M&M Companion Retrievers

17/12/2025

17/12/2025

I want to say a huge thank you to our puppy community ❤️

We've had to reach out to our fellow puppy owners to see if anyone was able to help puppy sit over the Xmas period for some of our new families.

We have help from families in WA, SA and QLD.

Thank you for your support 🙏

Enjoy the puppy cuddles 💕

15/12/2025

It's beginning to feel a lot like Christmas!!!

How beautiful is our Suzie girl from Linleighdore Retrievers

Let's see your dog Christmas photos

12/12/2025

Gorgeous Charles hanging out with the Christmas grinch

Charles is our first GHAD certified assistance dog from Milly and Max's litter.

11/12/2025

We would like to say a huge thank you to Amy Pawsitively Pretzel .blake for raising our first partially trained assistance dog Mousse. Mousse wasn't originally set out to be an assistance dog prospect, but after completing stage 1 of our Early Learning Puppy Program We saw his incredible potential. Mousse has been placed with a beautiful family who wouldn't have this opportunity if it weren't for our puppy raiser Amy. Amy. Thank you for the time, love and effort you put into raising and training Mousse. We are so thankful to have you a part of the team and all the work you put in is truly appreciated. We look forward to seeing you grow with the next puppy you raise.

11/12/2025

Dog Enrichment, Training & Sports: More Than Just a Walk

When most people think about exercising their dog, daily walks are usually the first thing that come to mind. But true enrichment goes far beyond stretching legs—it means engaging the mind, building confidence, strengthening communication, and giving our dogs opportunities to do what dogs love to do.

Enrichment can be as simple as playing tug, swimming, puzzle toys, nose games, hide-and-seek, or learning a new trick. These activities help prevent boredom, reduce anxiety, and create happier, more balanced dogs. And while enrichment at home is fantastic, structured training and dog sports open a whole new world of teamwork and fun.

At Cairns City Kennel Club, we’re proud to support dogs and handlers of all ages, breeds, and experience levels with a wide variety of classes designed to enrich both body and mind. Our classes help build foundational skills, confidence, focus, and teamwork—all while keeping things enjoyable for you and your dog.

At CCKC, we offer training and dog sport opportunities including:

🐾 Tricks – Fun, creative skills that build confidence and strengthen your bond.
🐾 Scentwork – Engaging your dog’s natural hunting instincts to find specific odours.
🐾 Agility – Fast-paced obstacle courses that challenge speed, accuracy, and teamwork.
🐾 Obedience – Foundation skills for everyday manners and competition levels.
🐾 Rally – A friendly, encouraging sport combining obedience skills in a flowing course.
🐾 Flyball – High-energy relay racing for dogs who love to run, jump, and fetch.
🐾 Clever Canines – Engagement and enrichment-focused fun learning for young or older dogs

Whether you’re looking to build everyday manners, explore a new sport, or enrich your dog’s life with fun and stimulating activities, Cairns City Kennel Club has something for every dog and every handler.

Visit our website to learn more about upcoming classes and intakes:
🔗 https://cairnscitykennelclub.org/

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10/12/2025

As our current litter is close to going home, temperament testing is on our mind!

Matching our puppies' personalities to their families and roles in life is a passion of ours.
And if we do say so ourself, we are very good at it!

We aim to produce consistent temperament puppies with our breeding program. So great consideration goes into selecting our parents and matching the matings. Then all the hard work we do raising and training the puppies helps produce the stable personalities we are after.

We are seeing very consistent and reliable puppies in our current litter. This is very exciting as it is what we aim for!

9/10 id say our puppies' temperaments are:

INTELLIGENT & TRAINABLE

Quick learners with a strong desire to please

Responsive to commands and eager to work

Suited for advanced obedience and task training (ideal for assistance work)

SOCIAL & PEOPLE ORIENTATED

Naturally drawn to human connection

Bond closely with their handlers and families

Enjoy interaction and thrive in environments with positive socialization.

CALM & BALANCED

Not overly excitable; steady and composed (except normal puppy behaviour!)

Comfortable in a variety of settings, they are exposed to a huge amount of items , objects, surfaces, people, locations, environments, stimuli. As much as we can safely do and we encourage you to continue this at home.

Tolerant of distractions and pressure. Resilient dogs.

GENTLE & AFFECTIONATE

Loving and cuddly without being clingy

Safe and gentle with children and vulnerable individuals

Ideal for therapy, companionship, and emotional support

STABLE & RESILIENT

Environmentally confident—won’t spook easily

Can handle new experiences with curiosity, not fear

Emotionally stable with low reactivity to stress

VERSATILE

Suitable for both pet homes and working roles

Adaptable to various lifestyles and family dynamics

Balanced between work ethic and relaxation

We Temperament test each puppy at 7 weeks of age to ensure they are getting matched with the right family and vice versa.

Our current litter are due to be tested on Monday!!! It's an exciting and nerve-wracking time for me.

If you're looking for an assistance dog prospect, this is the litter for you!

PM us for more details.

Video of one of our goldador puppies for cuteness

10/12/2025

Mousse!

Mousse is settling into his new home in WA very well. In true Mousse style, he has such wonderful focus on his humans. Offering lots of reassurance and calmness. We are excited to watch this team grow

10/12/2025

Couldn't agree more!!We can always teach sit, drop stand but we can not get back those informative weeks to expose the puppy to the world and teach them confidence , calmness and resilience

These are the 3 MOST VALUABLE THINGS you can teach your puppy from a young age..

👉 INDEPENDENCE = Crate Training!
For us, this is a non-negotiable part of modern day puppy raising. A crate represents a small, cosy, comfortable and safe space for a puppy to relax in close proximity to us without them being able to sit right on top of us.
It’s the best way for a dog to build up a tolerance towards being alone in small, achievable doses. This way we don’t have to jump to putting the puppy in a seperate room or outside.
It also teaches a valuable lesson in being bored and being okay with that. Crating a puppy for short periods throughout the day will help them develop an ‘off switch’ and to not constantly be looking for a ‘job to do’ which would otherwise result in an over tired, frustrated and destructive puppy that struggles to settles and appears like ‘they’re never tired’.

👉 CONFIDENCE = Socialisation and Environmental Exposure: We live in an area where there are active cases of Parvo virus so this means carefully picking and choosing where we go and what we do. This DOES NOT MEAN we will keep a puppy home until they are fully vaccinated! It’s far too important for a puppy’s long term confidence in social situations, to be kept home during these critical early weeks. We will drive to new locations daily, and at the very least, back the car up and let a pup observe and absorb the world. New sights, sounds and smells all while exploring a KONG in the back of the Ute/boot of the car.

👉 RESILIENCE - ‘the capacity to recover quickly from difficulties’: When exposing a puppy to the world, they will naturally come across things they find mildly uncomfortable or perhaps a little scary. Overcoming these situations is an important but necessary part of growing up. How you support them during these moments will help a puppy to become more resilient in the future rather than fearful.

Emotional development should always trump operant training with a young and vulnerable puppy.

A confident puppy = an easy to train dog

09/12/2025

So fun catching up with these two on the weekend

Pretzel and his sister Frodo from our last golden retriever litter (Stella & Bear)

Such contrasts in colours. Both beautiful pups

01/12/2025

We have had a last-minute cancellation, so that means we have 1 spot available in our new goldador litter!

These guys are going to be sure to impress! While they are all black, we are starting to see some waves in their coats, which means Bear has come through in these pups, after all!

We are hoping to have a couple of long-haired black retrievers / goldadors!

Don't wait. Get your application in now.

https://form.jotform.com/222698142050856

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30/11/2025

How are these guys nearly 5 weeks old!!

Pups have started their individual exploration of the world with regular obstacle and problem-solving activities. We cant wait to show you what they have been upto.