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A quality Golden Retriever costs a lot of money, both at the initial purchase and for vet care, quality food and supplies for their life.
Are you willing to spend $1000 to $1600 for a puppy, and $400 a year (or more) on routine quality care.
Qualifying to buy a Blanchmain Golden Retriever can be like adopting a child and a conscientious breeder will want to know a lot about you and your situation.
Are you willing to allow the breeder to get to know you, ask noisy questions and make the final decision on the if you get a puppy and choosing the right puppy for your situation?
Buying a Blanchmain Golden Retriever puppy means a dog's life-time commitment.
Are you willing to make a commitment to provide top quality care, love and hosing, making the needs of a helpless animal a high priority for 10-14 years.
There are very few individuals that qualify as a knowledgeable and conscientious breeder and those people do not breed often and each breeding is carefully planned.
It is very easy to breed a puppy and it very easy to buy a puppy. If you are looking for instant gratification with little effort, just open the newspaper, drive to the local flea market or visit your local shelter. Buyer Beware. As with anything in life, you get an equal pay back on your investment of time and money. So as to not add to the overwhelming pet-over population problem, a good breeder carefully plans each breeding, keeping in mind the best timing for their dogs, the goals of their breeding program and the needs of the community. A good breeder invest a huge amount of time and money into a litter. Believe it or not, a good breeder doesn't make money. If you complete the application process and commit to buying a Blanchmain Golden Retriever, are you willing to wait until the right dog is bred and ready to go home?

If you answered no, it doesn't necessarily mean that you are not a good potential home for a puppy.
Blanchmain will be happy to refer qualified homes to other breeders and rescue organizations.

Is a Golden Retriever right for you?

The Golden Retriever breed was developed over 140 years ago. MORE INFORMATION. The breed was developed to work as a one-on-one hunting companion and family farm companion. Because of this, they desire constant interaction with their family and do not do well when relegated to the yard. They WANT to be with you all the time; watching TV, dropping the kids off at soccer practice, or sitting on the toilet. Their hunting background makes them very trainable as they have a highly developed desire to please. If fetching a toy makes you happy, then fetching 100 toys will make you 100 times happier, right? However, as a hunting companion, their ability to "think for themselves" was not as developed as guard-type and herding dogs. They need direction. They were developed to be "frozen water" retrievers and have a thick and multi-layered coat which requires care. They love the water, either a local lake, stream or water bowl and sharing that water with you makes them happy, either swimming with you or shaking muddy water on you when you are wearing white pants. They love to retrieve, either tennis balls, shoes or dirty underwear and like sharing their retrieve objects with you and your dinner guests.

MORE INFORMATION ABOUT GOLDENS

Why Golden Retrievers for me?

In 1990, I had finished training my first obedience dog, a rescued Labrador retriever and I was ready for my next dog; a "real" dog. I was raised with a German shepherd and thought I wanted another one to show, but was quickly discouraged when I learned about the serious health issues prevalent in the breed and the insane politics and antics associated with showing a GSD. I agreed to keep a rescued golden retriever for a friend for only "a few days" until other arrangements could be made. Later that evening I developed food poisoning. While my "then husband" sporadically checked on me to make sure that I was still breathing, that rescued golden, knowing me only hours, lay on the floor of the bathroom with me all night. Before the morning dawned it was obvious that he had found his "forever home". Now, 16 years later and with more exposure to the breed than anyone can imagine through my dedication to rescue work and fostering, I can tell you that my first golden was a special "dog", but his behavior was no more than you will find in any specimen of the breed. I have taken dogs out of shelters, weighing 30% of a healthy body weight. I have taken them away from homes where they endured untold cruelty, with teeth knocked out and broken bones. I have taken them out of backyard where they had no interaction, other than a monthly delivery of food. And still, in each and every dog, that golden personality, true and total devotion and true unconditional love came through, sometimes only hours or minutes into our relationship. I have felt a gentle lick on my hand when I had to pull out matted fur so terrible it was bleeding or soak a healing gun shot wound. I have come home on the worst days of my life, when I thought life wasn't worth continuing, only to find happy faces and wagging tails there to greet me. I have endured depression so deep and panic attacks so frightening that I thought the next breath not worth breathing, only to find a golden beside me, offering silent support and comfort. Goldens are the hands of God, angels in heart, put here on earth to teach mere humans about true unconditional love.