TrueStar Golden Retrievers

10/31/2024

10/25/2024

Why does a purebred puppy from a reputable club breeder cost so much?

1. Health Testing on Sire and Dam
2. Routine Veterinary Care
3. Breeding Costs. Progesterone Testing, Stud Fees, Brucellosis Testing, Travel to and from. TCI, Frozen Semen, Chilled Semen, Shipped Semen
4. Quality Puppy Food and Supplements
5. Whelping Supplies (boxes, pens, toys, expendables, supplements, other containment)
6. Vet Checks for Puppies, Vaccines, Dewormers, Microchips
7. AKC registration and Microchip Registration
8. My time. It takes about a week of my time arranging the breeding and to raise the puppies until 8 weeks that is a minimum of 1500 hours of work and effort.
9. Puppy kits, printed materials, and health information.
10. My time spent educating owners and continuing to give advice for the life of the dog.

I won’t include the club memberships, championships, travel to shows, advertising, hundreds of hours of time spent promoting purebred dogs. I won’t include missed vacations, sleepless nights, very high repro vet bills, missed breedings, c sections, singletons, or bad luck. All expensive and we do it for no other reason than to preserve our breeds.

If I hear another person say they are just looking for a pet and not a showdog then my advice to them is go ahead and buy a car with no warranty, no manual, no VIN or registration and the odometer is broken. Good luck with that. I hope you have a good trainer and good insurance. Most of what we produce are just pets. Loved cherished companions that go to carefully screened homes. it is only the exceptional ones we breed. That therein lies the difference.

08/28/2024

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07/14/2024

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06/04/2024

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12/14/2023

Touché 😂

Just kidding. I have dogs. 🤪

11/30/2023

Congrats again to the handsome Leo and his awesome mom! 🤎

My sweet do it all boy. Trillium’s Ice On Fire NA, NAJ, NF, BCAT, TKA, FITG

The weekend before he finished up all his Novice agility titles, with all 1st & 2nd places. Then this weekend in conformation he went reserve winners two days and then winners on the last day. On top of that his OFA hip results came back Excellent this week 😍

I absolutely adore this dog. He is so much fun. His joy and enthusiasm for life and everything we do is infectious. He is easy to live with and makes us laugh every single day.

Thank you to his breeders .cervenak and for creating such a wonderful dog ❤️.
Thank you judge Linda Riedel for recognizing his merits.

09/24/2023

Baby Huey’s official photo from the national! So proud of this little guy and we can’t wait to see what his future holds! ⭐️

07/07/2023

Loving these photos of the handsome from the Movie litter! Formerly Lion King! 🦁 ⭐️

06/21/2023

Our little Maverick had his first taste of a dog show over the weekend in the 6-9 month puppy class, and loved it! So thrilled with how this boy is maturing, and even more thrilled that he thinks dog shows are super fun! ⭐️😆

05/25/2023

How it works 😂

05/17/2023

And…. Introducing ”Primrose” (Prim!) AKA TrueStar’s May The Odds Be Ever In Your Favor. Pictured here at 12 weeks.

She and her brother Huey will both be staying here at TrueStar for now!

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05/14/2023

Introducing…. TrueStar’s The Greatest Showman aka “Huey!” Pictured here at 12 weeks. He is as sweet as pumpkin pie and we are so excited about his future!

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05/01/2023

Dani Yandt 🤣

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04/20/2023

Our sweet B girl just recently celebrated her 14th Birthday! We couldn’t love her more, and we cherish each and every day we have with her. 💕👑🎉

04/18/2023

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