"The Girls" (Sires following - pedigrees for all parents in Gallery, below)
"Mattie O'Hare" (Mattie / akc Mandy)- {09.12.16} <under construction> Mattie is primarily matted with Maximus for the darkest coloring, the long flat silky coats, and mellow / obedience / hunting oriented temperament and trainability; great keen smart disposition; very gentle, but has plenty of energy when needed, while also content watching Saturday matinee's with you on your lap; smaller in size at about 55-60 pounds; easily and willingly. Occasionally mated with Angus for darker pups, but with the Rufus influence of being somewhat "laid back" and with his wonderful "gait". Mattie heritage is from Golden Glen Kennels (now extinct) that is famous for its dark red goldens with hunting and obedience awards; imported from Canada, with AKC registration.
"Flakey" (SnowFlake)- {05.14.16} <under construction>, pure english cream from Alabama breeder with mellow temperament and great trainability; great disposition and loves to be around at least one human as their "teddy bear", though content with other dogs as well; very keen senses; about 75 pounds
"Jasper"- {06.09.15} Parents - no health problems; Pure Dark golden lineage; boxy heads; bred with Maximus for a somewhat smaller leaner frame, darker coloring, the long flat silky coats with about half the shedding of the english creams, and mellow obedience oriented temperament and trainability; great disposition; about 60 pounds; easily trained also for hunting & obedience
"Tinker(Bell)"- {06.03.10} Daughter of Willow; Parents - no health problems; Pure English Cream lineage - combined European (stockier - mom)) and Canadian (lean/muscular - dad); boxy heads; bred for mellow temperament and trainability; great disposition; english cream golden, about 70 pounds
"Penny(Pepper)"- (retired) {04.15.12} Medium Dark Golden; Daughter of Chooey and Rufus; Parents - no health problems; the best of the English Cream and Dark Golden lineage; boxy heads; bred with Maximus for a somewhat smaller leaner frame, darker coloring, the long flat silky coats with about half the shedding of the english creams, and mellow obedience oriented temperament and trainability; great disposition; about 65 pounds; easily trained also for hunting & obedience
"Whisper" & "Willow - (retired) These are our twin sister goldens! They come from a wonderful lineage including close links to the well-known "Gold-Rush Kennels".
On their dad's side are many close relations in their grandparents, great grandparents, and back to dogs from some of the origin countries of the Golden Retriever - Sweden, Netherlands, Spain, Great Britain
On their mom's side are direct relations to the well known "Gold-Rush Kennels" from which have come a VERY long line of wonderful goldens. The founder of Gold-Rush Kennels, R. Ann Johnson, has a book out based on her experience with goldens and her Gold-Rush Kennels - "The Golden Retriever Puppy Handbook" - see our resources page if you desire a copy.
"Whisper"- {06.03.10} (retired) Sister to Willow; Parents - no health problems; Pure English Cream lineage; boxy heads; bred for mellow temperament and trainability; great disposition; english cream golden, about 70 pounds
Willow & Whisper as Adults
"Willow" - {06.03.10} (retired) Sister to Whisper; Parents no health problems; Pure English Cream lineage; boxy heads; bred for mellow temperament and trainability; great disposition; english cream golden, about 70 pounds
Willow & Whisper as Pups
"Misty" - {10.15.07} (retired) Parents - Jasmine & Rufus; no health problems; boxy head; from English Cream parents bred for mellow temperament and trainability; fantastic loving disposition; english cream golden, about 65 pounds
"Chooey"- {5.14.05} (retired) Parents - Buttercup & Moosey; no health problems or problems with past pups; from a line of hunting champion dogs bred for mellow temperament and trainability; fantastic loving intelligent disposition; dark golden, about 60 pounds
Chooey's father's lineage from well-known Golden Glen Kennels in Anderson, CA with Junior Hunter champion father - Golden Glen's Ruff N Reddy JH / mother - Golden Glen's Whrlwnd Amanda; grandfather - Golden Glen Spencer for Hire SH / grandmother - Golden Glen's Penny Luck JH
"Jasmine"- {2.10.04} (retired); Misty's Mom; no health problems; boxy head; lineage from Canadian / English Cream; siblings have starred in TV commercials; bred for mellow temperament and personality; musculature; long but fairly flat english cream coat; about 55 pounds (Mom of Misty)
"Buttercup"- {11.26.02} (retired - passed in late 2016); Chooey's Mom; no health problems; lineage from "Liberty Kennels" and President Ford; Chooey is one of her daughters; bred for mellow temperament and personality; musculature; long flat silky coat; about 60 pounds
"Chloe" - {3.24.00} (retired); Our first "mom" and Buttercup's Mom; Chooey's Grandma; no health problems; lineage from "Liberty Kennels" and President Ford; We have a rather large and lengthy pedigree for Chloe showing her lineage back to President Ford's dog and Liberty Kennels; bred for mellow temperament and personality; musculature; long flat silky coat; about 60 pounds
"The Boys"
"Maximus"- {11.04.11} Maximus has a somewhat smaller frame, though very muscular and lean. TinkerBell, Jasper, and Mattie are his primary Dams, providing some nice smaller adults; Tinker's slightly larger. Those with TinkerBell are the "mocha cream" - with just a tinge of a darker mocha coloring as pups that usually gives way to solid english cream as they age. Similar lineage to (and related to) our retired "Moosey" (see below); Maximus' great great Grandmother was our Moosey's Mother!; Parents - no health problems; mellow yet active temperament; VERY loving and VERY obedient with little actual training; desiring to please; musculature; long but fairly flat dark golden coat, about 70 pounds
"Angus"- {11.01.16} <under construction> Angus is primarily mated with SnowFlake (pure english cream pups) and an occasional mating with either Jasper or Matttie (darker golden pups) Angus' parents are TinkerBell and Maximus'. His grandfather is our Rufus, here at our place and just turned 13 in February. Willow is his grandmother who we retired to a home of an older couple in Berkeley. Angus is virtually a clone of Rufus with his lean english cream body and musculature. He is very energetic (somewhat from his dad Maximus), yet also very submissive and mellow (from his grandpa Rufus.
"Rufus"- {2.14.06} Misty & Penny's Dad; no health problems; boxy head; lineage from Canadian / English Cream; bred for mellow temperament and personality; musculature; long but fairly flat english cream coat; about 80 pounds He has a fairly lengthy proven great history of pups, having sired over 14 previous litters. Most of the children that come to adopt a pup end up wanting to take him home instead of a pup!
"Moosey" - {7.17.02} (retired); no health problems; boxy head; lineage from parents and grandparents bred for obedience and hunting with hunting championships in background; mellow yet active temperament; very loving and obedient; desiring to please; musculature; long but fairly flat english cream coat, about 70 pounds (Father of Chooey)
Lineage from well-known Golden Glen Kennels in Anderson, CA with Junior Hunter champion father - Golden Glen's Ruff N Reddy JH / mother - Golden Glen's Whrlwnd Amanada; grandfather - Golden Glen Spencer for Hire SH / grandmother - Golden Glen's Penny Luck JH
"Ryder"- {12.29.07} (retired) from South Lake Tahoe; no health problems; boxy head; lineage from Champion blood lines; bred for intelligence, obedience, mellow temperament and personality; very muscular; long but fairly flat dark golden coat; about 65 pounds
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the "parents" GALLERY & pedigrees
Our Pups ... to ... Our "Adults" (loose definition of "adult"!)
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