Goldens with a Mission

05/03/2026

We are waiting for Dutchess to go into heat. We will announce when she has been bred. We plan 2 months from the time she is bed until the time puppies are born. So it will be into July before we have puppies. Both Tiggy and Dutchess have had their annual visits and check ups and are healthy and well.

02/02/2026

This is Kaija's puppy CTFFR K9 Scout, and Captain K9 from Dutchess. If you are thankful for Kaija and her beautiful puppies please send a donation to CTFFR (Canines For First Responders- Atlantic). They train service/therapy dogs for individuals and first responder organizations at no cost to the recipients. Their staff work tirelessly training the dogs and working with their recipient owner to ensure the dogs preform their duties well. It takes a lot if time and effort to train a good therapy/ service dog. CTFFR is entirely donation funded. Thank you Tracey and Rhonda and staff for your huge contributions in training service dogs for the people of the Maritime Provinces!

See Facebook Captain K9, CTFFR ATL, CTFFR K9 SCOUT

02/02/2026

After a lot of thought and and consideration, we have chosen to retire Kaija our beautiful, sweet, gentle girl. She has been such an amazing mother to her gorgeous puppies, and the best auntie to Dutchess' puppies. She had a rather severe mastitis with her last pregnancy and we don't want to risk damaging her health by putting her through another pregnancy. Her health and happiness is our top priority. Kaija now lives with friends of ours in Annapolis Royal where we can visit her often. She is full of life and energy and living life to the fullest basking in being the focus of their attention. If you have a favorite photo of your puppy from Kaija, please post below.

02/02/2026

Captain K9 (Son of Dutchess & Tiggy and Trained by CTFFR) is serving the people of PEI.

10/08/2025

09/11/2025

Our next litter of puppies will be around June 2026.

07/27/2025

Peaches- everyone has wondered who got you precious girl. Your family wanted time
For a vet visit - your murmur was tightening rapidly, and now is just a mild 1/6 murmur and you were pronounced perfect. Then time to surprise your 9 year old human brother. I saw a video of the total joy and excitement and surprise when he met you! We will miss you but your wagging tail tells us you are happy and loved in your new home! Plus there are plans for meet ups with your doggy brother! We will miss you Peaches!

07/25/2025

Ranger (Archie?) you are so loved and was such an incredible surprise for the children of your new family. We will miss you. 6 hours driving and no complaints! You are awesome. Such a happy guy. We will miss you!

07/22/2025

This little girl was slated to be a therapy dog. She had an owner who very much wanted her, but rules are strict with therapy dogs that all puppy murmurs need to be resolved before being accepted since so much time is invested in their training. So she is now available for adoption. She is perfect. Calm and very cuddly, playful and full of personality, has been exposed to many places and things, and trains easily. Perfect bill of health with puppy murmur still resolving. I have not posted her wanting to keep her longer for the original owner, but travel commitments won’t allow for this. So she is available for the perfect family for this perfect little girl. She will be great for a home with young children, or home with elderly person who need a calm puppy, or any home.

07/22/2025

We like to call him “Ranger” he had a family assigned, but things came up and their life got too complicated for puppy so I have this beautiful boy available! He has been handled a lot has a beautiful temperament. Such a healthy, sweet guy.

07/22/2025

Did you know all puppies are born with a heart murmur? After about 6-8 weeks the majority of the puppies hearts tighten up and no longer have a murmur. Some puppies it take a little longer. Just like kids, not all puppies grow and develop at the same rate. Give them a bit of time and their hearts tighten up and puppy scampers into adulthood.

Puppy murmurs are different from adult murmurs because of philology. Puppies hearts are normal and are just tightening up the heart just as the bones are firming up. Murmurs range from no murmur to 1/6 - a vet described it to me as “you hear something you think, but your not really sure it’s there.” A 2/6 you can hear it a bit more clearly. The simple puppy murmurs stay in the 1-6 to 2/6 range and generally clear up by 3-6 months of age. Another vet told me a “thud” sound is good, if you have a “swish” sound, that isn’t a normal sound - that can indicate heart valves. If that is heard the doctor will make note of what they heard. The murmur score goes to up to 6/6.

Did you know a dog can have no murmur and develop a 1/6 murmur in pregnancy and nursing then go back to normal afterwards? My vet laughter and said,” Not just dogs, people too! I was one of them. I had a murmur with each of my pregnancies and afterwards didn’t. It’s quite common.”

So what does a 1/6 murmur puppy / dog act like? Exactly the same as all other dogs. They run, play, all the same. A 2/6 potentially wouldn’t run quite a long or quite as hard for the same duration, but other than that is exactly the same as all the rest. They grow fine, play, are healthy. (Even dogs in adulthood with 1/6 and 2/6 murmurs lead normal lives.)

A vet will always tell you, “I am not a cardiologist. They can run tests, I just listen. The far majority of murmurs clear up but there some that don’t and could worsen. I can not guarantee the type of murmur I hear”. But if they were to hear an abnormal sound they will tell you and make note of that.

If you plan to get a puppy, read up on puppy murmurs. Most breeders will have in their contracts that “1/6 or 2/6 puppy murmurs are considered a normal finding and not an abnormal finding” and are considered normal
Within their health guarantees.