ElkCreek Golden Retrievers

Our puppies and adult dogs are a big part of our family. We do not have kennel runs and only use crates when girls are in season. Our vacations plans revolve around our dogs. We look for families with the same dedication. We are AviDog breeders. This guarantees that we are publicly committed to educating ourselves in current scientific studies. With this information as a guide, we provide each litter the appropriate stimulation according to their neurological development to produce puppies that mature into physically healthy, mentally stable dogs. Our sires and dams have OFA clearances for hips, eyes, heart, and elbows with multiple generations of clearances behind them.

We hopefully will be adding some puppies to the ElkCreek Golden Retriever family next October 2021, with lots of good luck and Blitz willing. I have been overwhelmed with puppy applications and apologize for not getting back to everyone. Please forgive me. I do ask that each of you to really read the information and studies that I have provided and know that these are not just talking points but, deal breakers. It is waste of your time and mine to contact me without a good understanding of the homes that we are looking for to place our puppies. Thanks again for visiting our website and getting to know us a little better.

Please fill out the following puppy application so we can get to know you.

Please answer the following questions so we can get to know you better.

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Have you owned a golden before?
Describe the perfect golden for your family in terms of behavior and temperament.
Has anyone in your household ever showed signs of allergies?
How many people are in your household and if there are children, what are their ages?
Have your children ever been around large dogs?
What kind of vacations do you take?
What do you usually do during the summer?
What is your living situation?
Do you have any physical or time limitations which would reduce your ability to daily exercise your puppy along with spend time playing with your puppy/dog? This includes those who have a large backyard. A backyard is not exercise….. it’s a potty place.
Are you willing to follow a limited vaccination schedule and not follow recommendations to get regular “boosters?”
Please research titer testing. What are your thoughts on titer testing?
Please review the UC Davis Golden Retriever spay neuter study and Dr. Karen Becker DVM spay/neuter video. What are your opinions on neutering your dog or spaying your bitch?
Where will your puppy/dog be when you are sleeping?
Where will your dog be while you are running errands?
Where will your puppy/dog generally sleep and live?
Have you ever trained a dog before?
Are you willing to attend classes or hire a personal trainer for your dog?
Are you interested in your puppy/dog competing in events such as Conformation, Obedience, Rally, Agility, or Hunt Trials?
Do you have the continued financial means to feed your puppy/dog quality food and maintain its healthcare without a problem?
Do you have other dogs in your home? Are any of them intact? How will you introduce the new puppy?
Do you understand that this puppy/dog will not be bred and will be sold on a limited registration which means that you may compete in any AKC event accept conformation?
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