re: Advice on buying a golden retriever.

My sister got an English Cream about a year ago and paid $1800. Seems to be about how much they are going for.

My dad has a Hunnington Golden and she is going on 12 years now. She almost died about 4 years back from a tumor but they were able to remove it and she has been fine ever since. She’s been a great dog.
That being said, I wouldn’t buy a dog from Hunnington. As some others have said, they have a lot of behavioral and health issues which I’ve witnessed with several dogs that I know came from there.

I got my dog from a family that bred their two pets in Georgia. Paid $700 and she’s IMO one of the best looking and friendliest goldens I’ve ever been around. Don’t go dropping stacks on a house pet.

Awesome looking dog

Yes sir, ZT

Praying for your pup

I have been having the itch for another golden for a while now. My previous dog was a red golden. I had her for 14 years. Do you know of any breeders that specialize in red golden retrievers?

Feel free to post more photos of that pup any time!

The red/darker colors are usually indicative of field lines, with a few exceptions. Field bred dogs also typically have shorter hair and shed less.

There are obviously exceptions to that rule. There’s a small time breeder out of Lafayette that produces some darker colored dogs that don’t necessarily require the work and time that a true field bred dog does.

Enjoy the Golden. I had to put down my 14 year old Golden Retriever in June. Best dog I ever had. Great with kids, very intelligent, great natured dog. Great choice.

That Golden looks like a Yellow Lab. Pretty hound.

My fiancée got Nelson from Triple L in Many, LA and he’s an excellent pup. He was a year old when I met him and let’s just say he needed a masculine role model and disciplinarian in his life.

But after working with him and teaching him that I’m his master he is an excellent dog. I walk him around the neighborhood off leash most of the time and he doesn’t have an aggressive bone in his body.