Originally Posted by
Shelley
Spencer is also behind my chocolates too, and is the great-grandsire on my dam's side, of my coming chocolate litter. Spencer did a lot in the USA to improve chocolate lines, I think Anne also has Spencer or a Spencer son in her lines.
Madeline Hill, who imported Spencer as a puppy from the Hodges, has both conformation and field lines of Labradors, and (is one of the rare breeders that) participates very successfully in both venues, NAFC (I think?) and AKC Hunt Tests with her field lines and AKC Hunt Tests with her conformations lines, and conformation shows. All these activities are very time consuming and very expensive, and she works very very hard to compete in both, I have done some field training with Mad, and she is amazing.