Shelley's Goldens

08/19/2023

We know a few dogs that could earn an Emmy! 🏆

08/01/2023

I cant believe today is the First birthday of my lucky 13 litter! They were collectively born between 8 pm on the 31st and 4 am on August 1st.
It was the craziest birth story and my favorite to talk about. Winnie was 3 days early. My whole family was out of town. Winnie delivered her first baby on my bed. Then the next 4 all came out quickly after. The 2nd one actually clawed his way out. He was super strong. I was able to get ahold of my young cousin who lived with us at the time and she came home to help and thank goodness because the 2nd half of the puppies needed alot of lung clearing. Our puppy Thomas, i thought he didnt make it, but Kam kept clearing his lungs and working on him for 10 minutes and he thrived! Between the 5 of us in the house, we took turns on shifts 24/7 rotating so everyone ate equally for the first weeek. We never had to bottle feed and never had a fading puppy. They all started potty training with pellets at 2 weeks and they were so quiet. Because of all the people in the house last year, they all got held alot so they were very affectionate and enjoyed being held. I was so proud of this litter and I wanna wish the happiest birthday to my pupppies!

07/21/2023

After much consideration, the LaFleur family is making the decision to retire from dog breeding. We were considering breeding Winnie one last time but our family is going through some big changes over the next year including preparing to move out of state, our daughter focusing on her final year of high school and everyone working/having school outside of the house for the majority of the time we would have had puppies home for this last time. Given the pride we have in the way we raise our puppies, with time,love and attention, we just don't think it would be fair to our buyers to not give our last litter, the same treatment that our other puppies have had.
In addition, our 2nd half of Shelley's Goldens (the Shelley part) has retired to Lake Nebagamon, Wisconsin and is enjoying retirement at the lake. This has made transportation of our Willow pups much more difficult.
We have had so much fun getting to raise our puppies, watching them grow, holding them, playing with each of them, giving them fun names, doing photo shoots, learning about each of their personalities from birth, laughing at their antics, rubbing their bellies, playing proud moms and dads while we talk to people about each of them.
We still love getting pictures and updates of all our babies. We sent each one home with a piece of our hearts and our hopes for a happy future with their new families.
I hope that those of your with our puppies are still getting to love and enjoy your golden puppy everyday, and please know that even even in breeding retirement, we are still here for our puppy families if you have questions or concerns of any kind. No matter how old your Shelleys Golden puppy is, we will never be closed for contact to you.
Thank you to everyone who has supported us.

Jayme,Shelley and Family

05/13/2023

How amazing!

05/13/2023

We literally cannot get over the cuteness! This is Green Collar. She will be ready right before Father's Day! EDIT- puppy claimed

05/12/2023

Hello to all my golden friends. Shelley’s Goldens has been on a puppy break. Winnie will be having a litter summer/fall 2023. Willow is waiting till spring of 2024 for her final litter. I do have a new friend in Northern Wisconsin with a new litter of puppies. These are a very unique planned breeding resulting in the Colorado Retriever.

02/07/2023

Wow

Did you get to see the full Snow Moon tonight?

I captured this image moments ago as the moon rose from behind Split Rock Lighthouse on Lake Superior.

02/07/2023

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02/07/2023