Welcome to Duckback Labradors

We are a small kennel located on an 88 acre farm in the central North Carolina Piedmont area (approximately 20 minutes from the NC Zoo) with black and yellow Labradors. We have owned Labs since 1976, promoting versatility, soundness, trainability, excellent temperament as well as conforming to the standard. Quite simply put, we believe that a good looking Lab should be able to work and perform what it was bred to do, and a working Lab should conform to the Standard and be pleasing to the eye. We limit breeding to approximately two litters a year in order to raise and nurture puppies in our home. At approximately 7 weeks of age, our puppies are temperament tested in order to insure that an appropriate match up of individual (or family) and puppy is made.

We were drawn to this breed many years ago, desiring to own a versatile dog which was equally superior as a companion in the field and house. We have participated in many activities, including tracking, obedience, hunting, hunt tests and showing in the breed conformation ring. CH. Duckback’s Hi- Hope, CD, MH was the 6th AKC Champion Master Hunter, CD in the history of the breed; thus demonstrating not only the ability to conform to the standard, but also excelling in the hunt test venue.

Our dogs have served as Guide dogs for the blind, hunting companions, obedience titled dogs, participants in conformation shows, and most important, being a loyal and faithful companion.

We have previously taught numerous puppy classes in Veterinarian clinics and Anne is currently qualified to judge the AKC Hunting Retriever test at the Junior, Senior and Master level. We welcome you also to our farm and kennels in order to enjoy our dogs, horses, cows and cats!

I would like to express my greatest appreciation to my niece, Janis Henderson-Hunsucker who developed this website. She is very creative and continues to add bits and pieces to give a broader and delightful insight about our Labs. Having previously worked as a Learning Disabilities Specialist and Diagnostician, I wanted this also to be an informative website where anyone visiting it could learn more about our wonderful and awesome breed. Please be sure to read through the ‘Tips’ section, for this may answer many of your questions. Also, Neil and I are extremely grateful for the joy and love our Labs have brought to us through the years. They have healed our souls, made us laugh so hard we cried and torn out our hearts when it was time for them to leave this earth. We have been blessed with the opportunity to share these wonderful bundles of joy with families and individuals who have loved their Lab with such great passion.

Anne


Duckback has been in many magazine publications. Visit the magazine's page to see previous articles.

Anne Evans and a therapy dog visit the Bill Hefner Veterans Administration Hospital in Salisbury, NC twice monthly. We spend the day there, breaking for lunch and a ‘nap time.’ We chose the V.A. Hospital because we feel very dedicated to those who have served our country. Additionally, Neil’s father served in WWII and Neil retired in 2007 after serving in the Coast Guard Reserves for 27 years. I had no idea how absolutely moving and awesome this experience would be for us!


Janis Henderson-Hunsucker has been designing web sites since 2000. Visit her page to find out more about website design and how she can help your business or market your kennel.

Our foundation sire born in 1982, Am./Can. CH. Duckback’s Black ’n Decker, CD, CDX, JH, TD, propelled us and encouraged us to prove that it was important for a beautiful Labrador to perform what it was bred to do, to be sound, to have a wonderful temperament and to have the intelligence to be multi-purposed. He went on to produce Hope, the 6th Champion Master Hunter Labrador in the history of the Labrador breed. Most of our Labradors descend from the lines of Decker and Hope, passing on these same qualities mentioned.

We have just added a puppy photo album page for you to see our cute labrador puppies. They are such darlings.

If you are interested in our puppies, please fill out the questionnaire and mail it to us. For more details, please email us. Remember, we only have two litters of puppies each year.

For the Summer 2011 issue of The Labrador Quarterly Anne Evans wrote an article entitled, "Shooting for the stars: the CH/MH Labrador". Click on the picture to read a scanned version of the article in .pdf format.

Frozen semen is available for two of our dogs, Skitter Hawk (deceased) and Tori (deceased). If you are interested in breeding to these dogs please contact me so we can arrange for you to get frozen semen from the Vet clinic where it is stored.