About Us

When I got my first Labrador Retriever in 2008, I just wanted a good-looking dog that would like jumping in lakes and streams and be safe and playful around my young kids. By luck, the chocolate 5-month-old pup that came running into my arms that day carried many of the traits that have historically make the Labrador Retriever such an incredible and versatile breed…so much more than one could ever ask for in a pet.  It’s hard to even call them pet, right?  As any Lab-person will attest to: they are family, they are your best friend even on days when you aren't feeling social, they are your teammate in the field.

These are some of these traits we encourage and celebrate through careful breeding and directed training: 

• high intelligence
• high fetch drive 
• hunting instinct 
• play-motivated 
• affinity for water & strong  swimming skills  
• resistance to the elements 
• soft mouth
• great nose 
• unfailing work ethic 
• tendency to be a team player (with humans, dogs, and other animals), 
• having a short invisible lease (off-leash they tend to stick close and be called back easily).  
   

When I noticed these qualities in my “Gloria” (see bottom of page), I began to learn more about how these traits grew from the ancestry of the Lab as a bird dog. Here was a dog who could trek through any environment from snow and marshlands to brambles and rocks and was meant to find, flush, and retrieve every bird while dutifully taking commands from his owner in a calm but motivated demeanor. 

Raising young kids in the Southern California as a single mom, I was so blessed to have a dog that could go anywhere with us. Ski trips, desert motorcycle trips, days at the lake or beach were all a little bit more fun since she was there. In the mountains, she’d leap through fields of snow like she was a kid in a ball pit at Chucky Cheese for the first time. At the beach, she’d beg us to keep throwing her toy so she could crash head-on into the breaking waves.  I was grateful that she could alert us to danger at home or protect us from mountain lions or coyotes on hikes. By luck, the puppy I chose turned into an incredibly athletic and healthy adult, so I always had a jogging partner nudging me farther and a tad faster than I’d go on my own. Her high fetch and play drive meant the kids always had an excuse to get some fresh air in the backyard throwing a toy. 

Gloria became my foundation Dam of Beach Mountain Labs, and its mission became to curate and refine those ancestral Labrador traits that make for the either the perfect hunting partner or adventure-mate; the same qualities that had made Gloria such an invaluable part of my family. In a nutshell, we breed for intelligence, athleticism and versatility. 

All of our current adults come from titled pointing lines. We test for pointing tendency at 6 weeks. If you want a pointing lab, reserve your pick of the litter before it hits the ground.

Our pups have innate retrieve drive and are so easily taught to bring the object directly to your hand...whether its a 200 yard-out blind retrieve through marshland or a toy thrown in the backyard.