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.

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 stock is 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 ). All of 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(Exercised 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 11-30-2008 we have the results back for four of our dogs. Swift Creek's JJ Flash , Swift Creek's Lady Guinevere, SCL's Tesla Coil, and SCL's Hot Tub Aella were all found to be EIC CLEAR. The rest of our dogs will be tested and none will be bred until the results come back CLEAR. The U of MN lab is swamped and tests are taking 4+ weeks to be completed. 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.

Our dogs run in the NBDCA/Tournament Hunter LLC. It is real 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 SH,MH; APLA GMPR's; Field Trial champions; etc. to see what dogs truly are great hunting dogs. We only breed exceptional, natural hunters that have earned their championship certificate. We do not breed litters that we would/do not keep a pup out of. SCL dogs have participated in twelve national tournaments since 1998 being awarded two thirds,fourth, fifth, eighth, and eleventh place prizes competing against the best tournament hunting dogs in the USA and have been featured on the Outdoor Channel and the Sportsman's Channel. SCL has two entries in the 2006 World Championships of Tournament Hunting.

Paul Swift has been hunting and training dogs for over thirty-five years. Paul has been an active judge, scoring hundreds of dogs in numerous competitions and multiple organizations, as well as five national tournaments. He is a member of Ducks Unlimited and the National Wild Turkey Federation and has guided hunts for upland birds, wild turkey, and waterfowl for 18 years.

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

Swift Creek Labradors

Paul Swift
1920 Route Y
Harrisburg, MO. 65256