Welcome to our site for Muddywater Retrievers!  My husband Tom and I came to Missouri in 1992 from the U.S. Virgin Islands.  Originally we were from Florida. Our background is in breeding, raising and showing Quarter Horses.  One day while riding my horse at a State Conservation Area, I came upon a Sanctioned Retriever Field Trial (fun trial) in progress.  I had never heard of or had seen anything like that, so I sat on my horse and watched with amazement at what these dogs were capable of doing.  Returning home, I mentioned to Tom what I had seen and asked him to come with me the next day to watch these dogs.  We were so impressed that several weeks later, we bought our first Labrador Retriever puppy from Glenn McElroy out of FC AFC General's Jubilashus X Chena River Sporting Colors QAA.  We named our puppy General's Calypso Belle "Belle", who later became an FC AFC.  "Belle" was a natural and we were hooked!  A few weeks later, I sold my horse and have been in the Retriever "game" since.