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 and No, My roots are always with show line dogs generally, and if you ask me where you should by a dog from I will usually tell you to look into show line breeders for their lininage of health testing and proper movement and structure. However, Golden Retrievers also have a healthy working bloodline of dogs who are well bred/ethically bred dogs that exist outside the show rings. While this isn't true for every breed, it is so for Golden Retrievers. The two types of filed/working line and show line dogs are NOT a seprate veririty as of yet, but in many cases seem so in the overall look of the dog. Show line dogs are usually a bit heavier, with broader heads and much heavier feathering. While field lines you tend to see racier built dogs who's overall look convay more speed and athleticism and less feathering. It just happened to be that the Goldens I finally first settled to work with were from the field/working lines. I had originally started to look to field lines as a consideration due to the prevalent cases of cancer looming in a lot of show line dogs. However this is not to say cancer doesn't strike field/working dogs just as often. But like many it had been my inital consideration when choosing a dog who I needed for long, reliable work days. 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. As previously mentioned, 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. Or reach out to me directly to see what we have, or what we might have coming up.

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, Or can be emailed to you along with parents OFA & DNA information.

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

Facebook Search: Awesome Pawz Service Dogs. 

You can also check us out on YouTube by searching "NordicWoof" or @NordicWoof. We have lots of training videos, past puppies and how our puppy evaluations occur there for you to review and follow.