I hadn't originally planned to breed puppies.  We added two dogs to our family at the same time, an AKC registered Labrador (Diesel) for my son and an AKC registered Golden Retriever (Gemma) for my daughter.  My husband and I had always had a Lab and loved them, but I completely fell in love with Gemma.  Is she needy?  Absolutely!  Is she a Pretty Princess that gets what she wants?  Yep!  But....she has such a sweet and loving personality and loves her people.  I don't think there's anything I wouldn't do for our sweet Gemma.

My co-workers watched our pups grow up and so many times I heard "When they have puppies, I have to have one.  They are going to be so cute and smart."  I didn't know if we would ever go that route, but Gemma and Diesel cleared up any doubt when we couldn't keep them apart.  The rest is history.  I absolutely LOVE raising healthy, smart and socialized puppies.  It's fun setting families up with these sweet pups that gain such big personalities in such a short amount of time.  Our whole family loves to watch and play with the puppies every night.  It's hard work; training, cleaning up after them, vet visits, removing dew claws, deworming and all the other important but not so fun tasks, but sweet puppy breath and kisses make up for it.  So, fast forward a few years!   Now we have a few more health tested Golden Retrievers.  Sometimes we may have Goldador puppies (a cross between Golden Retriever and Labrador Retriever), but we are also breeding small Goldendoodles and AKC registered Golden Retrievers.  

One warning:::  I do fall in love with each puppy, so there is a process we go through to make sure each puppy goes to a loving home and that the new puppy parents are aware of the responsibility, time, effort and cost that go into raising these furry friends.