Welcome! 

 

              Thank you for your interest in our golden retrievers. I began with my first golden retriever in 1980. Initially interested in obedience training and competition I soon learned to appreciate the dogs being shown in conformation and purchased my first show dog from Gilnockie kennels in Denver. Soon thereafter I entered veterinary school and had to control my zest for spending money to travel and show my dogs. In 1989 the first litter was born: 15 years later I am enjoying the fourth generation of my breeding program. My love for the breed is now being drawn towards acquiring my judging license with the American Kennel Club. My goal is to get licensed to judge all the sporting breeds within the next 10 years.

          

             Since beginning, I have met and been mentored by many wonderful people who have chosen the golden retriever breed as their canine soul mate.  Along with them, I will do my best to make sure the breed continues to have the qualities that make them great companions. I am a current member, treasurer and show chairman of Kansas City Golden Retriever Club.

 

              Periodically I have puppies and older dogs available for sale. All of the breedings are planned well in advance in order to select sires and dams whose pedigrees and qualities will produce puppies who are as good or better in quality than their parents. My goal is to produce puppies of sound mind and temperament who make excellent companions for the families they live with while maturing to the standard set forth by the Golden Retriever Club of America.

 

Only those parents who have hip, eye and heart clearances are used in my breeding program.  The golden retriever breed is one afflicted with hip dysplasia, cataracts and the heart disease, sub-aortic stenosis.  The Orthopedic Foundation for Animals (OFA) and the Canine Eye Registry Foundation (CERF) issue certificates of clearances for hips and eyes respectively.  In some instances, a parent may not have CERF certificate but the ophthalmologists clearance is available in its place.  I breed only those individuals with heart clearances.  Unfortunately, breeding normal parents is not a guarantee that the puppies will be free of any of the above problems. Much like normal people can have children affected with unsuspected problems, so does this occur in dogs.  

                 Once the litter arrives, we spend a great deal of time with them. Early subordination exercises begin, followed exposure to many sights, sounds and stimuli. Oftentimes, we will have the puppies somewhat house trained by the time they go home in other words, we get up early and get the puppies outside and they learn not to potty in their den. This early socialization produces puppies which are very people oriented. They don't struggle when they are held and they are very social. 

                

                 We wean the puppies on to Science Diet Large Breed Growth.  This diet has been formulated to provide a balanced diet that does not promote the development of canine hip dysplasia. All of our puppies have been de-wormed several times and will have received their first vaccinations.  Depending on where you live, if you choose to take your puppy to Oxford Animal Hospital, (Overland Park, KS) you will receive a 25% discount on vaccinations, fecal exams, internal parasite treatment and elective surgery until the puppy is one year old. For your convenience, they are open 7days a week and offer full medical, boarding and grooming services.

 We sell the pet quality puppies for $1,000.00.  Occasionally, we have show-quality puppies available for pet homes; Show quality puppies are $1600.00. In order to be fair to all who call and visit, a 50% deposit will secure a pet quality male or female puppy from our litter. When the time puppies are 7 ½ to 8 ½ weeks old, we will invite people back in the order their deposits were received to choose their puppy. At that time, we will give you our recommendation of the puppy whose personality and disposition best fits the family you have.  All puppies sold as pets must be spayed or neutered. All puppies sold to pet homes will be placed with a limited AKC registration. This registration is meant to let the AKC know that the breeder never intended for this dog to be shown in conformation or be bred. You can however, still enter a dog with limited registration in any 4-H, obedience, or agility event if you desire.

If you have any other questions about the breed, my breeding program, or if there is anything I can help you with regarding the breed, please feel free to call upon me. 913-226-4035