Breeding Labradors of Star Quality
Welcome To Doerner's Star Labs
About the Doerner Family
We’re the Doerner Family — a family of five who truly loves life with Labradors. Our dogs aren’t kennel dogs; they’re our pets and part of our everyday family life.
We’ve been breeding dogs for over 15 years, and after welcoming our first Labrador litter in 2017, we knew this was the breed we wanted to focus on. We began with Lucy (yellow) and Cooper (silver) and have thoughtfully expanded our program over the years.
Our current Labradors include Luna (charcoal), Winnie and Freya (white), Gunner (silver), Charlie (chocolate), and our beautiful fox reds: Riley, Carlie, Star, Bella, Jack, Jazzy, and Bentley. Each dog has a unique personality, and all interact daily with our children and their friends—helping to raise confident, well-socialized puppies.
Fox Red Labradors
We are especially fond of fox red Labradors. Jazzy, Riley, Carlie, Bella, Jack, and Bentley are all fox red, with Bella being the daughter of Jazzy and Bentley, and Star being the daughter of Lucy and Bentley. Star is full of energy and spunk! Fox red is a stunning deep shade of red, and we’ve had the joy of producing some truly beautiful fox red puppies.
Fun fact: Carlie and Riley share the same parents—and they are both incredibly sweet girls.
Temperament & Genetics
Charlie and Gunner both carry the tan point gene and will produce tan point puppies. Charlie is the quietest, sweetest girl—she’ll bounce with excitement until you reach to pet her, and then she instantly settles. Gunner shares a very similar temperament, and we’re excited to see the puppies they’ll produce in the coming years.
Health & Registration
All of our dogs are AKC registered and have completed genetic testing. Most have had their hips and/or elbows evaluated by the OFA, are cleared by parentage, or are currently in the process of completing those evaluations. Health, temperament, and structure are priorities in every breeding decision we make.
At the heart of it all, we raise Labradors with love—right in our home, surrounded by family.
A little History...
Before we were even married, we bought our first puppy together — a tiny Chihuahua named Amber. I had dreams of raising puppies and absolutely no idea what I was doing. We found her a chocolate male, and before we knew it… we had puppies. At the time, we lived in town and raised several small litters.
In 2014, we moved to the country, and everything changed.
My husband had always wanted a Labrador, so I began searching and eventually found a wonderful family in northern Indiana who had Cooper. When we brought him home, the kids were beyond excited. A few months later, I stumbled across another family selling Lucy, and she joined our family as well.
We thought it might be fun to have a litter. How cute would silver and white puppies be?
Well… jokes on us.
Lucy refused Cooper for over two years. When she finally decided it was time, she delivered 12 black Labrador puppies. The shock of going from tiny Chihuahua puppies to giant Labrador puppies was unreal — it was complete chaos.
But we did it.
And we loved it.
Since 2017, we’ve continued raising Labrador litters, learning something new with every one. We introduce new toys, new training ideas, and new enrichment methods with each litter — and they never cease to amaze us with how quickly they learn.
For health and safety, we do not expose our puppies to the outside world until they have received their first round of vaccinations. Raising healthy, confident, and well-socialized puppies is always our top priority.
What started as a learning experience turned into a passion — and we wouldn’t trade it for anything.
Where We're Located.
We live outside of Francisco, Indiana. Francisco is about 40 minutes from Evansville. We are 2.5 hours from Louisville and Indianapolis. We live in the country and have a creek that our dogs swim in. In 2022, we built our kennel. We are thrilled with how it turned out. We love our dogs and are excited to start on this new venture.
Please contact us with any questions and check out the rest of our website. You can find us on Facebook, Tik Tok, and Instagram where we update with pictures and videos of our dogs and current and previous lab puppies all the time.