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ABOUT
YOUR GOLDENS OR CHIT CHAT WITH OTHER GOLDEN OWNERS!
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We Take Great Pride In Our Golden
Retrievers!
We are a small breeder located
in rural south-central Iowa.
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Our goal is to provide sound healthy golden retrievers,
with happy dispositions, to loving homes. Our dogs and puppies are very
special to us and it is our hope that they will bring you many years of
joy and happiness.
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We go the extra mile before any breeding takes place and
have all of our prospective parents fully certified by leading
organizations to help insure quality in the breed. (http://www.vetmed.iastate.edu
) This includes hips and elbows
through OFA., C.E.R.F. Registry for eye examinations by board certified
veterinarians, and SAS examinations to insure the parents are free of any
cardiac defects. (http://www.offa.org)
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All of our puppies are whelped,
raised, and cared for in our home. We feel that it is important for the
puppies’ mental health to start introducing them to new sounds and smells
while they are young. To do this, when weather permits, we start small by
introducing them to grass and dirt, and slowly letting them outside for
short play times during the day. If there is snow on the ground, the pups
will go out for supervised playtime. Since the puppies are in our home, we
go about our daily activities, getting them used to normal everyday
noises, such as vacuuming, rattling pots and pans, and hair dryers, to
name a few. We feel this helps the puppies get used to noises and teaches
them not to be afraid.
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Nutrition is one of the most important parts of a puppy’s
healthy life. Not only after they are born and eating on their own,
but before also, therefore all of our dogs are fed a quality, super
premium dog food. Taste of the Wild,
( http://www.tasteofthewildpetfood.com
), Innova and California Natural
(http://www.naturapet.com),
and Canidae, (http://www.canidae.com),
are some that we recommend, but there
are many other super premium foods that are just as good! We believe the type of food you
feed your puppy will play an important role in the length of your dog’s
life, as well as his/her overall health. To help insure that your
puppy lives a long healthy life, we recommend a lifetime of super premium
dog foods!
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