Litter theme – Famous Jingles/Slogans

I’m sure it’s not limited to Golden Retrievers, but a given litter of puppies is often assigned a theme by the breeder. All the AKC-registered names for the pups would follow this naming convention, and the idea is to be able to tie each of the pups to their given litter just by viewing their […]

4 weeks old

How time flies… the pups are 4 weeks old already. I said I would post a picture of their pen with the ramp setup, although today we changed everything so the puppies can easily get around, and now they also have a crate to hang out in if they should choose to. Still, for the […]

Day 28

Tomorrow I will try to get a picture of the current setup in the puppy’s pen, although it’s likely to change again soon. The puppies had all been getting out of their whelping box on their own, and basically what they were doing was tumbling over the side, landing on a soft dog bed. I […]

Day 26

We were busy this weekend! The pups got to meet lots of new people, and also got to spend a few minutes outside on the patio– another first for them. They are learning to use a potty box (with varying degrees of success): This jingle ball toy is a favorite: Getting around much better now: […]

Days 24-25

A treat for everyone today– we took video of one of the puppies first playtime outside the box. You can view it on YouTube by clicking on the picture on the left. (I’m not a fan of embedded videos as it makes the entire page load too slowly, and with all these pictures it’s probably […]