We’ve said several times that we plan to have up to 4 breeding females eventually and that we wanted them at least 2 years apart in age. We originally planned to keep a puppy from Harley‘s first litter but Harley and Gunner will produce VERY light colored puppies. We want those of course but we’d also like to have some dark Golden Retrievers. River is a beautiful dark Golden but his dad (Regency’s golden Scout) has passed over the Rainbow Bridge so making another just like him in female form is just not going to happen. That said, we’ve begun the search for a dark Golden Retriever female that meets our strict rules for breeder, personality, color, conformation, genetics, pedigree and health. She’ll be a puppy of course so we are still well over 2 years out having really dark puppies available but we see the need to get started adding some variety in our mix.
The search has begun but we have time. Harley was born 8/16/2016 so we’ll want a puppy born near or after that date to keep them spaced out the way we want.
Harley and Gunner will make gorgeous, healthy light colored puppies and we are very excited about that but we think it’s wise (and exciting) to find a beautiful dark Golden Retriever female to add to our family.