Windmill Farms Golden Retrievers

Windmill Farms Golden Retrievers Puppies, Stud services and started golden retrievers. See our website for full details. Carol Beuchat PhD

You can dislike (and choose to not understand) laws that restrict breeding in particular ways, but it's science that will provide us with the understanding necessary to make the best possible decisions when we contemplate our next litter.

The Website Update:I decided to add another page which I finished tonight. I'm sharing the genetic diversity goals, pha...
06/27/2025

The Website Update:

I decided to add another page which I finished tonight.

I'm sharing the genetic diversity goals, phases and targeted initiatives for those interested. All 3 phases are outlined along with the guiding principles of the plan. Some may find it useful. I get questions regularly about what don't you do this.......... While malleable, the plan has goals at each phase.

I created a video page with shows our training grounds and early phases of program development.

WM Farms WebsiteI was notified that our old WordPress/Weebly platform of 10+ years is no longer supported. I really like...
06/26/2025

WM Farms Website

I was notified that our old WordPress/Weebly platform of 10+ years is no longer supported. I really liked the ease of the elements. Most website platforms are built for e-commerce. Based on structured themes. Anyone that has built a website from the ground up can appreciate the time and organized structure it takes to build one. The old website will remain until migration is complete. Since the WordPress platform is no longer supported, you may be getting a "Unsecure" message. As I don't take payments over the website, there is no risk of money security.

Our domain name is managed by GoDaddy, I contacted them about potential migration. Too old they said. I watched a 30 minute "How To Use GoDaddy Web Tools" video and I'm well on my way to rebuilding our new website. There will be a lot of newness & restructuring to it. I would appreciate any feedback on any glitches.

Not all of the content will be there after I flip the switch. It will come as I have time. Mainly the essentials. Litters, profiles, bios etc. I have around 25 -30 pages to build, download pictures, link and hyperlink. I added a video library page. I plan to add another new page or two with a few items that we use or I have manufactured. Most recently an elevated wall or gate mount dish holder that will not bend or brake. They are awesome! I've tested them for 3 years now.

Thank you for your patience.

Grandma was playing hide & seek with our Swedish granddaughter. This is where she found her. On the stack of kibble of ...
06/25/2025

Grandma was playing hide & seek with our Swedish granddaughter. This is where she found her. On the stack of kibble of course. Lol!

Update from Tyler - If you're in the great lakes area running tests, look for Arti and Tyler! Oakley x Mac litter. (We ...
06/24/2025

Update from Tyler - If you're in the great lakes area running tests, look for Arti and Tyler!

Oakley x Mac litter. (We are planning a Ailsa (UK) x Mac litter this winter.)

Arti passed his 2 HRC started hunt test. I am hoping he will pass his AKC Senior test on July 18. The trainer that is helping me has 20 years of experience. He states he has never seen a dog progress as fast as him. He is very smart and athletic.

He passed his OFA elbow exam and has excellent hips.

Thanks Jed! (Thank you Rick!)

I picked up Dr. Price's ultrasound today. I will check Sage next Monday and contact those on the list. Thank you for the...
06/23/2025

I picked up Dr. Price's ultrasound today. I will check Sage next Monday and contact those on the list.

Thank you for the calls, messages, text and emails. Ailsa is scheduled for her final OFA hip and elbow this week. I spoke to Rick, we moved her potential breeding date to December. (Pending final results) We are expecting Pepper, Cora and Quincy to come in the next 4 weeks. These litters have all be sold out.

Here's where we are today.

I plan to breed the following females as soon as they come into estrus:
Quincy
Cora
Pepper
Ailsa

Once I confirm these females' fertility, I will consider some of the frozen we have on ice for next year. With our first US x UK crosses trained and tested, once fertility is confirmed we plan to move into genetic diversity with field trait retention crosses.

Considering:
HRCH Can CH Goldcker 1Drdogs Next Pushover SH NA NAJ NF WCX OS Can MH WCX TD UTD AGX AGXJ IP JT RN VCX

Four Lakes Lil Somethin' Special CD MH20 NA NAJ WCX *** DDHF VCX CCA

Fern Hill Sunrise at the Ryman MH WCX OS

Joyful Hugo of Philchris

Choctaw's Yukon Copper Penny MH61 MNH4 WCX ** OS HTHF

VCCH OTCH6 MACH POC The Rosehill Connection VCD4 TKA UDX9 OGM MH TDX MXB MJB WCX VCX CCA OBHF

Thank you SOOO much for trusting me with your amazing studs! My every effort is to breed for field trait retention, health, longevity and genetic breed preservation.

Several have asked about 2026. I will continue with our plans to cross US & UK lines. Hopefully a UK x UK line and perhaps one more field line void of any popular sires. I plan to keep pups, train and test as we search for genetics with the best IR, haplotypes and genetic diversity.

Next year the following females will be bred pending final OFA hip and elbow certs. I will choose US x UK crosses or a cross with Clancy who is a US x UK cross.

Wacipi - turns 2 April 2026
Eden - Scottish import turns 2 April 2026
Tay - Scottish import turns 2 April 2026
Ruby - turns 2 in June 2026

Let me know if you have any questions. Thank you for those who have and are being so patient. This is a process. In almost every litter I have temperaments and drive between competitive and active family options.

Thank you for following WM Farms Golden Retrievers.

I received an update on Pie this weekend. Those of you that followed the story remember that she had a ligament developm...
06/23/2025

I received an update on Pie this weekend. Those of you that followed the story remember that she had a ligament development issue in a right front paw. It folded under at the joint. Alyssa, a dog trainer from Florida, rehabbed her and then we placed her with family in Florida. We couldn't have asked for a better ending.

I'm told today that her foot doesn't prohibit her from doing anything. This is a remarkable story.

Thanks to all who helped.

For those interested, here's the pedigree of the Sheila pup who is still alive at 16.5 years. Chris asked me for pup #2...
06/20/2025

For those interested, here's the pedigree of the Sheila pup who is still alive at 16.5 years. Chris asked me for pup #2. I told him he set a high bar

She is half blind, loss of bladder control and mostly deaf. (Sounds like me, kidding, but soon enough.)

What a journey.

I was breeding for diversity long before we had the research we have now and the acceptance to do it. Now we have better tools, then, I was guessing. Thank you again Kathy & Keith for trusting me with a Sheila cross.

https://retriever.pedigreedatabaseonline.com/en/trialmating/father=77044/mother=52717

HRCH UH Missiquash's Kajun Buckskin Jake MH WCX CGC

He was very handsome.

Love hearing these messages. WM Farms longest living golden retriever @ 16.5 years old. We started our golden retriever...
06/20/2025

Love hearing these messages. WM Farms longest living golden retriever @ 16.5 years old. We started our golden retriever journey in 2005. My daughter Clarissa would have helped me with this litter before she passed away from brain cancer in 2008.

Dear Jed,
Our dog, Sasha is an amazing 16.5 year old female from Lady Sheila. She’s still hanging on, but we know it is close to saying goodbye. It’s going to be really tough! We are thankful for so many great years.

https://www.petmd.com
"Genetics plays a significant role in determining the lifespan of purebred dogs, but it's not the only factor. While purebred dogs are predisposed to certain hereditary diseases due to inbreeding, other factors like size, gender, and overall genetic diversity also influence how long they live."

Pictured -
Sheila in 2007 & later that year with her Flyway's October Pardner MH *** WCX puppy

Cont.There is one more tactic that I employ with this project. Dr. Carol Beuchat outlines how it works. The breed prese...
06/19/2025

Cont.

There is one more tactic that I employ with this project.

Dr. Carol Beuchat outlines how it works. The breed preservation class goes a bit deeper. I will not publish what I paid for. You'll have to sign up for the class to get the additional information.

https://www.instituteofcaninebiology.org/blog/using-inbreeding-to-manage-to-inbreeding

My intent is to use Eph for this purpose. He has 30 years of more isolated gun dog breeding in him.

His VGL report surprised me a bit. None the less, using the UC Davis published genetic deciphers, I've mapped out the % occurrence at the haplotype and the 33 alleles locus. He has unique sets of allele frequencies that none of the other dogs have including UK or US.

The kicker is Nova, I have her VGL report. Six of her homozygous pairs occur between the VGL tested locus #24 - 33. I don't have another golden with that many unique pairings in the VGL specific test.

WM Farms has the land and the population numbers to employ this research.

Dr. Beuchat
"In the good old days, there were large kennels that could keep dozens of dogs, allowing the luxury of managing multiple groups of dogs that could be used to produce dogs with nice type without close inbreeding. Most of today's hobby breeders have to manage with far fewer dogs, but you can still take advantage of this strategy with a little planning. Certainly, there are probably subpopulations in your breed already, but you might not know where they are. But a genetic analysis of the pedigree database can reveal them. In each of these three figures, analysis of the pedigree of a breed has revealed groups of dogs that are more likely to be closely related to each other than to animals in other groups. The first one, of Icelandic Sheepdogs, was used by breeders to identify pockets of useful genetic diversity at risk of being lost that could be used to reduce the level of inbreeding in the breed as a whole. The second and third graphs were used to identify the animals in a breed that were likely to be affected by a particular genetic disorder for which the genes were unknown (centronuclear myopathy and elbow dysplasia, both in Labradors). (Click on the figure to read more about these studies.)"

This is in response to Lisa's question below. I just received Nova's VGL genetic report back. My VGL reports are growin...
06/19/2025

This is in response to Lisa's question below.

I just received Nova's VGL genetic report back. My VGL reports are growing but still way too small to show any trends yet. I wish I had access to the entire VGL genetic library. Then I would have enough data to really help me.

Here's what I know in terms of health UK vs. US. Both sides have issues. Cancer, structural, eyes, heart etc. In the UK they have a smaller breeding group. Its more difficult to find unrelated breeding pairs. In the US we have larger breeding groups but despite that we've managed to breed among many things like PU and NCL into our goldens. This is one reason many UK breeders are hesitant to import US goldens into their populations. However, their COIs continue to rise. They're in a genetic dilemma. Not every US line has PU and the like. Most forms of Neuronal Ceroid Lipofuscinoses (NCL), also known as Batten disease, are caused by autosomal recessive gene mutations. In the US we seem to be better at finding and breeding these recessive mutations. This means that an individual must inherit two copies of the mutated gene, one from each parent, to develop the condition. This is where inbreeding, line breeding, my lines, limited registrations, never using unknown or vanilla lines can lead us. I'm not talking about the lack of health tests. I am talking about throwing the baby out with the bath water. There is a balance.

Everything I studied from my class, vet oncologist, to published white papers and more, warn and warn again about regular and repeated popular sire use. Its the fastest way to genetic bottlenecks and recessive gene mutations. That's the science of breeding purebred anything. We have years of examples and studies. You don't have to believe me, just go to Dr. Google and do the research. Especially in humans within certain countries. Religion, social, politics, kings and queens bottleneck genetic variability. IE Royal Families. Well, purebred registrations, politics, closed studbooks, social media outbursts, import regulations and so much more bottleneck genetics.

Here's my approach so far. US goldens, UK goldens and now a golden without any popular sires in her pedigree for at least 6-10 generations. I wish I could put them in a bag and mix them up and get 25 puppies. It takes about 9 years to get 3 generations. I have several projects related to this going on at the same time. It takes time, planning and testing. The results are not always what you'd expect.

My best outcomes thus far resulted from a male from Scotland and a western US field pedigree. Negative IR with the most heterozygous alleles. I'm not sure if it was an anomaly or if I can replicate it. I have everything I need to try again except I'm waiting on a final OFA hip and elbow exam from a male I imported from Scotland two years ago. Ailsa's brother. Son of the aforementioned golden. He's here in the US. A month ago his owner flew him to Logan. I had him with me for a few days while I did some testing on him. Then he flew back. Owners company jet. I have a lot going on for this project.

What I don't know yet is what happens to the genetics of a 50:50 (US:UK) if I go back to US? UK? No popular sires pedigree? I will also try crossing 50:50 x 50:50.

I just bred Sage who, if pregnant will answer one of those questions. I will breed Cora and Pepper to US which will give me two more examples. All three will be tested. In 2-3 years they will be taken back to a UK or popular sire-less pedigree.

So, right now the best pedigree health is USxUK pups. I will let you know more in 3-5 years.

Several questions have come in about 2026 plans. Specifically the Sottish imports. I hope to eventually use one of them ...
06/18/2025

Several questions have come in about 2026 plans. Specifically the Sottish imports. I hope to eventually use one of them for a full UK x UK cross. Reggie produced Cora and Pepper who both earned their JH but more importantly for my 15 year project is their genetic testing and field trait interests. Gael produced Clancy who is working toward his SH next spring. He needs time to mature mentally and physically. Gael produced some of our highest genetic diversity. I'm anxious to see if I can get a Teddy x Quincy litter this year for comparison. I need more data points.

Dallon and I have spent the last 3 months training and evaluating Tay, Eden, Ailsa and Ruby. I will soon add videos to their bio pages on the website. Each one has different set of skills.

Plans are contingent on the following:
- Completing on final OFA health certs.
- Final size and development
- Temperament and traits

More information will be posted on the website for 2026 at the end of this year.

I traded Neesa for a stud fee. I placed 2 started goldens earlier this year and considered the same for her. I have no...
06/18/2025

I traded Neesa for a stud fee. I placed 2 started goldens earlier this year and considered the same for her.

I have not listed her availability on the website yet as I really like her progress.

I've been working on all her obedience including platform to platform with ramps. She's now fully performing single duck retrieves.

I will continue to work with her the next couple of months before I make a decision.

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