The Y-Farms' Family

While struggling with the tragedy of the death of my 1st husband, Jeff in 1994. I was given a Black Lab puppy for my 2 year old little boy, Jeffrey. This puppy was quite a handful but he provided a source of unconditional love and he was a great little companion during a very difficult time in our lives. "Jesse" was the beginning of my journey with Retrievers.

As my children began to grow, I had the desire to work from home so the idea came that I could breed a few nice quality litters of Retriever pups.   Well, in 1998 I whelped my first litter and I began our breeding program  and have learned so much since then.

After raising retrievers for a few years, I felt that I wanted to breed better bred puppies with a stronger working desire and nicer pedigrees. I wanted dogs with working titles and I knew that with a lot of time and effort this could be accomplished. My kids and I got involved in a local Retriever Club, Amite River HRC. We were so blessed that several folks took us under their wings and helped us with training issues as they arose. We also purchased several well bred puppies that we would be our future foundation breeders after they were proven with the necessary titles and health clearances.

Since then our kennel has had several of our dogs that have competed in the HRC International Grand Hunt, we have trained and titled Hunting Retriever Champions, Hunting Retrievers, Started Hunting Retrievers, Junior Hunters and Senior Hunters.

 At the request from several of our puppy customers we began taking our puppies back for obedience and retriever training. We are now boarding and training all breeds of dogs.

I hope that you have gotten a better understanding of what we do and why we love it so much. Our kennel and farm is the way of life for us.

I am so thankful that my family is supportive of my dreams. 

Jennifer Young - Hopkins with Y-Farms Retrievers