Puppies
We offer puppies only very occasionally. Our aim when breeding is to produce well socialised healthy puppies that epitomise the wonderful temperament and type of this beautiful breed - the ideal family pet. By our selection of stud dogs we try to produce puppies that have potential to be shown, and that is a bonus, not our primary focus.
All our litters are raised in the home, from our own bitches, using carefully selected stud dogs. Both parents are tested in accordance with the KC/BVA recommendations, and we offer whatever advice and support to our puppies’ new families we can. Our commitment to our puppies is lifelong and we insist our puppies are returned to us in the event they have to be rehomed, at whatever age, and for whatever reason. Purchasers are required to sign a contract on purchase of a puppy, outlining both our commitment to the puppy and their own.
All puppies are sold with pedigrees endorsed by The Kennel Club:
‘Not for export pedigree’ and
‘Progeny not for registration’
These endorsements can be lifted at our discretion only.
When a puppy leaves us, we send it to it’s new home with a puppy pack containing, amongst other things: KC registration document, 5 generation pedigree, advice booklet, diet sheet, together with a few days supply of the puppy’s current diet.
We will also endeavour to have each puppy microchipped before they are collected, and provide
six weeks free insurance if available. We suggest that all puppies are insured by their purchaser, but do not endorse or recommend any particular insurance company.
We plan to have our next litter in  2009 from Rhea: Rosinante Balalaika at Cailloch.

From time to time we get enquiries about older puppies. If you are interested in an older dog please let us know. We can put you in touch with Golden Retriever Rescue organisations that often have older dogs desperately in need of new homes. These are not usually problem dogs, but dogs which because of changes in their owner’s circumstances, sometimes even because of the death of their owner, suddenly and unexpectedly need to be re-homed.
Goldens generally adapt to a new home very well even when they are older, and an older dog can be a rewarding companion for the more mature dog owner who does not feel able to cope with a very young boisterous puppy.


If you are considering buying a golden retriever puppy, please take the time to visit the Golden Retriever Club website (see 'links' page) which has sound advice on what you should be looking for in a breeder and in a puppy. Click the 'Puppy News' tab when you get to the GRC site.