Our Process | jaadgoldenretrievers

Puppies are raised in our home and receive lots of love and attention from everyone who lives in (and visits) our home right from the day they are born. We raise all our litters on raw food and they stay with us until they are 8-9 weeks of age for the goldens and 12 weeks of age for the papillons. During this time, we provide lots of socializing and as many experiences as we can. We try to make sure they experience numerous substrates (carpet, laminate, tile, wooden decks, stones, grass, rubber flooring, etc.), different sounds and noises, car rides, meeting different adult dogs (in a safe way), meeting our cats, exposure to children and different people, the idea of crate training, and the list goes on. We do our best to set them up to succeed!

We have 1 - 3 litters a year and we are very fussy when it comes to agreeing to let a family have one of our puppies. We feel we have a duty to the puppies to be this way and these pups are an extension of our family.

We want all our puppy owners to maintain contact with us and supply feedback on the quality of our puppies. This will aid in our goal to continue breeding healthy, sound, intelligent goldens & papillons that will exemplify the breed standard. This means that we want to keep in touch for the life of the dog!

For Goldens, we require all of our puppy owners to keep males intact until 24 months of age, and females until 18 months of age.

For Paillons, we recommend that all of our puppy owners keep their dogs intact until 12 months of age.

Our Strong Preferences (note, these are not requirements, but preferences) for potential puppy families:

Raw feeding.
Minimal vaccines and doing titre testing.
A fenced-in yard. Invisible fencing is typically not accepted, as we do not feel that shock collars should ever be used. However, we are open to discussions if this is your only option.

Our Process:

Read through this page, then contact us via email at jaadgoldens@gmail.com
We will ask you to fill out a questionnaire (does not guarantee a puppy) and provide the cost of a pup in this email.
In-person interview (again, no guarantees; it helps us get to know each other).
After meeting with us, if all goes well, you will be added to our waiting list for a future litter.
After the puppies are born, we will contact the families on our waiting list in order. Deposits are not taken until pups are on the ground and healthy.
Puppies will be chosen by us to ensure correct placement. This is done around 8 weeks of age for goldens. For papillons, we choose the puppy we are going to keep at 12 weeks of age, after that we will have a discussion with you for your preferences and which puppy we think would be a good fit for you home/family.

*see FAQ for more information*

If you are interested in a puppy, please get in touch with us directly by email at jaadgoldens@gmail.com.

All of our puppies will be registered with the Canadian Kennel Club and come with a written sales non-breeding contract that includes a health guarantee (provided all buyer requirements are met).

*Please note that if you do not respond to our emails, we take this as an indication that you are no longer interested in one of our pups and you have been removed from the waiting list.

We do not ship our puppies. You must come and pick up your puppy in person.