March 28,2011 

Mostro DOB:  Sept. 2009, State of Residence:  New Mexico

Definitely appreciated the tour of the facilities; it eased my mind as to the care taken with all the dogs. You answered all of our questions & have been available to us. We found Genia to be Definitely honest; integrity not lacking. Our pup blended in well with our other dogs which are both older. We got Mostro As a pet and for hunting.  We quail hunt when there are birds, but the last couple of years have been very "dry" (not many birds to hunt) so training has been slow.  Mostro is an extremely smart dog and likes to work.  His favorite pasttime, however, is playing ball (as many times a day as he can get you outside to do it).  Mostro is also very sensitive; he responds well to verbal correction and did so starting at a very early age.  He has been trained with a gun that shoots blanks and launches a training sock with bird scent.  Because he is not fond of the shot blast, he will not set up right next to the shooter but about 10-15 feet away.  As soon as the gun is fired, however, he is off and running and won't come back till he finds the sock.  We still need more field experience finding the real birds, though. Oh...and he LOVES water.  We have a water trough he loves to jump in; in the summer he spends a lot of time in it.  Mostro ("Mo") is a wonderful dog; we couldn't be happier with him.

Lynda Martin

Genia,

   Sorry it has taken so long to get a update to you.  Frannie is an incredible dog, she is smart, strong and willing to learn.  She was a big hit at elk and deer camp this year, and did a great job her first year in the dove field.  You will probably be able to tell from the pictures, she is a big 7 month old. 

  Nick Frank

01/12/2011

Lynn & Charlie Litter 06/01/2010

December 23, 2010
We cannot say enough good about Graves Labradors.  Belle (Black female, born 9/4/2010) is a wonderful puppy with an incredible disposition.  The vet's office even commented on how calm she was.  We have had very positive comments on her conformation.  She came to us well socialized and fits in wonderfully with our active family. She is great with our children and has been easy to train by them.  The best part of Graves Labradors is Jim and Genia.  They were wonderful and extremely knowledgeable about training and breeding puppies.  We learned some great tips.  It is nice to know the puppy came from a place where she was really loved from the beginning.
-a happy family in Buckeye, AZ

12/22/2010

Hunter has become a great joy in our lives. There are the normal puppy attitudes and activities but his overall demeanor,intelligence and curiosity is amazing. We were very glad we purchased this puppy from Graves. The helpfulness,information and availability was great. Hunter was born 9-4-2010 and will be 16 weeks old on Christmas just a few days away. He watches birds in the air which incredible to us since we also have a 5 year old that was also raised from a pup and she hasn't done that but is still a great hunter so we think Hunter will live up to his name. He loves quail and as you can see loves ducks. The vet says he is very healthy and growing like crazy. We all think he is going to be a good sized dog. He was amazed at his first snow here in Northern Arizona since the valley rarely gets any,nothing seems to stop his curiousity.
Thanks so much for all of your help and we hope you and yours have a joyous Holiday Season.

Grace and Steve Fronstin

12/02/2010

Jim and Sherry Spurlock

This letter is in regards to our puppy Charley    Born: 11/17/2009      Resides in Surprise, AZ

We have the best pup ever, Charley is our best friend and we love home dearly.  We got Charley our chocolate lab from Graveslabradors last year and we have never been more happy.  Genia and her husband was there from the beginning, we were welcomed, and given a good look at her kennels and other dogs.  We met Tess and Chester the parents of Charley.  If we had any concerns or questions they were answered.  Our puppy is healthy and our vet says he is going to be a BIG boy. 
At 1 year he is close to a 100 pounds and stands at approx 24 inches, he is loving, and funny and the name Charley fits him to a tee!  If anyone has a question or concern feel free to email us at sherry8036@cox.net.

We also have a large German Shepard that is 13 years old and we love him to pieces, we thought we would never get another dog like our Samson, but we did, Charley is the greatest.  They are best buds, they play, sleep and eat together.  They get along great!  When Charley looks at you with thoses eyes you just melt!!!!!!

Thank you Genia for such an exceptional dog, friend and companion for our family!

Jim and Sherry Spurlock

Hi Genia,

Baxter and his two other puppy buddies have arrived.  Evidently Baxter was very unhappy alone in his crate so Rhonda moved him into the crate with the bigger pups.  He settled down then and all rode here without fussing.  The three are having a great time in their new pen.  The pen that we had set up for them didn’t work because they could get through the panels, so we put them in our kid pen which is made to keep tiny goat kids from getting out.  They are doing well there and enjoying jumping on all the kid toys.  Baxter is wonderful.  I was a bit worried that he might be too submissive of a dog after we talked, but it looks like he will be a great combination of daring, enthusiasm, and curiosity with an easy going temperament.  He loves the feathers that he finds and has even carried a stick around already.   It looks like Baxter and the female puppy, Donna, will be great friends.  They already seem to have a camaraderie. 

We got the “Kid Cam” remote camera going so that we can watch the puppies on the monitor in the dairy. We also hooked up a baby monitor so we can hear if there is a problem.  We will start working with getting the puppies used to the whole area tomorrow, but until they can’t get through the cattle panel perimeter fencing they will have to stay penned when not supervised.  It’s definitely going to be an adventure.  I’ll keep you posted.  Thanks for raising such a cute puppy.  I am looking forward to having him in our lives for a long time. Baxter is doing great and growing fast!

Kathryn Heininger
Black Mesa Ranch
Snowflake, AZ
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Belle X Buddy's

Genia,
 
I just wanted to get you some updated photos of our little Bentley.  We are so thankful that we came across your website and were attracted to your Lynn, and her daddy Einstein.  Every time we look at him he reminds us of them and their beaiutiful looks.  This dog LOVES water, we have to keep all toilet seats down or he has both front feet and head in it non stop and then he tracks it throughout the house.  He is such a sweet boy and a lover in the last photo he loves to be by my feet and then rolls on his back for a good belly rubbing.  He loves to go and run in the horse pastures with us when we go out and play with the horses, and when its time to irrigate yep you guessed it he is in it non stop.  I cant say thank you enough.
 
Thank you for all you have done for us and giving us a special friend and compaion to add to our family. 
 
 
Thank you
Rich and Melissa Ruh  

Lynn x Charlie pup

Hi Genia,

I thought that you might be wondering what Moe looks like now.

We actually took him on his first camping trip last weekend. He also swam in the lake. I think he is growing every day and is a curious little guy.

Hope you are doing well!

Dani

Lynn x Charlie pup

Buddy is moving on up. He is making full bird retrieves now out in the field.  All it took was 1 day.  We left sunshine at home and worked him alone, that day he retrieved his first dove. Since then he has been on target. He is making  great progress.

Buddy is awesome.  and is really impressing us. He is hunting quail now.  He sits, stays ( we have him on stay now up to about 75 yards) comes, fully house trained, and is learning down.  He is fantastic in the field. He is almost flushing now, and he now follows the barrell for each shot and holds till sent to get the bird. He is fully covering me and thomas and hardly ever misses a bird.  We like to work buddy on his own so there is less competition and so he can have a chance to get a bird. Ha ha. I will be taking lots of pics the next few months and will keep you updated.   Hope all is well there.   Talk to ya later.  Jess and tom....  :)

Chester X Sunshine Pup

We went out for duck opening day and I thought you would like some pictures of Buddy s first day.  He was awesome. It was definately worth the wait, although we would rather we got him sooner. We could not have gotten a better pup. So here are some current pictures of Buddy.  The one of him with the duck, well that was our duck season.  Ha ha.  He is awesome.  I dont think he is going to miss a single bird this coming season.  As you can see by the pics he is spoiled rotten.   Well I will talk to ya soon.

This last dove season I believe Buddy only missed like 3 birds.  He is fantastic.  And Sunshine is finally honoring Buddys rerieves. I limited out on one day and she only missed a few birds. Ha ha we can't go outside in camo or with a gun, they go nutts.  If we go target practicing we have to sneak the guns out without them noticing.

Dear Genia , My husband and I would like to thank you for providing such a wonderful dog in Gypsy our little chocolate lab.  To begin with she is very loving and extremely obient.  She began to retive with no training on our part.  With just a little work and patients she has developed into a great dog at 8 months old.  We knew Gypsy was smart when we noticed she like to retive two things a once and does this quite successfully.  We took her to Obients School and she graduted top of the class.  She has learned many commands like sit , stay , down, take it , leave it , and of course retieve.  She is also being trained to respond to hand commands for those same intial commands.  She has such a beautiful shinnig coat and we get compliments all the time.  I am sending you some pictures in a sort of croilogical order so you can see what a fine dog she has developed into.  Sincerely Lorraine & Larry Walden

Tess X Chester Pup

I just wanted to let you know how wonderful Bucket is doing.  He is so SMART!!  I mean unbelievably SMART -  We only got him from you 6 weeks ago and I can count on one hand the accidents he has had in the house (He has never pooped in the house - not even once!!!) - he is fully trained, can sit/shake hands/lay down & completely rollover!! Amazing - most people who see it say they can only get their adults dogs to sit!!!  We are so attached to him, and yes he is definitely one of the family.

My father-in-law says Bucket is so smart that he thinks we can have him doing handstands soon!!  Anyways, THANK YOU, THANK YOU!  THANK YOU for giving us the best dog in the world!   Bucket has made our lives complete and we absolutely love him with all our hearts.

One of these days, I will definitely bring him back to visit you guys!

Tess X Chester Pup

Gus is starting to settle down a little bit and is much less toothy then when he was a little baby. I am impressed at his training progression since, admittedly, I don't have alot of time to spend with him every day. He now sits, stays, and comes by voice and whistle commands. I took him on his first Dove hunt last month and he had a great time. He even got to carry around his first dove! I can't seem to find the picture though. Here are two from New Years when we went up to our cabin in Forest Lakes. He had a spectacular time playing in the snow.

Tess X Chester Pup

Gauge is one of Chesters pups, but not out of our females. He came to us due to his owners life unexpedly changing. We rehomed him for them into a hunting/family home and he is doing a great job.

Hi Genia,

Just wanted to tell you how great Gauge is doing.
 He is working blind retrieves already. Very gentle with real birds. Had a friend who works with Pointers watch us and he said he thinks Gauge is a natural. 
My husband loves him too.

 Gauge's only problem is he loves to work so much, it takes him a little while to settle. He just gets so excited. But I think that will come with maturity.

How much do you sell your puppy's for?  Maybe next year if I can sell some more horses I might like to get a pup to bring up and that way I will have a dog for each of us. 

Again thanks so much for Gauge, 
Yvonne

Chester Pup

This is Koko and Marko who are Locked N Loaded Winchester's children and live in Sedona Arizona. I as an owner of brother and sister labradors & I couldn't be any happier with the joy they give to me. As well have decided to let Koko have one litter with Graves Labrador's Charlie.

Chester Pups

These two girls have went on to be therpy girls and will work in a therapy clinic.

Kori Pup

This is Bailey. He was born 7/26/01. He loves to go boating, jeeping and dive 6 feet under water to get that ball.

Einstein Pup

Reggie loves his playmate. When he was 9 weeks old his parents said he was ringing the door bell they had placed for him to go out to use the restroom.

Kori Pup

This is Arizona's Blacky. She is a therapy dog in Phoenix Arizona.

Einstein Pup

This is Shylo. He moved to California to be a wonderful pet.

Einstein Pup

This is Sequoya with her parents. She is an only child and loving it.

Einstein Pup

This is Sergei. He lives with Storm and his parents. Sergei is a military brat.

Einstein Pup