Copper Creek Outfitters and Kennel

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we strive to produce the best hunting experience out there!! Come check out our hunting partners and products. Theres nothing like a Copper Creek puppy!

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Hard work blood sweat and tears have paid off for us here at Copper Creek we have made the Silver Level breeders list for our Boykin Spaniel breeding program. We seek out the best of the best when it comes to picking out our females to bring into our home and we seek out proven top tier males to breed out females to all our females are tested and held to the Boykin Spaniel Society testing requirements and then some all our females are kept up on vet appointments fed high quality food and supplements. After all these girls are our family hunting partners and companions.
Each pup is held picked up feet touched tails played with ears messed with hand fed exposed to loud noises changes ect. to get all pups completely comfortable for their new homes and lives ahead!

We could not be where we are at today with out the love and support of our puppy families our family and friends and everyone else that's helped us along the way!

the great outdoors has always been a passion for us. we took the step and opened up our outfitters in 2014 and started taking people we met out hunting. we focus on Waterfowl hunting primarily at this time as it is one of our biggest passions. Our hunts are personal fun and a once in a life time hunt. We get you to places that no one else can with our special boat and equipment. we work tirelessly all summer scouting and tracking to find some of the best locations to hunt! Travis has been hunting since a small child and i picked it up in 2007. We also opened up along side the outfitters, a kennel as well. We love Labrador Retrievers! we currently run a small kennel and breeding program. we strive to produce some of the best all around dogs out there, our puppies have been put in service careers to couch potatoes to hunting partners. we work very hard to produce well rounded sane dogs. In 2020 we added a second breed to our kennel, we welcomed Maggie a Boykin Spaniel to the kennel.


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Kelsey Winter

Co owner and Operator

kennel operator and dog caretaker. creator of all sold products and secondary guide in hunts. also runs all the companies social media

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Travis Winter

Co owner and Operator

Head Waterfowl guide product producer.

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ZEKE

Main hunting dog

Zeke is an amazing Retriever he came from Soggy Acres Retrievers out of Delevan Wisconsin. Zeke is a retrieving machine and produces some great pups

Maggie

Hunting and Tracking

Maggie is a very well bred Boykin Spaniel. the breed is all American and bred to hunt in the swamps of the Carolinas they are dubbed The little dog that wont rock the boat. and that she is a little dog that doesn't rock the boat.

Ember

In training

Ember will be an all around dog! Hunting and tracking will be her main focus

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June

Fully trained

June is now fully trained at soggy acres. Shes a yellow factored black. she has a huge drive she will be one of our main dogs used for the outfitters

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Dixie

Hunting dog in training

Dixie is the newest Boykin on the block! She is from Maggie's July litter she will be trained for all aspects in the kennel!

Lindi

In training

Lindi is a Pup from our 2020 litter that came back after her daddy was unable to care for her due to some health issues! she will be getting her health testing done and ran thru some training to enter in as a hunting dog!

Hoss

Hunting dog in Training

Hoss is from our last litter out of Pearl Sired from Zeke this guy is got his dads hunting ability and is well underway

Copper Creeks Soggy Bottom General "Zeke

Zeke is an All American Labrador Retriever.

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Paws Claws and Utter Things Pearl (Retired)

Pearl is a 50 50 mix of English and American

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CAVERNS & COPPERCREEKS MAGNOLIA

Triple Registered Boykin Spaniel AKC UKC BSS

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Copper Creek rising phoenix

Ember is a foundation bred Boykin Spaniel

Copper Creeks Juniper Belle

June is a well breed American lab with alot of drive already

Copper Creeks Whistlin Dixie

Dixie is from Maggie and Bacons July Litter of 2022 she will be a dual use dog. She will be used in AKC UKC confirmation shows and will also be a hunting and tracking dog

Copper Creeks Just Ducking Around

" Hoss" is the last pup from out Pearl and Zeke Feb 2022 litter he is currently in training with us here. he is learning and picking up everything quickly. he is still available for rehoming but the more time we put on him his price goes up

Copper Creeks Blackberry Brandy

"Lindi" is a Puppy from our 2020 litter she came back to the kennel due to her owners health failing. she will be getting all her testing done and her training finished!

Products

hunting training and memorial products

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Guided Waterfouwl hunts

guided hunts

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Labrador Retrievers

dogs and puppies free and clear of all testable genetic issues and parents OFA tested

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Training

training that fits you and your dog personalized help from Kelsey that fits your lifestyle and dog.

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Boykin Spaniels

We have our first planned litter of Boykins coming this year! Will be a late spring breed with a summer litter!

We have 2 Boykin litters planned for this summer one from Maggie and one from Ember. Maggie will be paired to HRCH Caverns Sizzlin Bacon again and we have not selected a male yet for Ember.

at this point these are the 2 litters we have planned right now we have just added Lindi to the kennel roster shes of breeding age but we need to get her testing done as well.



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  • Lots of hard work is paying off!!!!
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Labrador Retriever:

The sturdy, well-balanced Labrador Retriever can, depending on the sex, stand from 21.5 to 24.5 inches at the shoulder and weigh between 55 to 80 pounds. The dense, hard coat comes in yellow, black, and a luscious chocolate. The head is wide, the eyes glimmer with kindliness, and the thick, tapering “otter tail” seems to be forever signaling the breed’s innate eagerness. Labs are famously friendly. They are companionable housemates who bond with the whole family, and they socialize well with neighbor dogs and humans alike. But don’t mistake his easygoing personality for low energy: The Lab is an enthusiastic athlete that requires lots of exercise, like swimming and marathon games of fetch, to keep physically and mentally fit. Above all, a Labrador Retriever must be well balanced, enabling it to move in the show ring or work in the field with little or no effort. The typical Labrador possesses style and quality without over refinement, and substance without lumber or cloddiness. The Labrador is bred primarily as a working gun dog; structure and soundness are of great importance.

NOTE: the only difference between an English(show) and an American (field) Lab are simply explained as a difference in body build size and temperament. English or show bred are short stocky and broadly built they are usually more laid back and easy going, their American or Field bred are usually taller and skinier built they tend to have more energy and are more forward then the English bred labs

HISTORY:

The Labrador Retriever is the traditional waterdog of Newfoundland, long employed as a duck retriever and fisherman’s mate. The breed began its steady climb to supreme popularity in the early 1800s, when Labs were spotted by English nobles visiting Canada. These sporting earls and lords returned to England with fine specimens of “Labrador dogs.” (Exactly how these dogs of Newfoundland became associated with Labrador is unclear, but the name stuck.) During the latter half of the 19th century, British breeders refined and standardized the breed.
The physical and temperamental breed traits, so familiar today to millions of devotees around the world, recall the Lab’s original purpose. A short, dense, weather-resistant coat was preferred because during a Canadian winter longhaired retrievers would be encrusted with ice when coming out of the water. In its ancestral homeland, a Lab would be assigned to a fishing boat to retrieve the fish that came off the trawl. Accordingly, in addition to having natural instincts as a retriever, the dog required a coat suited to the icy waters of the North Atlantic.
The Lab’s thick, tapering tail—an “otter tail,” it’s called— serves as a powerful rudder, constantly moving back and forth as the dog swims and aids the dog in turning. As for the breed’s characteristic temperament, it is as much a hallmark of the breed as the otter tail. “The ideal disposition is one of a kindly, outgoing, tractable nature; eager to please and nonagressive towards man or animal,” the breed standard says. “The Labrador has much that appeals to people; his gentle ways, intelligence and adaptability make him an ideal dog.” When defining a Lab’s primary attributes, the most important might be temperament since his utility depends on his disposition. “If a dog does not possess true breed temperament,” wrote a noted dog judge, “he is not a Labrador.”
The Kennel Club (England) recognized the Lab in 1903, and the AKC registered its first dog of the breed in 1917. Labs topped AKC registrations for the first time in 1991 and has reigned as America’s favorite breed ever since.


Boykin Spaniel:

Boykins are medium-sized spaniels, larger and rangier than Cockers but more compact than Springers. The breed’s hallmark is a beautiful solid-brown coat. Colors range from a rich liver to a luscious chocolate. The large, feathery ears hang close to the cheeks, setting off an expression of soulful intelligence. Bred to work in the lakes and swamps of their native South Carolina, web-toed Boykins can swim like seals. For years, Boykins were known only to hunters of Carolina waterfowl and wild turkey. But lately, the wider world has discovered that the Boykin is as delightful at home as he is eager at the lake. “They are very, very sweet dogs to have around the family,” a longtime owner says, “but an absolute tiger in the field.”
The Boykin Spaniel was developed in South Carolina, USA as a medium-sized sporting dog with a docked tail. The breed is built to cover all types of ground conditions with agility and reasonable speed. Size and weight were essential in development of the breed as these hunting companions needed to be lighter and smaller than their larger sporting dog cousins to fit in the portable section boats of the time period. As a result, the Boykin Spaniel came to be known as “the little brown dog that doesn’t rock the boat”. Being a hunting dog, he should be exhibited in hard muscled working condition. His coat should not be so excessive as to hinder his work as an active flushing spaniel, but should be thick enough to protect him from heavy cover and weather. The Boykin Spaniel is primarily a working gun dog; structure and soundness are of great importance.

HISTORY OF THE BOYKIN:
The Boykin Spaniel is among the handful of AKC breeds wholly developed in the 20th century. Boykin is a small South Carolina community, population approximately 100 souls, named for a founding resident, Lemuel Whitaker “Whit” Boykin. As the Boykin Spaniel origin story goes, around 1900 a man named Alexander White found a little brown spaniel outside the church in Spartanburg, South Carolina, where he attended services. White gave the young male spaniel the uninspiring name Dumpy. An avid sportsman, White took Dumpy out hunting with his retrievers, and to White’s delight Dumpy showed great enthusiasm and instincts for water retrieves and more than held his own with the pedigreed bird dogs.
White sent Dumpy for training to his hunting partner, community patriarch Whit Boykin, who was the area’s leading dog man. Boykin was fascinated with the brown spaniel, who turned out to be as skillful on flushing and retrieving wild turkeys as he was at duck hunting. Boykin built a new breeding program around Dumpy, utilizing crosses to such breeds as the Chesapeake Bay Retriever, Cocker, English Springer, and American Water spaniels. The result was the upbeat gundog we know today as the Boykin Spaniel.
From the breed’s beginning, sportsmen working Carolina’s swampy terrain were enamored of the breed’s intensity, versatility, and effortless balanced gait. The Boykin’s popularity was for years restricted to the immediate area of its birth. Eventually, though, the Boykin caught on with bird hunters around the country, especially on the East Coast. The keys to the breed’s success were its unbridled energy in the field, the ability to work on land or lake, and a sweet, gentle manner at home.
South Carolinians have made the Boykin Spaniel their official state dog and celebrate September 1 as Boykin Spaniel Day. The Boykin gained full AKC recognition in 2009, joining the elite assembly of the AKC’s “all-American” dog breeds.
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PLEASE NOTE ALL PUPPIES ARE SOLD AT LIMITED REGISTRATION BREEDER WILL RELEASE LIMITED TO FULL WHEN ALL RECOMMENDED TESTING IS DONE. (GENETIC TEST, KNEE, HIP, CARDIO AND EYE CERT)

here is a general overview of what you get when you purchase a Copper Creek Labrador Retriever.
  • each one of our females and males we use have been put through genetic testing so we know we are producing health puppies for you and your family. we do not breed any dogs that are carriers or effected by any genetic issues.
  • each puppy is sent home with dewclaws removed, de wormed at 2 4 6 and 8 weeks, first set of shots and first vet check, parents pedigree, started on heart guard, and a puppy starter pack (starter bag of food, a toy with litter smell on it and a blanket) along with a copy of our contract.
  • we strive to give the best pups out there and we are confident in them that we send each pup home with a 30 month health guarantee. if anything is wrong health wise with the pup we will give you a new pup at the same price as the first one you bought.
  • each pup is handled from day one and exposed to lots of sights sounds and smells by eight weeks. 
  • our puppies are raised in home with us and are handled by adults as well as children and are around other dogs and cats.
here is what to expect when you bring a new puppy home 
  • adjustment can be stressful on these little guys and gals. depression not eating and some diarrhea is normal. if it persists for more then a couple days please contact your vet
  • you will need to make a potty schedule a good rule of thumb is every two hours some times more frequently
  • potty after wake up and after meal time 
  • there can be some crying and whimpering
  • when you buy a Copper Creek pup we are here for each new puppy parent for questions and concerns to help you navigate this crazy but super fun adventure!
we have 2 planned litters of Boykins Spaniels one from Maggie and Embers first litter. Maggie will be paired with Bacon again and we aren't sure yet who we will be pairing Ember with quite yet! our list for Boykins is growing like crazy at the moment and i know alot of people are streaming in asking when we are looking at Maggie being in heat and when Ember will be as well there is no science to these things and no set dates either and with many Female dogs having their first litters can mess with heat cycles as well. we are hoping that Maggie will be in heat sometime at the end of May and Ember will be 2 in the beginning of May so when ever she comes into heat after that she will be ready to breed if she stays cycling the way she is she will be in heat sometime around the end of July.