Welcome
First and most importantly, each of our English Golden Retrievers are an integral part of our family. They live in our home, sleep in our beds and are treated like Royalty. According to the dictionary, to treat with royalty means: treating someone or something extravagantly or with elaborate attention and care. This is what inspired our kennel name, “Royal Goldens.” We make it a priority to fulfill all of our “GOLDENS” needs.
It is our pleasure to introduce you to our family, our passion and our dogs.
By attending to the “GOLDENS” needs, we know we will get in return, a dog that is healthy, gentle, loyal, loving, trustworthy, confident, outgoing, able to quickly adapt, and eager-to-please. Because our dogs are part of our family, we often take them with us as much as we can. They enjoy playing with the kids, hiking trails at the park, participating with the kids in 4-H at the local fair, going on walks, riding in the car and a few have been therapy dogs at the local school. Our goal is to be as loyal, loving and nurturing to our dogs as they are to us because they bless us everyday in so many ways.
Second, for one of our dogs to be chosen to breed they must be genetically sound, have a pedigree with healthy lines and have a wonderful temperament. All of our dogs are purebred registered Golden Retrievers through the AKC. In order to produce the healthiest puppies, each of our adult English goldens go through the OFA certification process for hips, elbows, eyes, and heart. A few of our dogs have been certified through PennHIP evaluations as well. We also do genetic testing so we can avoid certain conditions such as ichthyosis that could be genetically passed down from parents to their offspring
Puppies are Our Passion
Puppies are our passion. One of our biggest rewards in raising puppies is the frequent smell of puppy breath and getting to know their furever families. We ensure our litters of puppies are treated like royalty just as our adult dogs. They are nurtured, given an endless amount of affection and spoiled with love. Because they are raised in our home, they are exposed to the sights, sounds, and smells of a busy household. We provide neurological stimulation and introduce them to a variety of toys, textures, surroundings and people. We find that acclimating puppies at a young age helps them develop into well-adjusted, confident, calm and loving family companions. We love the priceless contributions puppies have made to our family and want you to enjoy the same memorable lifelong experiences with your new dog.
Our puppies come with dew claws removed, wormed, have their first vaccinations, are micro-chipped, vet checked and limited AKC registration papers.
If you are interested in a puppy, we recommend submitting an application right away to get put on our waiting list.
How We Got Started
Over 20 years ago our family started breeding American Golden Retrievers. Brandy was our first American female, and our three kids best friend. She had a great disposition, was kind hearted and gentle with kids. After her passing we took a day trip to watch a local dog show and we fell in love with two english cream goldens that were training for therapy work. They were show stoppers! Their dark round eyes stood out against their beautiful cream-colored wavy coat and we fell in love immediately. After researching the differences between American goldens and English goldens we knew we were 100% ready to switch to the English (European) type of Golden Retrievers, for It wasn’t until 2009 when we finally found the right puppy to start our own line of English Goldens. Rudy was our first male and was everything we dreamed of. He came from a champion pedigree, had great conformation, a calm loving disposition and a desire to please which helped him earn his therapy license. At age two, Rudy joined me as the therapy dog in my 5th-6th science classroom and a year later in my kindergarten classroom. In 2010 we purchased our first female, Emma, who is full of love and a perfect dog mom. She is a puppy at heart, loves to talk to anyone who comes into our home and has mothered puppies other than her own, kittens and guinea pigs. At age 13 and 14 they are both very healthy and enjoy retired life. Rudy enjoys going on walks and getting spoiled by Grandma Cathy and Aunt Mary. Emma thrives on attention and helping new litters of puppies learn how to play. Rudy and Emma have been the perfect foundation of our breeding program and continue to be an important part of our family.
Adoption Process
You should be getting excited as you are soon to become a forever family to one of our gorgeous English Golden puppies. If you are interested in adopting a puppy from Royal Golden Retrievers, we want to assure you that we promise to always be transparent and honest and provide complete support throughout the adoption process and long after you take your puppy home.
If you are interested in a Royal Golden Puppy, we encourage you to browse through all of the pages on our website so you can get to know us, our dogs and how we raise our puppies. As you scroll through each page jot down any questions you have for us.
Once you have familiarized yourself with our website, please contact us by phone or email so we can answer any further questions you may have about our program, dogs and/or puppies. We also encourage you to visit us in person to meet our dogs.
After all of your questions have been answered and you are ready to reserve your spot on our waiting list, please complete our Puppy Application.
After we receive your application, we will contact you by your preferred method (phone, text, or email) with any other questions we may have and/or to accept your application.
As soon as your application has been accepted, we ask that you send a $300 deposit to be placed on our waiting list, as they fill up quickly often before puppies have been born. The deposit is refundable up until the day puppies are born or transferable to other future litters. Deposits can be paid via Venmo or by check.
Once your deposit is received, we will send you a contract to sign and return to us.
Puppy selection will take place after puppies have been evaluated at approximately 6 1/2 weeks. Puppies are picked in the order that deposits are received.