Windmill Farms Golden Retrievers

11/12/2025

Scottish Stud Update - Buzz

Carolyn is going to fly Buzz to the Logan Municipal airport tomorrow morning. I will pick him up and have him for a week. We plan to collect on him at least 3 times. We will check mobility, motility, density and post thaw. He's 2 years old, he should be very virile.

Buzz is a full brother to Ailsa. Pictured below. For you show breeders who contacted me about a field cross, Ailsa has a longer, smooth elegant coat that may work for your outcross interests. You get the cross without as much to make up in the next 2 generations of your program. IE get it back faster.

Carolyn is not a breeder however she is sympathetic to our cause. She agreed to let me complete all the AKC DNA and paperwork as well as his OFA certifications in exchange for a breeding unit. If there is extra frozen, I would like to share with those who are looking to get greater diversity in their programs. Especially those interested and who took the Breed Preservation course.

https://retriever.pedigreedatabaseonline.com/en/Taldenian-Shadow/pedigree/60643/i

https://ofa.org/advanced-search/?appnum=2629910

I'm not sure how much viable frozen we can get in a week. The collector is arranged.

I've had a few show breeders contact me asking about a good stud. Looking for more leg with a body that they can work with. This would be one of my recommendations because you get both the UK breeding but I think generally the UK breeders have better overall conformation than many of the US field breeders. The heads, eyes and general eye test is better than the narrowness you often find in US goldens.

For field breeders, If you are looking to bring diversity in your field lines while retaining the energy and interest for field work, I find the Scottish/UK goldens to be very good. Buzz comes from a breeder who worked as a game keeper. They were hunted and trained well. This is a 1/2 brother to Clancy who skipped his JH and is working toward his SH at 1. Excellent marker, drive and field body. Their water attitude is great but even better they want to work with you not for you.

I hope to have 10 breeding units for around $2000 each with between 250m - 300m per unit. Included would be the AKC paper work to release the semen into your name for use on your time line. All things considered, this is a really good consideration for those who don't have the time or connections to bring UK working goldens to the USA. All the paperwork and AKC DNA requirements are completed.

While he's here, I will get some additional pictures. I've already had him for a week last spring when I got his eyes and heart cert. I love his personality, temperament and energy.

11/11/2025

With permission I share this. It's why I think the golden retriever is and was one of the best breeds ever developed. They are made for people and families. They are made for field and fun. Truly a breed worth our best breeding efforts.

"Jed, we wanted to reach out and give you an update on Mr. Clifford. We recently had a baby and he has just been the most gentle, loving big brother. We also started our hunting season this year and he is doing amazing!! We are just so incredibly impressed with him. I will send more pictures as I find them. Truly, he has the best on and off switch we have ever seen in a dog. Game time when it comes to hunting and calm, sweet, and cuddly when we are home as a family."

Hope you are doing well!

Thank you for being such awesome golden parents!

11/11/2025

Can anyone (Old Timers) give me more information about his golden? I'm interested in one of his son's.

https://k9-data.org/dog/detail/948

CH Little Joe Of Tigathoe *** OS

Openly discussing the status of our breed, sponsoring courses, contacting the GRCA and working with Dr. Beuchat has provided an education and connection that I would not otherwise have.

This journey has been reforming, I happen to agree with Rhonda Hoven's publication. I think she understands the state of the breed and the collective remedy it will take to fix it, if it can be fixed.

Dr. Beuchat will offer another course more specifically targeted at the golden retriever. When you see the data for yourself, you may well change your course as I have to protect as much of the breed as possible.

From the data gathered at the KC and other locations we understand that about +- 80% of the founder genes have been lost. If we continue to breed as we've breed, the golden won't last as we know it.

There's hope when I find or hear about frozen from the 1970's. No Barty with the look and performance we are trying to retain. If its viable, we have a chance to restore some of what's been lost.

Don't rely on FB PhDs. If you're a breeder that wants to breed better, understand what you are breeding and how to get there, invest in yourself and the breed.

Comprehensive pedigree database for dog breeding

11/11/2025

Clancy (US x UK) just turned 1 year old.

His maturity has advanced him quickly. He was not old enough to run JH last spring so Dallon started working him toward his SH. He just completed his T patterns and blind patterns. His training interest has remained strong. His qualities are marking and steadiness.

He will take the month of December off then prepare to run SH at around 15 months old.

I will work on getting some muscle and weight on him over the next 6 weeks.

We are very pleased with him. Thank you Kirsty (Scotland) for the Gael frozen.

11/11/2025

Litter Update (US x UK)

Pepper is coming into estrus. She will be paired with HR Sunfire's Bright Side JH** FTN for live cover. Her first litter.

Pepper's high prey drive and tenacity paired with Andy's field talent has a lot of promise. The temperaments of both are fantastic.

Looking forward to this one. Litter has been pre-sold out. Thank you so much for your patience

https://windmillfarmsgoldens.com/litter-information-1

11/10/2025

Linda shared a couple of recent pictures with her River's cadaver work.

Another certified WM Farms breed search and rescue golden.

Fantastic partnership.

For the calendar I will dedicate 2 or 3 months to search and rescue pictures.

11/10/2025

Keep those calendar pictures coming in!

Cider (Windmill Farms Aloha Sedona Cider)
just turned 2 and is thriving.

She works on an apple orchard and garden in Oak Creek Canyon and is named after the cider the orchard produces as she is the same color as unfiltered fresh pressed cider.

https://www.enjoyorchardcanyon.com

If you're down that way, stop by and say hello! Its beautiful and would love to go down and stay in the Spring.

11/10/2025

One of the benefits of taking the Breed Preservation Mini course as a live group has been learning from one another.

One of the attendees I met has some older frozen from the 1990's. They do not plan to use it. Graciously, they asked if I could use it. I ran several pedigree analysis and it looks like we could produce something special. Perhaps 2027. He's a multi talented and titled (VCD2 UDX TDX MH AX AXJ WCX) field golden with lines un-related to mine. We are hoping for far less kinship, lower COIs and greater heterozygosity in these future litters.

Coefficient Of Inbreeding (COI): 0.18%
Ancestor Loss Coefficient (AVK): 44.68%
(10 generations: 96.04% complete)

The final week of our mini course is tonight at 6 pm PST. Dr. Beuchat will send out the link.

It was great meeting all of you through Zoom. We plan to continue our coordinated work as a team. If any would like to get more involved in our breed preservation work, please take a course. We plan to share resources, decrease time and find genetics that are unknown, lost or unused.

11/10/2025

2026 Calendar

The WM Farms 2026 Calendar will be generated from WM Farms client pictures. If you have a picture you'd like considered for the calendar, please email it to me.

As always the calendar is at cost. Shutterfly cyber Monday Special.

I generally order around 30 calendars so please let me know if you'd like a 2026 Calendar.

Thank you!

11/10/2025

Thanks to all for a your submissions and support over the last 20 years!

Our effort is to build on what we've learned from breeding field goldens the last 20 years coupled with the breed preservation principles we are learning from the ICB to produce healthier goldens through genetic heterozygosity.

11/10/2025

The WM Farms 20 year anniversary photo winner is Hutch and Calamity Jane. Congratulations.

SAR - Park City Ski Resort Utah

A beautiful working bond between man and golden. Thank you for being a wonderful owner and contributor the our breed.

I have a collapsible Rock Creek Crate for you. I will meet up with you next time I'm in your area.

11/10/2025

Happy 1st birthday to the Oakley/Gael litter.

Clancy & litter mates