Vandelay Creek Goldens

17/06/2024

Stella earned her 4th AKC Senior pass at the Vikingland Retriever Clubs June Test. Special thanks to Lauren Haynes Springer with Dynamic Retrievers for handling Stella for us!

04/04/2024

Happy 2! Today is the little chicken nuggets birthday! Officially, no longer puppies. Hope each one of you is being spoiled and enjoying your special day. ♥️

25/02/2024

We are overjoyed at the potential of our next planned litter. We will be matching Lainie with Tucker, the 2023 Golden Specialty Open field trial winner.

This litter’s three generation pedigree contains six FC/AFC titles and the five generation has 21. These puppies will have the potential to compete at all levels of the various hunt test/field trial venues.

The test breeding can be viewed on k9data, http://www.k9data.com/pedigree.asp?ID=1320141

Additional information on Lainie can be found here: https://www.vandelaycreekgoldens.com/

Additional information on Tucker can be found here: https://www.semperretrievers.com/

15/01/2024

Lainie had a great run at the Minnesota Horse and Hunt Club during Lake Country Retriever Club’s Full Choke Memorial hunt. She finished with the fastest time out of 52 runs and qualifies for the Top Dog tournament in March.

16/12/2023

Samwise, formerly Blackie, wishes everyone a Merry Christmas!

28/11/2023

We received an update from George’s (formerly Purple) family letting us know that he has developed into a great bird dog! It looks like he is really enjoying the start of Arkansas duck season.

25/11/2023

A leftover Black Friday black pheasant was in our field today at Caribou Gun Club & Hunting Preserve

24/11/2023

Lainie didn’t seem to mind it was only 20 degrees with a 20 MPH wind out of the northwest.

I could tell she has become familiar with Game Farm hunting where you don’t have to discriminate between hens and rosters, when I yelled no bird after our second hen pheasant flushed she looked back and gave me the stink eye.

Everyone at Vandelay wishes you all a Happy Thanksgiving!

17/11/2023

Fun time at Caribou Hunting Preserve.

21/10/2023

Took advantage of Mother Natures photo studio today.

17/10/2023

Fergus enjoying his first trip to Montana chasing pheasants

18/09/2023

Stella earned her 3rd AKC Senior pass this weekend at the Coastal Bend Retriever Clubs final MN test of the year. Again we would like to thank Lauren Haynes Springer with Dynamic Retrievers for handling Stella this weekend!

10/09/2023

Happy 5th Birthday to the matriarch of Vandelay Creek.

30/08/2023

The AKC HuntTest season here in Minnesota is drawing to a close but Stella was able grab another Senior pass/ribbon. Special thanks to Lauren Haynes Springer for handling Stella and the crew at Dynamic Retrievers for a couple days of pre event training. We will have to work on finishing her title in 2024.

12/08/2023

After a great deal of discussion we decided to not enter the 2023 Master National. We are super proud of Lainie and her ability to get qualified for her second consecutive Master National invitation.

07/08/2023

Stella had the chance to spend some time with her sister Rainy today. It was fun to see how much they were alike and how much they are different

29/07/2023

Little Miss Stella earned her first AKC Senior ribbon at the Southern Minnesota Hunting Retriever Association’s test today.

20/07/2023

Growing up on a farm Foxtail was just a nuisance but it can be very dangerous for dogs especially dogs with a longer coat that might catch the awns.

This common grass could lead to major vet bills. Here's how to avoid any incidents. This common grass could lead to major vet bills. Here's how to avoid any incidents.

01/07/2023

Does anyone else’s Lainie x Angus puppy like to dig Kleenex out of the trash can and tear them to shreds???

30/06/2023

Lainie earned her 12th career Master pass at the Coastal Bend test and punched her ticket for the 2023 Master National. Special thanks to Lauren Springer with Dynamic Retrievers for handling Lainie in a few of those series for me this season.

16/06/2023

Lainie’s full littermate won the Owner Handler Field Trial at the CMRC event today.

05/06/2023

Lainie completed in the Northern Flight AKC Hunt Test and earned her 10th Master pass.

28/05/2023

Lainie enjoying a little time on the lake.

12/05/2023

After a successful trip south with Dynamic Retrievers Stella is back home. We took a shot at running our first AKC Senior this past weekend but it wasn’t our day.

16/04/2023

Not that there are a large number of Goldens competing in the Tournament Hunting circuit but Lainie is again the most accomplished Golden in Minnesota for the 2022/2023 season.

05/04/2023

It’s hard to believe this bunch is a year old today! As you can see from the photos all the puppies are living their best life. Happy Birthday; Samwise, Fergus, George, Scout, Q, Stella, Gunner, and Rainy.

03/04/2023

Scout and Q get to add a few letters to their names, SHR. They both earned their HRC Started Hunting Retriever titles this weekend at the Coastal Empire HRC spring hunt test.

27/03/2023

Our local retriever club offers us the opportunity to participate in tournament hunting events. Lainie qualified for the Top Gun finally back in January. While we didn’t win it was fun getting out and watching Lainie do what she loves.

21/03/2023

Proud breeder moment, Q on the left and Scout on the right, both earned their first two HRC Started passes at the Southwest Georgia Hunting Retriever Club test this past weekend.

10/03/2023

Another snowy morning in MN, but Lainie doesn’t seem to mind. She likes moving snow with her papa. 🐾❄️