(2 older Goldens available)
see below
AKC Dark Golden Pups
7 weeks old
Half have reserved their “Golden Humans”!
The others (3 girls, 3 boys) would like to reserve YOU!
Reduced to $1200 (From $1800)
Whelped November 27th, 2024, 11 pups - 6 females, 5 males
to Brandy and MooseE - Parents below
Email us for a Current Flyer or more info
Email: grpupp@gmail.com
Collar “Key” below individual Pics
Collar “Key” below individual Pics
Video Links:
7 weeks old: https://drive.google.com/file/d/1TeE2bL0F0_kI-MabtnqQaRKnpgg9Xnvh/view?usp=sharing
6 weeks old: https://drive.google.com/file/d/1N_-QXIuMkG2SABR7pQs1bUhhCNWpJXCG/view?usp=sharing
5 weeks old : https://drive.google.com/file/d/1fgZxTj7RGNH8fzRBzR5YHOMAkmABGjWF/view?usp=sharing
Email us for a Current Pup Flyer
(or more info on adults below)
email for current availability & more info
Email: grpupp@gmail.com
Adult & Older Pup
AVAILABLE as of 01/16/25:
Retiring Rufus Jr. (grandson of Rufus); born 7/10/19 - 5.5 yrs
Trained - $500 (he is actually more english cream than the photo shows - pool swim!)
You could not ask for a more protective, happy go lucky, obedient Golden!!!
Video of Rufus Jr. & Merkle:
https://drive.google.com/file/d/1T7S8XU7V7wgQ3qFK4fFp5wVpzeGkFCte/view?usp=sharing
Rufus Jr’s son Merkle born 6/25/24 - 6 months on 12/25/24
Partially Trained - $1200 (all shots, wormed, etc.)
Video of Rufus Jr. & Merkle:
https://drive.google.com/file/d/1T7S8XU7V7wgQ3qFK4fFp5wVpzeGkFCte/view?usp=sharing
Deposit Purchase Reservation Page: Deposits / Adoption Info
NOTE: Deposit Purchase Reservations are initially $600. Total cost is $1800. See Deposit terms at the link above.
Email: grpupp@gmail.com
Summer Slumber!!!
"NOT yet - too tired - steak please"
"Nai’a and friends"
Doing their part to help not spread the virus!
(Nai’a is 6 years old-5/4/14, from our Penny/Maximus, in a great home with one of our cherished adoptees!)
(Nai’a is the dark golden retriever in the middle wearing the mask!)
General hours / Contact:
Email is best for answering inquires, questions, etc.; again, email (preferred) or phone (rarely due to reception) -
Contact: Mon - Fri 9am-ish to 5pm-ish; Sat - as available; Sun - rarely, but after 1pm
PickUp timing usually on a Thu and/or Fri (gives you the weekend to settle in) & Sat if needed
Email inquiries are generally addressed every weekday morning for a couple of hours; however, it can be a couple days or up to a week or so for us to answer due to brisk business - thank you all for that!
Note: Weather & Kids! can affect all of this, but we try to accommodate all!
Reference (s) available upon request for serious inquiries - just ask.
Location: Between Colfax & Grass Valley, CA, off Interstate 80
"Our Golden Retriever Story"
Following Below!
50 to 75% of our pups are adopted through referrals from previous adoptees.
Pups are adopted to homes with houses on acreage; tract homes, and apartments.
Our pups sometimes "work" along side their owners either at home or actually at work in businesses such as Google, Apple, IBM, and HP.
We've even had one adopted by an executive with the company that makes NylaBones (lucky dog!)
Items you may need to purchase for your pup
(that we use & recommend): (click) RESOURCES
Also see Getting Started
Kuranda Dog Bed (We use these for both our adults and pups from about 4 weeks of age)
See recommended options below. They ARE chewproof!. Helps prevent joint issues also.
Link: https://kuranda.com/rfsn=1658183.c9b6b0&utm_medium=affiliate&utm_campaign=KurandaPartnerProgram&utm_source=refersion
(Kuranda donates 5% to Warrior Canine Connection)
Recommended Kuranda Bed options (what we use):
Size: Medium (35x23) ... fits in a Life Stages 24x36 crate, which is what all our adults use.
Material: Heavy duty 40 oz vinyl
Frame: Almond (only color good for outdoors) - PVC (they have Aluminum, but expensive)
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"Our Golden Retriever Story” :
We are a family owned & operated "Golden Retriever Adoption Agency!" of our own pups from our own parents we have on-site. We adopt out pups in Northern California, some as far as San Diego in Southern California, Western Nevada, and as far north as Portland, Oregon. Well, due to Google, we actually have one in Turkey, so, pretty far away!
As a Golden Retriever breeder, we adopt out a few great pups that we have been able to find some great families for. We have been fortunate to have some great golden adults. They have heritage links to some great well know kennels such as Liberty Kennels from which President Ford's golden came from; Gold Rush Kennels with their english creams and whose owner R. Ann Johnson published a well researched textbook on golden pups; and, also from Golden Glen Kennels that were well know for their dark goldens for their obedience and hunting.
These are all our dogs - our pets first and foremost! They are part of our family - mom, dad, 3 kids, and these other furry “kids". We have been fortunate in gaining many referrals from past adoptees, as well as some of those getting 2nd, even 3rd, pups for themselves! We greatly appreciate our adoptees - past, present, and future.
Our children participate in the breeding (a little more each year!) and any pups are generally raised for adoption, though we keep one once in awhile. We have been doing this for 19 years since 2000. Our adoptees say that our pups are better than they've found from most breeders when they come to pick out their pups. We would never claim to have "perfect" pups, or adults, but the adults are all healthy and never had any health problems except a couple now … that health issue of “old age". Of just over 400 pups in 19 years, there has been great health history with no cancer. Any health issues have been mostly environmentally caused or some pretty common parasites that we work diligently to ward off for you and the pups. There have been maybe about 14 issues of any kind in 19 years (or about 3% of over 400 pups.) These are our babies, newborns, just like our kids that come home from the hospital. The pups are raised in our home, and socialized with tender loving care, on wooded and meadowed acreage with a pond. We've had Goldens in our family for 35 years since our first dark Golden at Donner Lake near Truckee, CA - "Don'r's Apple Brandy Golden" in 1984. She was never bred, but our Golden Retriever adoption service is in honor of her, now residing at the "green tennis ball retirement lodge" .
This is the first pup, from our first litter! ........
The Goldens we Breed:
We have three spectrums of Golden pups and parents, primarily based on their coloring - (See our "parents" page for complete information)
1) English Cream bred with another English Cream.
Our English-cream Goldens originate from Canada & Sweden / Spain / Switzerland and have coats from pure english cream (off-white) to english cream with some peachy/apricot highlights. These come primarily from "Gold-Rush Kennels" lineage who have a long history of top dogs.
2) Medium dark to dark Golden bred with Medium dark to dark Golden.
These are the darker to dark red goldens that we started breeding with and come from great lineage both from "Liberty Kennels" back east from which came President Fords dog; and, "Golden Glen Kennels" with a long history of hunting and obedience backgrounds.
3) The third type of breeding is a mix of the English Cream & dark.
This is a combination of the two above and produces some great pups in a range of medium light English Cream Golden to a medium to light medium dark "mocha" coloring. And, this includes the best coloring, temperament, health, & obedience from both.
We have chosen not to breed the "average" golden that tends to be the light medium to medium in coloring with a fairly long coat. This is what the AKC considers the "standard of the breed". You will see these around, but mostly you will see them at a dog show; and, are the only range of Goldens you'll see shown. These average goldens have been way over bred, including a fair amount of "inbreeding", and they tend to have the most health problems due to this. There are some very beautiful dogs in this category, but by far (we feel) you will find the most beautiful, distinctive dogs with predictable great temperaments and health within the English Creams and darker Goldens. Our personal favorites are the very dark goldens, though hard to find. We have two with roots from the long since closed "Golden Glen Kennels" in Andersen, CA. They specialized in the very dark goldens for hunting and obedience trials.
Unfortunately these two ends of the spectrum do have their own caveats.
The English Creams are fast becoming over bred with claims of grandiose backgrounds, rampant breeding of so-called "English Creams" "specially imported" from some country by a breeder, and they don't look much like a golden, and come with arbitrary high prices.
With the darker Goldens, especially the darker red's, they are in a sense being hi-jacked by seemingly elite hunting breeders, generally requiring you to only use the dog for hunting activities (a "working dog"); and, subsequently, the "Golden community" is starting to lose these dogs that make fantastic intelligent companions and they also make great "help" dogs for people. Several of our darker Goldens have gone this route, as well as for hunting. (This is not to say that the English Creams aren't good for this, as well!)
Most of our dogs, and the pups produced, have what we call a "long flat silky coat" that tends to be easier to care for than the very thick haired show golden and with generally less shedding. The English Cream Goldens tend to be somewhat fluffier and shed a bit more, while the darker goldens tend to maintain the flatter silky coat with less shedding. All our adults have good health backgrounds with their parents or grandparents, and farther back, having lots of OFA and CERF certifications for eyes, hearts, elbows, hips; though we go more by our health history because "certifications" tend to imply to many a level of "perfection" and unfortunately these are living beings, essentially just like us humans - see our health page for more health info.
The darker Goldens tend to have a penchant toward hunting senses and abilities, though pups from all parents have been used for hunting. Some people favor the lighter, english cream goldens for their somewhat more mellow temperament, and somewhat lower energy level. However, be careful of seeking "mellow" ....... "mellow" comes from you AND your dog (both of you) being trained. This is especially true with a golden. We've never met or heard of a true golden retriever that doesn't have an inherent mellow temperament and that wants to bond with THEIR human.
All our adults and pups, light to dark, have primarily the boxy heads with shorter snouts, though some have a somewhat longer snout. They all have wonderful traits of mellow dispositions, eager to please, and are "easily" obedience trained. We do provide the "one word" commands on our website, so you can start right away, but it does take comittment.
The pups are socialized and surrounded by their siblings and mother and other dogs and all of our family (3 children, carefully monitored) as well as visitors. We do limit the extent pups are exposed to outside influences to keep them healthy until they've had two shots and several wormings & parasite treatments by 8 weeks. Pups generally are released to their new homes around 8 weeks old. We do not recommend getting them much later, as the sooner they are with you, the sooner, and better, they will bond with you, instead of us or their siblings or parents. The ideal bonding time is from 8-10 weeks old and gradually decreases at around 12 weeks of age; however, you will not find a golden that won't bond with a human at any age!
Our pups have been placed in adoptive homes ranging as pets and companions to elderly care companions to pheasant hunting dogs to mascots on fishing boats to very happy apartment dwellers to families with 4 to 5 children.
PLEASE SEE THE REST OF OUR WEB SITE FOR A LOT MORE VALUABLE INFORMATION ABOUT US AND GOLDENS IN GENERAL.
As a breeder under the USDA "Animal Welfare Act" we are classified as an "Exempt Business" - Anyone who sells domestic pets directly to pet owners is exempt, regardless of sales volume, when picked up face to face or may be sight-unseen when the breeder has 4 or fewer breeding females. Such sales can be made via internet, in person, or by mail.
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Email for more information about our pups
Email: grpupp@gmail.com