Our Working Golden Retrievers

Yesterday, 12-04-09 I eventually had Georgia imported into the UK. She is 10 months old and by doing this I am trying to widen the gene pool for working golden’s. It is a long way off but I hope this works and I will be really pushing her to trial. She has come from (http://www.adirondac-goldens.com). This is quite an exciting time for me – a gamble – but I am trying to bring a fresh blood line into this country.

I am also importing a dog from Hungary. After a lot of research I have seen a really nice bitch and she has had a litter of pups with the sire being a German dog. There are no English lines in the pedigree so again it will be an interesting experiment.

Born to work, Nordenlights Working Golden Retrievers have a strong desire to remain focused on their work easily and naturally. They make excellent companions and thrive in a family environment making lovely pets.

All our Golden Retrievers are bred and trained to be winners...."No one remembers who came second".... However people define winners in different ways and our golden retrievers will excel at what ever the owner wants it to either a working dog or living in the house as a pet and part of the family.

Nordenlights working Golden Retrievers look like most working Golden Retrievers, which means they vary in size, colour and coat texture. They are almost nothing like the show-bred golden. They are generally dark in colour. Our pups are always handled by kids and we have a number of cats around so they are quite familiar with these.

I like dogs that tend to mature quite early. At around 6 months we slowly start introducing basic training. We use a particular line of Golden Retrievers that mature quickly and take and enjoy the pressure of learning from a young age. It is not uncommon to have a 12 month old Golden Retriever on our picking up teams just to gain the experience before the serious training begins.

I work closely with the dogs using a click and treat. This system has the ability to bring out the best in a dog and most importantly the dogs enjoy it. Anyone purchasing one of my dogs can be assured that they have had the best working golden retriever training possible. We train to trial as this is my passion but not all dogs can get to this very high standard and it is these dogs that we sell to approved working homes.

I am always ready to give advice to anyone interested in purchasing one of my dogs and I am quite happy to export abroad to interested people.

• Dark colour
• Sound temperament
• Focussed and driven
• Enjoy working
• Excellent companions

Currently in training I have 1x bitch at 11 months, her little brother and also a 5 month old dog. These have all been sired by Peter Bates field trial champion. They all appear to have plenty of go and I feel that these dogs will turn out to be real nice working dogs with potential of winning trials.

Hard Working Golden Retrievers, Naturally Good at Finding Game!