NEWS

- Copperkee welcomes it's newest additions to the family ~ Rocky, River and Rain.

- 23-08-11 & 24-08-11 Copperkee Graphic Design "Chase" take out back to back Baby Puppy in Groups and back to back places in Baby puppy Sweepstakes at Nanango Show under Judges Mr J Stanton (NZ) & Mrs Y Smith (NZ).

- 21-08-11 - Ch. Copperkee Northern Lights "Moose" takes out a huge 23 point BOB and Copperkee Graphic Design "Chase" takes out another Baby puppy of Breed at Gundog & Heavy Breeds.

- 16-08-11 - Ch. Copperkee Northern Lights "Moose" takes out RDC and Copperkee Graphic Design "Chase" takes out Baby Puppy of Breed at Brisbane Royal Show (Ekka)

- 14-08-11 - Ch. Copperkee Northern Lights "Moose" takes out opp sex intermediate in show and opp sex tail in show. Ch. Copperkee Anzac Pride n Honour "Brooke" take out Best Tail and Coat in Show. Copperkee Graphic Design "Chase" takes out 2nd in baby puppy dog out of a class of 9 at the Labrador Club of Queensland Championship Show.
 

-  26-06-11 - Ch. Copperkee Northern Lights "Moose" takes out Best in Group, Intermediate in Group, Intermediate in Show and Runner up Best in Show at
Gympie & District Kennel Club (Open show)
Judge: Mrs P Brown & Mr D Laird
 

Copperkee Labradors are a small kennel made up of all 3 colours - each of them as beautiful as the next and all important members of our family.
 

Our breeding dogs are all hip/elbow scored and tested for PRA.
Puppies are sometimes available and all are raised in a family environment.

Having done obedience on and off for many years prior to establishing our kennel, we decided to take our hobby further and venture into showing and breeding. 
 

So in 2003, Copperkee Labradors was established.

In 2005 we gained our first show dog and our goals at Copperkee also changed to focus more on the chocolate Labrador lines here in Australia, and promoting the colour out and about in the show ring.

In 2006 we added a Miniature Bull Terrier to our family where we showed her to a 12 point Best of Breed at the Brisbane Royal on her first birthday and her Australian Champion title shortly after. 

In 2009 we added two Australian Shepherds to the show team where they took out multiple age class in groups and also gained their Championship titles.

However, our passion for the Labradors has seen us working hard on expanding our Labrador show team, and us focusing more on our homebred dogs in the show ring.

The “Copperkee” prefix was originally owned by Mrs. D & Mr. M Creagh, however, in late 2010 the kennel was changed into Mrs. D Creagh and Miss J Creagh when Jamie-Lee reached the age of 18.

Since then, we added a new dog to the family, a Cocker Spaniel, who is owned by the youngest daughter of the family but is shown by Jamie.

We actively support both Open Shows and Championship shows with our dogs and since we started showing our results for both types of shows have seen us take out 62 age class in groups, 4 age class in shows, 2 Runner up Best in Groups, 1 Best in Group and 1 Runner up Best in Show, 5 places in sweepstakes, and a second place in Breeder/owner sweepstakes.

We have also taken out Runner up Dog Challenge with our Chocolate boy “Moose” at both the Toowoomba Royal and the Brisbane Royal.

At the Labrador Specialties we have taken out multiple places in classes
and age class/opposite sex age classes in show. We have also taken out
 multiple property classes and opposite sex property classes in show.
These include Tail, Feet, Coat and Best Headed Bitch.

Most of the dogs have been shown by Jamie-Lee Creagh who started out
 showing at the age of 12. We have now shown a total of seven dogs to
their Championship titles, three of which are home bred.

We are registered breeders with the Canine Control Council of Qld

and members of the following clubs -

• The Labrador Retriever Club of Qld

• Caboolture Kennel Club

• Caboolture Sports Dog Obedience Club

Last Updated 30/01/12