History 
Bought my first Labrador a yellow male in 1965 

Started showing in 1967 and registered the ‘Carpenny’ affix.  
However raising my own family took precedence for the next twenty years. 
Bought my first Labrador bitch 1970 
Bred my first litter and my first judging appointment 1974 
Bred my first big show winner 1984 
Made up my first UK champion1986 
Exceeded 100 UK CCs in the breed 2008 

Awarded CCs in Labradors for the first time in 1989 followed by championship appointments every year bar one since then. 
Have judged nearly all of the UK Labrador breed club championship shows including The Labrador Retriever Club and Midland Counties LRC, plus most of the prestigious UK all-breed championship shows over the years including Dogs at Crufts 2008. 
Since my first appointment outside the UK at the Reims International France 1989, I have awarded CCs / Green Stars / CACs /  CACIBs or the equivalent, throughout Europe and beyond every year to date. 
My judging experience has taken me, often many times, to France, Germany, Ireland, Switzerland, The Netherlands, Belgium, Luxemburg, Italy, Spain, Austria, Norway, Sweden, Finland, Romania, USA, Australia, Japan and Mexico. 
I have been privileged to judge Crufts, the Norwegian KC’s Oslo championship show, The LRC of NSW Australia, The Potomac in Virginia, The Golden Gate California and the LRC of Georgia USA and to judge the first ever LRC breed shows for Belgium, Italy, Spain and JKC Gifu Pref Japan. 
To date I have been approved to judge Labradors at top level by UK Kennel Club, FCI, AKC, Australian Kennel Club, JKC and the Irish Kennel Club. 
I have lectured and conducted seminars on judging and breeding the Labrador at home and abroad and for 12 years edited and produced The Labrador International (ILN) magazine that proved to be a great educational tool and had a readership in more than 40 countries worldwide. 

I seldom breed more than a couple of litters a year, blacks and yellows but bred my first ever chocolate litter last year. 
I have owned and personally campaigned a number of UK champions, all bar three were home bred, the others were ‘Carpenny’ sired. 
Carpenny Labradors have won BIS over the years at the LRC of Wales, The Scottish LRC, North West LRC, Three Ridings LRC, The Yellow LRC, Northumberland and Durham LRC, East Anglia LRC, Kent Surrey and Sussex LRC, West of England LRC, Cotswold and Wyevern LRC, Midland Counties LRC, LRC of Ireland and the United Retriever Club, plus twice Group 1 and once Group 2 at general championship shows. I am also very proud to have won BIS on three occasions at the Labrador Retriever Club. 
Over the past 10 years, Carpenny Labradors won BOB at Crufts twice, BOS twice, with a further 6 Res CCs, between 5 different Labradors.  
To date ‘Carpennys’ have been awarded in excess of 100 UK CCs – all but one being home-owned and have had bred champions on every habitable continent of the world, for which we feel justifiably proud in this numerically strong breed! 
Many of my top winners have been gun-trained, gaining their show gundog working certificates. Ch Carpenny Anchorman WGC has awards in UK field trials distinguishing him as the only Labrador Crufts BOB to have accomplished this in over 30 years. His half brother GB.Ch. International, Nowegian. Swedish, Finnish and Nordic Champion Carpenny Walpole won several FTs  when he was over in Scandinavia in 2001. I can take no personal credit for these achievements though as training and handling were down to Joy Venturi-Rose, Chris Rose and Torunn Sorbye. 
Apart from the show-dogs and shooting companions, Carpenny Labradors have been acquired by The Seeing Eye/Guide Dogs For the Blind in UK, Ireland, Holland and Spain however what makes me happiest is when pet owners come back again, wanting ‘one exactly like’ their much loved previous ‘Carpenny’ that died of ripe old age!  

Many years ago, and after judging many different breeds including several in the Hound group, I made the carefully considered decision not to go down the all-rounder judging road. The more times I judged, the less time I could devote to my chosen breed, which is where my undying interest and enthusiasm is. Counting myself primarily as a breeder/exhibitor I know just how difficult it is to produce and show that ‘good one’ and it makes me appreciate excellence all the more in others. 

Carpenny Champions 

1.) Ch. Carpenny Chevalier 10 CCs 
(Sh.Ch.Am.Ch. Receiver of Cranspire x Carpenny Camargue - a daughter of Sandylands Sovereign of Suddie). 
This litter also produced Aust. And NZ Ch. Carpenny Chateau Cranspire 2 UK CCs for Ken Hunter before he was exported. 

2.) Sh.Ch.Audacity of Carpenny 5 CCs  who later became European, Spanish, Portugese and Iberian Ch. and Winner of the Championnat de France and Res World Show winner for Paulette Lafitte, France 
(Ch. Carpenny Chevalier x Mademoisell Brie - Longley/Lawnwoods breeding) 
This litter also produced Australian Ch. Authority of Carpenny for the Camberwarra kennel, Australia. 

3.) Ch. Carpenny Bonhomie 20 CCs Top Dog 1993. Group 1 & Group 2 winner 
(Ch. Trenow Brigadier x Carpenny Camargue) 

4.) Sh.Ch. Covetwood Elouise of Carpenny 10 CCs (2x BIS The Lab Club) 
( Ch. Carpenny Bonhomie x Cranspire Careless Whisper) 

5.) Irish Ch. Covetwood Emotions of Carpenny (Ch. Carpenny Bonhomie x Cranspire Careless Whisper) litter sister to the above 
Annual Ch. Ireland 1995 shown in Ireland by Castlemoor kennel before returning home. 

6.) GB. Int. Nordic, Swedish (UCh), Norwegian and Finnish Ch. Carpenny Walpole (Hawksmoors Webster -imp USA x Sh.Ch. Covetwood Elouise of Carpenny) 30 UK CCs Top Dog 1998 & 2000, 2x Crufts CC (BOB Crufts 2000) 4x Group 4.  
5x winner Scandinavian FTs including 2nd in Open stake FT.  
Walpole owes his Scandinavian successes to Dr. Torunn Sorbye with whom he stayed during the outbreak of foot and mouth disease in 2001.  
Sire of a great number of champions all over the world including Sh.Ch.Tullochmohr Final Edition 2x CC at Crufts and gundog group 1, Sh.Ch.Mambrinos Spellbound of Carpenny Crufts CC and BIS the Lab Club, DK. Ch. Lab Treasures Dario Crufts CC. 

7.) Sh.Ch. Carpenny Rustina 3 CCs 
(Kamrats Rustibus – 6 CCs Sweden x Sh.Ch. Covetwood Elouise of Carpenny) 
This litter produced 2 Swedish Champions for the Kamrats kennel, a Brazilian Grand Ch for Canil Tokay, a 2x CAC winner/ brood bitch for Loch Mohr kennel Italy and a Major pointed winner and MH for Sarah Barker USA. 
Her brother Carpenny Ruskin sired Am.Ch. Carpenny Exclusive exported to Lynne Bottazzo in California. 

8.) Ch. Carpenny Anchorman 5 CCs WGC (including BOB Crufts 2003) UK FT C of M.  
(FTW Augustus Tuplady of Leospring x Sh.Ch. Covetwood Elouise of Carpenny) 
He was the first Ch./BOB Crufts to have achieved FT awards for 30 years. A strong line of successful dual purpose Labradors have come down through him and his litter sister Carpenny Attitude. 

9.) Sh.Ch. Carpenny Whist 3 CCs including BIS Three Ridings LRC 
(Hawksmoors Webster -imp USA x Sh.Ch. Carpenny Rustina) 
This litter also produced Am.Ch.Carpenny Will Do at Hawksmoor. WD Potomac for Hawksmoor kennel USA.  

10.) Sh.Ch. Neth. Lux. German and Polish Ch. Carpenny Made The Trip. (Lembas To The Moon and Back x Sh.Ch. Carpenny Rustina) 
 3 UK CCs all with BOB + 46 CAC/CACIBs owned by T & N Onkelinx, Belgium. 
This litter also produced 2x JP Champions for the International kennel in Japan and a multiple CAC/CACIB plus 2x BIS all-breeds winner for Stephane Garcia in France and a Res CC winner for me at home. 

11.) Sh.Ch. Mambrinos Spellbound of Carpenny bred by J-R Sauge & K.Henie (GB. Int. Nordic, Swedish (UCh), Norwegian and Finnish Ch. Carpenny Walpole x Norwegian Ch and Swedish Show Champion Mambrinos Lemony) 9 CCs including Crufts and a Group 1.  
CAC BOB Norway with breeder Jan-Roger Sauge before coming to England to win BPIS the Centennial LRC show where I met her for the first time. 
  

There are two other UK CC winners for the Carpenny kennel 

Carpenny Annika 2 CCs 7 ResCCs Show Gundog Working Certificate 
(Ch. Carpenny Anchorman x Carpenny Coral - a daughter of Irish Ch. Covetwood Emotions of Carpenny) 

Dicconsons Cavalier of Carpenny 1CC 1 ResCC who later became Bel. Neth and Lux Ch with Philippe Lammens in the '80s 
(Ch. Carpenny Chevalier x Cambremer Clara) 

Burning Bright at Carpenny (Tiger Tiger of Carpenny x Eastmascals Reine de Carpenny) won 2 Res CCs in UK before going to Torunn Sorbye, Norway, and gaining her Norwegian Champion Title.