We are Gail and Eric Michaels and we live in (near coastal) Pownal, Maine.

OUR PROCESS
We use a questionnaire to get to know some of the facts about you(see "Contact Us" to email and receive this form). We strongly encourage you to plan a short visit on a weekend to meet us and all of our dogs. Once a litter is born and the pups are weening at 4 weeks of age, we welcome clients to visit the puppies. Interacting with the pups teaches socialization, and clients have the opportunity to know each of them. This has been a lot of fun with families with young kids, as they are fascinated by how much the pups change from one weekend to the next.

We use a "Rank Choice Picking" method. So you can let us know the order of your 2 or 3 favorites during this process.

OUR PRIMARY OBJECTIVE
Breed sound, healthy puppies which conform to the AKC Standard and express the natural qualities of the breed. This strongly includes Disposition. A Golden's temperament should be friendly, intelligent and loyal. These are important traits in any dog that will live in your home and play with children.

Responsible breeding starts with screening for the OFA (Orthopedic Foundation for Animals) clearances: Hips, Elbows, Eyes, and Cardiac.

We also use a genetic test panel which screens our dogs, and any potential stud dog, for the rare undesirable inheritable trait. Genetic testing is fairly new and will prove to be an extremely useful tool which is readily available to any breeding program.

OFA and K-9 DATA
If you need assistance reading the K-9 Data or OFA information, we would be happy to sit at a laptop and walk you thru the wealth of interesting information on these sites. On this site, above each of our dogs, there is a link to K-9 Data where you can see all of that dog's clearances. The OFA clearances link you over to the OFA site where our dogs entire lineages with all associated clearances appear.

YOUR PUPPY(S)
Once a litter is planned and a breeding takes place, we confirm the breeding with an ultra sound. At this time we announce the litter and accept deposits of 300 dollars to hold your place on the "Litter Pick List". Once the litter is "on the ground" the deposit is non-refundable; but you can apply it to a future litter if you would like. Puppies will spend their early life happily bonding with their mother and socializing with their littermates, the older dogs as well as humans.

All puppies go home at 8 weeks old after a veterinary health check-up a few days prior, First round of vaccination and ID chip implanted, and all documentation.

Puppies are sold on AKC "Limited Registration" with a spay/neuter contract.

If you are interested in adding a Golden puppy to your life please email us for a questionnaire for you to fill out and return to us.

And have a peek and subscribe to our

Youtube Channel