Y
Harrisburg, MO. 65256