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Pat & Mike Lanctot
Cornwall, Ontario, Canada

We have been breeding Labrador Retrievers under the Ebonylane  prefix since 1974. Our kennel name became permanently registered with the Canadian Kennel Club in 1979. Dogs bearing the Ebonylane  prefix can be found in virtually every corner of the world.

We are very proud to have been named "Pedigree Pal Breeders of the Year” in 1991.  Our Motto has always been to breed dogs with type, temperament and trainability. To this end we have produced over 100 champions, many of which are in hunting homes and top ranking in obedience trial competition. There are many Ebonylane seeing eye dogs, dogs that are used in drug detection, as well as search and rescue.  First and foremost we would like to believe that all our Ebonylane dogs are valued family companions.

In 1984 our breeding ranked Top in Breed competition in both Canada and the United States – Am.Can.Ch. Ebonylane’s Buccaneer Gold in Canada and Am.Can.Ch. Ebonylane’s Yellow Poplar in the USA.  The dogs were both out of Am.Can.Ch. Ebonylane’s Cotton Candy.  Their sires were litter brothers – Am.Can.Ch Ebonylane’s Aslan (top champion producing sire of all time) and multiple Best in Specialty winner Am.Can.Ch. Ebonylane’s Midnite Bandit.

We have been  members of the Canadian Kennel Club since 1974.  We were founding members of the Labrador Retriever Club of Canada and the Atlantic Labrador Retriever Club.  We are both Life Members of the Labrador Owners Club, Hochelaga Kennel Club, Honourary Life members of the Chateauguay Valley Kennel Club as well as members of the Cornwall Kennel Club, The Canadian Dog Judges Association and the American Dog Judges Association.

We were both approved to judge at Championship shows by the Canadian Kennel in 1994 and are now both licensed to judge All Breeds. In addition to all the provinces of Canada, we have judged in Argentina, Australia, Bahamas, Bermuda, Brazil, China, Columbia, Holland, Mexico, New Zealand, Puerto Rico, Thailand and 19 states of the USA.

Our most prestigious and appreciated award was received 16 July 2022 at the Annual General Meeting of the Labrador Retriever Club of Canada in Victoria, British Columbia. At that meeting, the Labrador Retriever Club of Canada presented us with the first and only "Lifetime Achievement Award" for what they described as a thank you for what we have done over the past 50 years to promote and preserve the Labrador Retriever and to mentor, guide and encourage the humans at the end of their leads. Lifetime Achievement Award Presentation Video

 In our other lives, Pat is a retired Paramedic.  Mike is a retired CN railroad Field Manager of Claim Services for the Atlantic Provinces and has recently retired again from owning and operating his own personal computer business.

Over the years we have been very fortunate to enrich our lives with our dogs and the people we have met through them.