Welcome to Doc Tee's Labs.
This is Duncan, my 13 year old boy that got me into breeding. He was a rescue dog that was found in an intersection at about 9 weeks of age. He has hip and elbow dysplasia and has had several surgeries to try and help him walk. He had bilateral TPOs when he was 8 months old and a FHO on his right hip 3 years ago. He had elbow surgery when he was just a year old for a FCP. He has been on supplements since he was 6 months old and daily pain medicine since he was 8. He is such a trooper and never complains about anything. He has been slowing down the last few months and can still occasionally jump on my couch. He doesn't deserve the pain he has been in all his life. I'm happy he is still alive and it makes me happy if he can bring me a ball when I get home. He still swims in my pond to retrieve tennis balls or bumpers or fish. He never brings the fish back to me though. It will break my heart the day I have to put him down because he can't walk anymore.
Duncan has recently been diagnosed with Acute Lymphoblastic Lymphoma. He has been through 3 injections of Vincristine as well as some oral medications so far and has had some bad days and has lost a little weight but still bounces back like he always does. I hope he can complete the full round of chemo so he can continue to retrieve some tennis balls. So far the good days outway the bad ones and once he gets through the next 3 weeks OK he should have lots of good days for a while. Duncan hasn't given up on himself and so I won't give up on him. (updated 9/23/08)
Duncan has completed his round of chemo and is on some maintenance medications and seems to be tolerating it really well. He is still retrieving tennis balls out of the pond and eating like his old self. (updated 11/4/08)
My heart is now broken. Duncan was unable to fight back anymore to everything that life had dealt him. He was unable to stand probably due to a combination of all his leg problems and the cancer and the chemo. I had to make the decision to put him down. He lived 5 years longer than I ever thought he would and now he will be hugely missed. He was such an inspiration.
Rest in Peace my friend. 7/24/95 - 11/28/08
CONGRATULATIONS QUASI!!!
Doc Tee's Labs would like to congratulate Quasi (aka Retro Red) on his Big Air win at DockDogs Worlds competition. He is from Trek and Nog's first litter and will turn 2 in November. Quasi jumped 27' to win and put up a labrador record jump of 27'4" that same day.
CONGRATULATIONS TO QUASI AGAIN!!!
Quasi set the Indoor World Record in DockDogs last weekend at the Louisville Boat, RV and Sport show in Louisville, Kentucky with a jump of 27'3"
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Repeat Breeding
I am planning a repeat breeding of Doc Tee's Where No Dog Has Gone Before JH "Trek" and Doc Tee's Gold-Pressed Latinum JH "Nog" fall 2009. This is a repeat breeding of Quasi, Midnight, Tracker, Kelsey, Alex, Kagan and Gator. All are 21+ jumpers and are very easy to train for dock jumping. I got to jump Quasi at the SRS in practice and he hit 27' for me so I have decided to keep a male from this next breeding so I could have a competitive dog again. Kagan and Kelsey placed 1st and 2nd at the Huntsville SRS qualifier last weekend making them both qualified to go to the SRS Crown Championship. Kagan is a chocolate male from the second breeding and Kelsey is a chocolate female and littermate to Quasi. I had a great time watching Kagan and Kelsey and wished that the rest of the pups would have been there as well.
Trek and Nog's individual pages for more information on the parents)
Trek had 8 healthy puppies yesterday 11-11-09. There were 2 yellow females, 2 chocolate males and 4 black males.
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If you would like more information on our puppies please email us: Info@DocTeesLabs.com