Frequently Asked Questions

We specialize in breeding genetic & OFA health tested working Golden Retrievers.

Our Golden Retrievers are from "field" working bloodlines. They meet the AKC standard in height and weight with Females standing 21½ to 22½ inches at the withers and Males 23 to 24 inches at the withers. 

I started showing dogs in 1997. I specialized in Siberian Huskies, Hence the name NordicWoof, Which is just a fun nod back to my roots in the spitz type working sled dogs. It was quickly discovered I had a knack and talent for training, handling and presenting dogs to judges. Soon after I started getting people asking me to show their dogs, and moved into handling many different breeds professionally. I started breeding Siberian Huskies around 2002 or 2003. Since then I have bred, raised, shown & championed dogs from my own breeding or client dogs. I have assisted in evaluating countless litters for show potential as I also worked to learn proper structure and movement in many breeds. 

Yes, We have chosen to work with and breed field line Golden Retrievers due to the prevalent cases of Cancer found in many show-line bred Golden retrievers. We also are looking for dogs who can work and walk all day as needed to assist their disabled handler. While our dogs are working bloodlines they also have incredible OFF switches and excel at living on the bed or couch for countless hours a day or week as needed. This was a vital choice in temperaments for our Service Dog program. They need to be able to handle going from go-go-go, to a lay around for long periods of time lifestyle, when their handler may be bed ridden or hospital bound. The coat length in field line dogs is also shorter and much more manageable for disabled persons to keep clean and tidy. Far less grooming and daily maintenance is needed with less coated and less feathered dogs. Creating less cost for the owner in grooming fees, most handlers have been able to self manage their working dogs coat, without the cost of a professional groomer.

These are Golden Retrievers. "English Cream" is a just color term some breeders choose to use to sell puppies at a higher price, or coin them as "rare." The cream to white color is far from "rare." Just as the red colored golden retriever sometimes labeled "Sedona Red," "Canadian Red," Etc., is, At the end of the day, these are simply light colored Golden Retrievers. There is nothing more special about these dogs from their gold colored counterparts. The Term English Cream, is said to come from this color being "favored" or found more often in the UK region of the world. In the United States AKC breed standard they recognize Light Gold, Gold and Red. In the UK they recognize Cream, Light Gold and Gold, but do not recognize our "Red" color. 

No. Nor did we go out of our way to use cream colored dogs in our program. These just happened to be the dogs who's bloodlines and structures worked best for our program. However in one positive, I've noticed that the lighter colored dogs do stand out very nicely in a crowded place such as Disneyland, and makes being bumped into a little less prevalent. This was just a happy accident we've found in our time of working with these dogs for service work, and was not any deciding factor to breeding this color. We have light golden dogs in our program as well, and our puppy colors range from very light honey gold to very ice white.

We occasionally have a litter of golden retriever puppies available for adoption. Check out our Puppies page of the website to see what puppies or head-start trained dogs we may have available.

Yes, all of our puppies are up to date on their vaccinations when you take them home. They receive their core vaccinations: Distemper,  Adenovirus type-2,  Parvovirus  and non-core;  Bordetella bronchiseptica and Leptospira. Puppies over 12-14 weeks old also receive their Rabies vaccination.

Yes, all of our puppies are wormed regularly. We use NAMEX-2 (pyrantel pamoate oral suspension) Puppies receive worming at 2, 3, 4, 6, 8 weeks, and if they are still with us, once more at 10 weeks of age.

Yes, you can download our puppy contract and review our written health guarantee, this is listed on our Puppies page at the top.

Yes, you can download the Embark and AKC DNA+Health results from each dog's individual page and you can "Search" our dogs on www.ofa.org to verify proof of up to date OFA health testing and results direct from their website.

Yes, you can see our dogs, puppies, litters and all kinds of videos and photos dating back years. Showing countless hours of training for Service dog related tasks, Public Access Training, Litter evaluations of individual puppies and much more by visiting our Facebook Page: https://www.facebook.com/AwesomePawzServiceDogs

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