Golden Chance of A Lifetime Retrievers

02/04/2024

Happy National Golden Retriever Day from our family to yours!

12/26/2023

Merry Christmas from our furry crew to yours!

12/06/2023

Happy 5th birthday to these sweet babies!

08/26/2023

Happy National Dog Day!

Deja and Jubilee enjoyed a pup cup from their favorite coffee spot, 7 Brew!

06/10/2023

Happy second birthday to our 6/9/21 litter!

03/07/2023

Happy 3rd birthday to Deja and Barlow’s litter born 3/6-3/7/20!

This litter was born the weekend that Covid shut everything down so they were spoiled even more than usual since all three kiddos got to spend all day, every day with them until they went to their forever homes. Needless to say, we were all VERY attached to these babies! We’d love to see photos of them now ❤️

02/10/2023

Wishing a very happy 6th birthday to our bottle baby, Echo, and his littermates from our 2/10/17 litter!

01/09/2023

Go like Apollo’s photo to help him win this photo contest. He’s one of our Golden Chance of a Lifetime puppies from Deja & Echo’s litter (12/6/18).

3rd Entry will be Apollo! What a snow loving pup!

12/27/2022

Deja and Jubilee hope you had a very merry Christmas!

12/06/2022

Happy 4th birthday to these adorable babies—Apollo, Belle, Benny, Clover, Findley, Mac, & Marley! 🎁🎈🎂

11/23/2022

Happy three months to Jubilee and her litter mates (yesterday)!

This big girl is over 24 # now. We’d love to see updated photos of her siblings!

10/25/2022

All microchip transfers for the litter have been sent. Please check your email. If you do not see it, let me know!
(We’d love to see how Jubilee’s siblings are doing 😉)

10/22/2022

The last two puppies went to their homes tonight. We love these babies and cannot wait to watch them grow up!

10/20/2022

💚💙Only a couple days until these sweet boys go to their forever homes 💙💚

10/19/2022

The last THREE…Soaking in every minute of having the two boys staying with us and working on learning to be good house citizens. Sorry, Shelby and Angela, if your boys aren’t supposed to be on the furniture. We’re dog friendly on ours and want to make sure they know not to chew on it!

10/19/2022

Puppy pickup day for all but two…It rained the night before and they got MUDDY Sunday morning!

10/17/2022

Puppies are 8 weeks old today, which means it was puppy pick-up day for the ones staying locally. Five went home today and the house is much more quiet tonight.

Lots more candid photos to follow!

10/16/2022

ONE…one day until puppies start leaving for their homes 😭

They spent the day playing with Hazel!

10/15/2022

TWO…

10/14/2022

Countdown to puppy pickup….THREE…

(these photos are from yesterday that never uploaded)

10/12/2022

First time to play in the rain. They loved it!

10/10/2022

***NEW PUPPY OWNERS PLEASE READ ALL:***

First baths today means we are down to our last week with the babies 😢😢

A few important items:

1) We will be scheduling pickups Sunday from 2:30 til 6
7:00. If we’ve not already made specific arrangements, please let me know what time is best for you. We’d like to schedule everyone at least 30 minutes apart so we have time to talk and answer any questions you may have.

2) Please send me your email address so I can begin microchip transfers as soon as the puppies leave here. Once you receive the email, you’ll be able to change them over to your name and add emergency numbers, etc.

3) Please order puppy food if you’ve not already done so. They are eating Purina Pro Plan Puppy chicken & rice currently. I’d recommend keeping them on it for at least one bag then transitioning over (if desired) so that they don’t get upset tummies from all the changes at once.

4) Schedule an appointment with your veterinarian for their first visit ASAP if you haven’t already. Most vet clinics are booking out several weeks for wellness visits. Their next vaccination series will be due October 31st. It’s never a bad idea to have them checked out before that but they definitely need to be seen then. We don’t want these precious babies to contract the deadly parvovirus.

5) Please, PLEASE do not take your puppy to dog parks (or any parks, for that matter), pet stores, walking around the neighborhood, etc until they’ve received three more puppy boosters and are at least 16 weeks old. Carry him/ her in your arms when you go to your vet clinic (or use a carrier) and don’t set the puppy down until you are placed in exam room. NEVER place your puppy down on the ground outside a vet clinic (grass, asphalt, or concrete). If you’re traveling and need to make a pit stop for your baby, I’d highly recommend finding a church parking lot and walking your puppy in the grass farthest away from the road. It’s a good idea to continue to socialize your puppy with other dogs/puppies but please make sure the pet you are interacting with is healthy and do it in a yard that is not known to have ever had parvo in it. Parvo lives in the soil for many years so puppies that haven’t been fully vaccinated are at serious risk in unknown places. You can even carry the virus into your home on your shoes so taking your shoes off at the door if you’ve been anywhere questionable is a good idea. I see so much parvo year round and so many babies die. Please do all you can to protect yours!

6) Your vet will likely want to start heartworm and flea/tick preventatives at your puppy’s first visit. Heartworm disease is spread by mosquitos and dogs should be on prevention year round. The disease is deadly if untreated and quite expensive to treat but very easy (and relatively cheap) to prevent with a once monthly chew or topical (many options/brands) or an injection every six or twelve months (Proheart 6 or 12). Fleas and ticks spread many dangerous diseases (most of which can be transmitted to people). Here in the south, year round F/T prevention is also recommended.

I’m here for you and your puppy and will be happy to answer any questions any time!

10/09/2022

7 weeks old today! Puppies received their first vaccine today. One week until pick-up day 😭

10/06/2022

Since we’re getting close to pickup day, I wanted to make sure everyone knows that the puppies are eating Purina Pro Plan Puppy Chicken & Rice formula. I’ll be sending home a small bag with each puppy to get them started, which you can use to transition them to a new food if you decide to do so.

If you do not plan to stick with the PPP Puppy, they should be transitioned to another high quality food for large breed puppies or an all life stages diet. Recommended brands are Purina Pro Plan, Royal Canin, Science Diet, or Eukanuba/Iams.

It’s VERY important to avoid all grain free and boutique diets since these have been shown to cause Diet-Related Dilated Cardiomyopathy, a form of heart failure, in dogs. Goldens seem to be very sensitive to these foods and can easily have trouble. Unfortunately, most dogs with DCM have no symptoms until sudden death. Please don’t feed grain free to your babies! I’ve included a list of the brands that have been implicated in this disease so far.

Let me know if you have any questions 😊

10/06/2022

These big babies have all gained between 0.8 # and 1.2 # in THREE DAYS! They LOVE exploring and playing outside but I think eating is their favorite pastime. We expanded their indoor space today as well!

10/03/2022

Six weeks old! We love watching their personalities develop. These babies are so much fun! Only two weeks left until they will be leaving us for their new homes 😢

09/30/2022

Catching up on the last few days

09/26/2022

The sweetest babies are FIVE weeks old. Time is flying by!

Here’s their weekly photos and some candid shots from the last few days. Enjoy!