Loveline Golden Retrievers

08/24/2026

Recently I read a book (so far 3 times) that has literally changed my life. (This is NOT including the Bible, which more profoundly changed my life) The book is entitled “A Million Little Miracles”. It has nothing to do with the song of the same title. The tagline is “Rediscover the God who is Bigger than Big, Closer than Close, and Gooder than Good.” The premise is that we take for granted the miracles that we encounter every day, including our very existence, and we create our own version of God that is no where close to a true picture of who God really is and what He has already done and is doing all around us as written in the Holy Scriptures and evidenced in creation itself.

And so, in considering the millions of little miracles that occur all around me every day, I studied the 9 little miracles that appeared in the whelping box in my office on August 14 with a new set of eyes. Yes, Marigold gave birth to 7 boys and 2 girls a week ago last Friday! All puppies and mom are doing great! The pups are now 1 week old and are welcoming their first visitors!

But as I was saying…. I became amazed at the astounding creativity of God. I have 9 adult Golden Retrievers, and not one of them look alike, unlike what my visitors say. Just looking at the variation of colors in these 9 tiny puppies, I was overwhelmed at to what detail God gives attention when he creates his world. I see how huge his love is for his creation. God is the ultimate artist at work….all the time. And when he creates, His first impression of his handiwork is, “It is good!” And so I began to describe the colors of the coats of these 9 new creations! At first glance, the coat colors are all the same! LOL! But upon closer observation, there is such a wonderful array of tans, yellows, golds and even some oranges, not just from one puppy to the next, but on each puppy itself. Each puppy has its own coat of many colors!!! I love it! And so I decided to give the litter a suitable name for such a glorious palette of goldens….Marigold’s Coat of Many Colors! Marigold’s own coat is a testimony to this assortment of colors with her light tan hindquarters and her rich burnt umber back and head. And Banner, the sire of the litter, has his interesting multi colored coat, due to the genetic variation from his mom, a deep mahogany coated Golden, and his dad, a “English Cream” Golden! Banner’s coat actually appears pink when seen from a distance in the sunlight!

This morning, I would like to officially introduce Marigold’s Coat of Many Colors: the 2 girls, Toast and Honey, and the 7 boys, Toffee, Khaki, Barley, Cork, Guilder, Biscotti, Rye Whiskey (I liked Taupe, but my husband nixed that one!) I am anxiously awaiting to see the variations of personalities to develop from these precious little lives that God has placed in my care for the next 10 weeks!!

08/13/2026

Our most recent Therapy Dog visits have been so much fun. Teo, Banner, Buc-ee and Marigold are each registered Therapy Dogs with ATL Hartsfield International Airport Pawsitve Vibes Therapy Dog program. Teo, Banner and Buc-ee have been able to visit the airport twice over the past 2 weeks. It is such a joy to see the smiles emerge from the weary faces of travelers when the see the dogs, usually dressed in some appropriately silly outfit! Buc-ee and Teo dressed holiday travelers in their Hawaiian garb. Banner and Teo promoted Braves baseball with Banner's "official" Braves jersey and baseball cap. My favorite visit was with a little boy who very timidly asked to pet Teo. He stroked her for a very long time and when his mom said it was time to leave the little boy wrapped his arms around Teo's neck and held her close for at least 30 seconds. Teo closed her eyes and leaned into him....there was no struggle or resistance from Teo! There was a mutual appreciation shared between the boy and the dog! It was precious!

08/08/2026

July was a very busy month at Loveline Kennels. You may not know that we not only breed our wonderful Goldens and produce beautiful Golden Retriever puppies, but we also board our puppies when their families have to travel and cannot take their dogs with them. I love doing this because I get to see and interact with my puppies as adult dogs and learn exactly what our breeding is producing!
Well everyone was traveling in July. We had a full house of Goldens, not even counting our own 9 adult Goldens! It's fun when littermates are boarding at the same time. This photo shows pups from 2 of Teo's litters, the Sweet Love Songs litter 2021(Dodi AKA Georgia) and Annie (Sweet Annie) and the Gold Rush litter 2023 (Marigold and Alba (AKA Aerolyn). Dodi and Annie's brother Simba (AKA Sweet Home Alabama) was here a little later in the month but missed to photo! Marigold and Alba's brother Luke (AKA Klondike) is actually coming today! You can sometimes see a resemblance (Marigold, Alba, Annie) and sometimes they look like they must have come from different parents...Dodi!

06/19/2026

Love is in the air at Loveline! Breeding season has begun and Marigold has the first pitch! Banner is at bat and took Marigold for a romantic visit to Westside Village AH to meet with my awesome reproduction vet, Ana Adams. He says they needed a little counseling to get their family going the right way! Marigold and Banner have already had 1 litter together in February of 2025, Marigold's Little Herb Garden. They had 8 super puppies, some of whom are featured below! Looking forward to what God has in store this fall from these 2 love birds!

06/10/2026

We have 2 pups graduating from Cold Nose College in the next few days. Banks, from our Daytona 500 litter, and Wally, obviously NOT from one of our litters, have almost finished up their 6 weeks of training and are getting ready to join their families as well trained and well behaved puppies! These 2 pups have been very entertaining and Wally in particular is ready to take on any size Golden that comes his way. That is good since he will be living with 6 year old Leo, from our Wizard of Oz litter!
Banks will be growing up with 2 wonderfully sweet children who have more energy and more to say than Banks will know what to do with. But Wally has been a good warm up for him! I will definitely miss this Dynamic Duo!

06/05/2026

Finally!!!!! Buc-ee passed ATSAR's Level 3 HRD test, received his GEMA SAR K9 license and became an certified licensed HRD K9 on May 15. Two weeks later Team Buc-ee participated in his first official search with ATSAR. It is a great feeling of accomplishment to be back in the field with a dog again! SAR is something that I had wanted to do all of my adult life but never felt that I had the time to dedicate to it until my children were grown and out of the home. The training involved and the time required for SAR is huge and it can be emotionally demanding. But I am grateful to be able to serve my community in this way with my dogs!

06/05/2026

Happy 5th Birthday to the 2021 Hurricane litter! These pups celebrate their birthday every year here at the farm, mostly at the pool! It has been a joy to watch this litter grow and to enjoy the relationship with the owners who have all become good friends! I wish there were more litters that could have an annual reunion like this. It is great fun for the dogs and the humans! Thanks to Marion, Christina, Jennifer and Linda for making it happen!

05/30/2026

This week I received an email from a member of our Loveline family with and update on his 10 year old Golden, Deacon, from the SARdog litter. Deacon has been diagnosed with hepatocellular carcinoma, an operable liver cancer.
Please consider helping Deacon live to a ripe old Golden age by responding to Garrett's Gofundme page below.

https://gofund.me/cca8333de

Our Loveline families are amazing and have always been there to help when other families have struggled to care for their Goldens. Thank you all for being so caring and sharing!

Deacon has been my best friend for 10 years. This week he was diagno… Garrett Wilson needs your support for Help Deacon the Golden Retriever Beat Liver Cancer

05/15/2026

We had to say goodbye to our Davidic Dance puppies and few weeks ago, but the pups got to say hello to some great families. I have already gotten great reports back from their families on their good health and good progress in training! I am grateful to these 8 new Loveline families for taking responsible puppy ownership seriously. I look forward to hearing about each of these pups as they grow and learn over the next 15 years!!!! May they all have long and happy lives!

05/05/2026

One of the greatest privileges that I have experienced in running a kennel (other than spending all of my time with dogs!) has been getting to know the young people who put their passion for animals to a practical use by working for me as kennel assistants. In the 29 years of breeding Golden Retrievers I have been honored to work alongside of 15 young men and women who have given a few fun months or years of their lives to help me care for my dogs. I have enjoyed staying in contact with them and hearing of their life pursuits after they leave Loveline....PHD's, veterinarians, vet techs, moms, dental hygienists, newlyweds, soccer players....I always pray that I have had a positive influence on their lives in some way. I pray that they might have seen a little of the light of Christ in the daily activities of animal husbandry that we did together. This summer we are losing one of our current kennel assistants who has been with us for almost a year, Kaitlyn Grimmer. Kaitlyn is graduating from Alexander High School this month and will be headed off to college in the fall to attend Georgia Southern. I will miss Kaitlyn's quiet dedication to my dogs and to her tasks. I can always tell the days that Kaitlyn has worked because everything is clean and in its place...even my most frustrating dogs! We wish Kaitlyn well in this next stage of her life pursuits!
But this means we are looking for more help in our kennels this summer and fall! If you know anyone who loves dogs and would like to do some part time work please send them our way!!! Loveline is now hiring!