Female · young prospect, not yet bred
Ridgeline's Big Sky Juniper JH
- JH
- WC
Preliminary hips Good · Elbows Normal (prelim) · Eyes clear (Mar 2026) · DNA clear by parentage or tested
- Born
- February 6, 2025
- Registration no.
- AKC SS51920804
- Height
- 21½ in
- Weight
- 52 lb (still filling out)
- Coat
- Black (carries yellow and chocolate)
- CHIC number
- Pending — OFA final hips and elbows due February 2027
- Color genotype
- E/e · B/b (tested, Paw Print Genetics, April 2025) · D/D by parentage
- COI (10 generations)
- 3.1% (HuntingLabPedigree)
- Breeding status
- Not before 24 months, final OFA results and an SH title
- Training
- Winter 2026–27 with a pro trainer in Texas, back in April
Juniper is the black female we kept from Hazel and Tucker's 2025 litter. She's twenty months old and still a teenager: fast, a bit loud on the line, and certain every bumper is the most important thing that has ever happened. Her marking is already better than her mother's was at this age; her steadiness isn't. She has preliminary hip and elbow results only, and we won't consider breeding her before her OFA finals at 24 months — February 2027 — and a season of Senior tests. If the finals aren't right, she stays a hunting dog and that's the end of it.
Health results
Hips (preliminary)
Good · preliminary at 12 months, not final
February 18, 2026OFA (Orthopedic Foundation for Animals)
Elbows (preliminary)
Normal · preliminary at 12 months
February 18, 2026OFA (Orthopedic Foundation for Animals)
Eyes (CAER)
Normal
March 3, 2026OFA eye registry · CAER exam by an ACVO diplomateLR-EYE31555/12F-VPI
EIC
Clear by parentage (Hazel N/N × Tucker N/N)
Recorded April 2025OFA (Orthopedic Foundation for Animals) — parents' results
D-locus (dilute)
D/D by parentage (both parents D/D)
Recorded April 2025OFA (Orthopedic Foundation for Animals) — parents' results
CNM · prcd-PRA · HNPK · SD2
Clear by parentage (both parents clear on all four)
Recorded April 2025Parents' Paw Print Genetics reports
DM (SOD1)
Clear (N/N) — tested because Hazel is a carrier
April 2, 2025Paw Print Genetics, Spokane, WA
Titles and achievements
November 2025
First season
Pheasants with Matt in Eastern Montana, nine months old, short days only
June 2026
Junior Hunter (JH)
4 straight passes
August 2026
Working Certificate (WC)
Labrador Retriever Club
Pedigree
Ridgeline's Big Sky Juniper JH
Preliminary hips Good · Elbows Normal (prelim) · Eyes clear (Mar 2026) · DNA clear by parentage or tested
Sire
HRCH Ridgeline's Big Hole Tucker MH
Black · OFA Excellent / Normal · EIC clear · ours
Sire
HRCH Crooked Creek's Rolling Thunder MH
OFA Good / Normal
Dam
Ridgeline's Lolo Pass Ruby MH
OFA Good / Normal · 2016–2026
Dam
Ridgeline's Bitterroot Hazel MH
Chocolate · OFA Good / Normal · EIC clear · DM carrier · ours
Sire
HRCH Choc Creek's Dakota Bear MH
OFA Good / Normal
Dam
Ridgeline's Sweetgrass Maple MH
OFA Good / Normal · retired with us
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