Welcome to Graycroft Kennels at Sweetwater.

Our interest in Labrador Retrievers started during the early 80’s. Bill was looking for an all-around hunting dog and I wanted one to love.  We were fortunate to start with a wonderful pup out of KR Rahfeek Maarna Saaid Naab, a Sandylands Markwell daughter, and sired by Sandylands Rip VanWinkle.  We called her Faith and she was our foundation bitch.  In training Faith, we were introduced to AKC Hunt Tests and Obedience Trials.  We have since trained and titled numerous dogs at all levels of hunting, obedience and conformation. Graycroft Labradors follows the training methods outlined by Mike Lardy and we find it allows our dogs to fulfill their potential in the field. Our goal in breeding Labradors is to retain the old-fashion English conformation while maintaining temperament, intelligence and instinct.

We have had the pleasure of working with Pat Burns, a renowned Field Trainer, hosting his workshops at our Sweetwater training facility during the last three years and we plan to continue next year.

Anna Clark

Anna’s success has culminated in the breeding, owning and training of Graycroft Once in a Baloo Moon RN CDX MH, CH Graycrofts Distant Visions RN CD SH and CH Ransom’s Graycroft Quest SH CDX, Anna continues competing in Hunt Tests, Obedience and Rally with occasional conformation at Labrador Specialties. Her real love is breeding and raising beautiful, old fashioned Labrador puppies with a focus in early training during the eight week to six month periods. Methods used during this training are derived from the techniques of Connie Cleveland and Pat Nolan.

Bill Clark

 Bill’s competitive spirit has led him to success in the Field Trial world, where he has successfully placed six dogs in All-Age-Qualified, including winning one. In June of 2014, we retired from many years of professional field training and Bill is currently pursuing the field trial game as an Amateur.