Available for Reservation/Deposit!

RainShadow Labradors Lily / Milo Litter born April 15, 2023. Available for Pickup/Delivery June 24.

1 Black Male
1 Choc Female
3 Choc Males

(The rest are already spoken for.)

At rainshadowlabradors.com we pride ourselves in producing excellent Lab Puppies who are conditioned and trained (Yes, at 10 weeks!) to LISTEN!

Our puppies never live feral when humans are present. They respect the gate, they respect the food tray, they respect the person (jumping, yapping, etc), they're learning all the commands related to a leashed walk around the property, they're learning 100% proper fetching form during play training sessions, they listen for command, they listen for release, they are already programmed to respect... yes, at 10 weeks!

They're "Started" and ready for you to take over!

We don't use negative re-enforcement, we don't use treat training, (although you could incorporate either, seamlessly) and we've had AMAZING results in our pups!

Pups have dew claws removed, ENS therapy from Day 5, RainShadow Puppy Conditioning from 4 weeks, De-worming, Immunization Shots 1 and 2, and are AKC papered without restrictions.

(Parents are both OFA Excellent Hips & Normal Elbows, live a hunting/companion lifestyle, and have perfect eyes and health. Sire has 18 Blings on his pedigree, including a great grandfather NAFC.)

Contact me to reserve a Pup for late June!

location?

Central Washington State

Price and/or trade interests?

1000 boys, 1200 girl... mostly sporting trades, but if I like the bottom line, I will consider literally anything!

Thanks.
Good prices.

Last Female Reserved...

3 Chocolate Males and 1 Black Male Remaining...

Cute Kid!

How big are the parents?

Mid sized, 60 and 75.

Back home from a working weekend, and back into ENS therapy...

The sessions are different now that we have Eyes and Ears, in addition to Nose!

I'm doing every step of the therapy with the puppy right in my face, giving it calming reassuring tones, and then loves and snuggles AS SOON as the puppy stops struggling. This is INSTANTLY being received and understood by these babies, as they immediately go into deeper calm and trust. (Oh. Ok... you've got me, I'm ok.)

Seems minor and inconsequential, but I'm finding it's huge in establishing the trust and reliance on the human for security and calm.

They're ALREADY LISTENING!!!!






IMG_1983 (2) by .com/photos/142732471@N06/]Steve Tormala, on [bleep]




IMG_1982 (2) by .com/photos/142732471@N06/]Steve Tormala, on [bleep]




IMG_1981 (2) by .com/photos/142732471@N06/]Steve Tormala, on [bleep]




4 boys still available....

[youtube][/youtube]



We start the ENS Therapy at day 4, as they get to this age (26 days) we’re ending ENS and transitioning to food dish manners.

The last stage of ENS is with a different focus: Puppy making eye contact with me, hearing me, relating the familiar breath with the voice… THEN I give positive feedback when the switch from struggle to calm.

Through this exercise, they’re prepared to see me, hear my voice, and understand that when I switch to positive feedback (the praising, loving, happy-with-them affectionate voice) that they’re doing the desired behavior. They’re ready to start sitting and waiting for their food… and they’re not even weaning yet!

Here’s a video from today…

They’re ready to start the real puppy conditioning!

Introducing slurried food today, weaning probably by next week.



Still 4 boys available!

I am also looking for a very worthy recipient of one of these excellent pups for free. Prefer youth or senior who is both prepared and interested, but I will consider any worthy nominations.

Ideal hunting or service pups. They’ll be prepared for training and assimilation better than any other puppies on the market.

Please feel free to nominate a recipient!

My 11 and 12yo boys would love a new puppy to raise and hunt over. They are just getting to the size where they can hold up a shotgun OK and I intend to get them after some chuckars, pheasants, and ducks. I was trying to wait until you had a yellow but we currently have a non-hunting chocolate that we got at 6yo when our last dog got run over. Trying to help some broken hearts mend meant a bit of a rushed decision and the previous owner said she was OK around guns, not so.

I sent you a message CTD

I responded.

Short video describing how I introduce the first servings of puppy food to the pack… attention goes to the HUMAN, not the food. Setting a lifelong pattern.

https://youtube.com/shorts/hLU3KkJs_KA?feature=share

Excellent FIRST session waiting for food!

Caught the whole thing on video!

4yo interrupted, but merely a side show to how quickly these babies “Get It!”




Inquiries, but still 4 boys unreserved as of this posting…

Where in WA? My wife and I are wanting to get a puppy for our children. We live on acreage and someone is always home, so we think it might be manageable.

I'm in Selah, but often drive or have people driving, to the Peninsula.

If you pick up where I leave off, it's MORE than manageable. They're ready to acclimate and start out well behaved and in the habit of learning from their human. It really works, great program to get a kid to pick up too.

Think this was actually the 4th feeding… but they already get it!

Cute Puppy Video!
Demo video (if you’ve been following along) on transitioning the audibles from just emotion to actual command words… Back, Sit, and Food. They don’t even realize they’re learning!

I’m using what they know (food dish manners training) to train a new concept (a praise word that is NOT a release.) Really makes them listen specifically! They’re not just listening for an emotion. Or for words (talking to the camera is a helpful tool too!) Instead, they’re listening for the specific word “FOOD!”

I’m teaching them the word “Good” in a smooth happy pleased tone, and incorporating it with petting and individual attention and special focus, but then if they assume it’s a release, they immediately get the teakettle flip!
They get it quickly! It’s what they hear when they’re doing it right, but they’re not supposed to go to the next thing yet.
Perfect scenario to teach!

Moved the puppies to the "Big Kid Kennel" yesterday morning. They settled in well. I practiced gate manners ONCE, had a few teakettles then walked over today and.....

Here’s from today… transitioning to sit and wait as I move away from them.



I didn’t realize the chocolate boy was behind me sitting dutifully until I felt him there! I was holding up a tray full of sloshing slurried food.
(That’s typically why I wear crocs and do lots of this with my toes, my hands are often full.)

Six weeks and three days!

Four boys still available!

Remember, open to trades!

It's funny, I didn't even realize in this video, one puppy was way behind me, back at the gate, sitting and waiting, doing his duty like the rest, didn't break until released even though he had a free open shot to the dish... and I didn't even notice as I was filming these 9!




Several inquiries going, but still 4 boys available. 1 black 3 chocolate.

Still looking for a scholarship/homeschool project pup, or service dog recipient. Feel free to nominate someone!

I had to get the Iconic RainShadow Labradors photo from this litter too!

They’re sitting there… because I told them to!

They’ve been doing versions of this since 4 weeks, nice and neat and as long as I want them to like this for over a week, but this pic is 7 weeks and 4 days.

A couple former pups visited today, did a couple water retrieves with the whole group…

Mom (choc), Dad (center black w/o collar), grandma, aunt, half brother, full sister…



Leia, the ‘queen of the world spoiled house dog’ (next litter mom, yellow) will sit and fetch but she won’t lie down with the rest of those peasants!

Rachel, the kid trainer, hasn’t fully comprehended the side of the fetching stick she’s supposed to be on!

Second Black Boy has been Reserved!

Three Chocolate Boys still available.

Reserved another Chocolate Boy!

Two Chocolate Boys left!

Still open for earmarking (not literally) for a scholarship or service puppy!

Second (Last) Immunization today, second leash walk, first bath... They're getting it! A couple are still acting a little young for leash, as they're still very bonded to the littermates, but getting them out of eye/earshot tunes them in and they're getting it.

Never have seen a breeder work with a litter of pups like Steve does.

And a bump

This^

Impressed with the early training of your pups. Good start!

Thank you, guys. It's got an element of reward to it. I love to see the really little pups 'get it' and understand... proves my point, babies can be taught to act decently.

The pic above with the pack and my 4yo daughter lying down is another part of the reward I get to see. Red collar, in the middle of the pack, is one of my pups. I was boarding him for a couple days. He's from a home where he learns commands, but the people are not taking leadership. But he's STILL sharp! He's still a good dog, even though they don't make him submit (but more often the opposite.) It WORKS! Teaching Puppies to Submit and LISTEN really, really works!

This litter is all reserved...

All black litter from Milo & Leia has been born!