Buying a Golden Retriever

Remember before you make the all important decision of Buying a Golden Retriever please download these two documents and do your research. A Golden Retriever has a lifespan of up to 15-17 years of age, make sure that this breed is suitable for your lifestyle and your family.

We strongly recommend you download the 2 documents below before purchasing a puppy. Also please scroll down and download the E Books Before You Get Your Puppy & After You Get Your Puppy

Buying a Golden Retriever Puppy.doc (Word Document)

Choosing a Golden Retriever (Word Document)

Remember it is important to find an ethical breeder as unfortunately all registered breeders are not ethical.

Also please take into consideration the following

  • Do not buy a Puppy from a Pet Store, Internet, Markets or Back Yard Breeder. Puppies supplied to Pet Stores come from Puppy Farms or Back Yard Breeders whose only intention is to make money, not to improve the breed. Imagine the conditions under which some of these dogs lives. Females are bred non-stop to make unscrupulous breeders rich! This is the daily suffering pet shop owners either do not understand or do not want you to see. How to solve this problem? The answer is quite simple - do not buy a dog from a Pet Store.

  • Legislation is never as powerful as the consumer. If you won't buy because you don't agree with the business practices then the business owner has no choice at all. Change or go out of business. If you buy, even if its because you feel sorry for the puppy, you are directly responsible for creating the demand to put more puppies in the same situation. The pet shop owner is not to blame. You are. You create the demand. You prove by your actions what business practices you support. Your words mean nothing. Your money is everything to the business decision. Choose wisely

  • www.saynotoanimalsinpetshops.com

  • Any responsible breeder will be only too pleased to let you see not only the particular puppy in which you may be interested, but the whole litter, as well as the parents.  

  • If you are not allowed to see the mother and other puppies in the litter please do not purchase a puppy from this kind of breeder

  • DO NOT accept picking the puppy up from anyone but the breeder. 

  • Insist on seeing their living environment – this should give you insight into how the puppies are housed and raised

  • You are better to wait for the right puppy then to buy from the wrong person…………
Free Books on Puppy Training
We would like to thank The Siberian Husky Club of New South Wales and Dr. Ian Dunbar for allowing us to have these free books to download a must read before you purchase your next dog or puppy.

BEFORE You Get Your Puppy and AFTER You Get Your Puppy for free download in 2010.

Please send this page to veterinarians, dog trainers, dog breeders, shelter workers and anybody you know who is considering getting a puppy.

The SHCNSW free downloads are in conjunction with www.dogstardaily.com’s Shelter Dog Prevention Month. “In the US, January is puppy season. This is the time when people create shelter dogs,” says Dr. Dunbar. “All shelter dogs started their lives as puppies. We must address the source of the shelter dog problem and prevent people from raising puppies that they don’t want to keep. Puppy husbandry and training information is so important that we feel it should be available to all. I am so delighted that SHCNSW is helping promote our programme.
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Please keep spreading the word to never buy a puppy from a pet shop or over the internet. Its not the politicians or their useless legislation that will make the difference.

Legislation will never work, it’s the power of the consumer that will ultimately free the hundreds of thousands of dogs hidden away on Australia’s puppy farms.