McKnight’s Golden Retrievers

06/06/2026

Have always fed my dogs first 🤷🏻‍♀️🐾🦮🩷

06/06/2026

We do ENS and Early Scent Introduction (ESI) with our puppies!! They start becoming everything they were bred to be from the moment they’re born in my home! 🏡 🐾🦮💛

https://www.akc.org/expert-advice/dog-breeding/breeder-puppy-socialization-early-neurological-stimulation

Some breeders conduct the Early Neurological Stimulation (ENS) as puppy socialization exercises, once daily from the third to the 16th days.

06/05/2026

Happy ONE week to our lucky 13 little chunky nuggies! 🥹🦮🐾🧡🩵

This last week has been quite eventful! Clover started labor last Friday morning and her first puppy was delivered at 8:56 AM. The 13th puppy was delivered at 5:05 PM. 8 hours!!!
We thought that she was done because she relaxed and took a nap and there were no contractions or pushing. Around 8 PM we started seeing more contractions, but not close together. 🕥
I called our vet’s emergency number and asked what to do, because I was able to feel a puppy that I couldn’t feel before. She said to wait until the morning and see if she is able to deliver it, and then we will go from there. 💉
Long story short, she labored for over 17 hours with that one puppy, was not able to pass it with oxytocin shots, and then an x-ray confirmed that there was one very large puppy completely twisted in her uterus that could not be delivered naturally. 😥
On Saturday, Clover had a C-section to remove the 14th puppy, who sadly did not make it. It is common for the last puppy in a litter to sometimes struggle to be born, and it is common in large litters to lose puppies or to have smaller puppies that may struggle. 🙏🏼

Throughout this, Clover has been extremely attentive, alert, careful, and has nursed her babies constantly. She has done phenomenal, and she is a wonderful mama.
This week and a half has been for me very little to no sleep, and just feeding, cleaning, watching, weighing puppies, moving puppies, and helping Clover. 🍀

All 13 puppies are well over or at 1 pound, and they are all doing fantastic.
We have 5 boys and 8 girls. The 14th puppy was a little girl. 😇

Here are some pictures that I’ve taken over this last week, with the first one being taken just now and I am going to post individual and group pictures as soon as I’m able! I apologize for taking so long to update. It’s just been a rough week to say the very least! Please share if you know anyone that may be interested in taking one of these precious babies home late July. 🏡

06/05/2026

If you’re wondering, or on the fence about wanting a Golden Retriever, I PROMISE you that YOU DO!!!!!! You need one in your lifetime at LEAST once!!! If I breed or not in the future, I will ALWAYS own a Golden, hopefully from my lines and my dogs. 🥰 They are truly the VERY best!!!! 🦮💛🐾🥹

06/02/2026

05/29/2026

13 precious babies. 8 girls, 5 boys. Clover did it in 8 hours, and me with 1 hour of sleep. Puppies are all doing great and Clover is resting and feeding these sweet little blessings. Time for a nap!!! 😴 🙏🏼✝️🦮🐾🩷🩵

05/29/2026

1st baby girl has arrived!!!!! 14.5 oz at 8:56am, very active, eating, looking just like her daddy and doing amazing! 🩷🩷🩷🙏🏼✝️

05/29/2026

No puppies yet. Clover has been resting and still doing more of the same—panting and nesting, etc.. but we did get her to eat a little bit this evening. Temperature still saying low, which is good. 💪🏼💞
Please also say a prayer for Kennedy, as she has some pretty severe hotspots covering her face ears, and head. This developed very rapidly over the last day or 2. Praying that the medicine kicks in fast and helps her. She’s in a lot of pain. 😢🙏🏼💛

I will update as I can! 🙏🏼 if you’re interested in a puppy, please send me a message and I will get an application to you as soon as possible. Puppy picks will go in order of deposits taken. 🦮🐾

05/28/2026

Clover’s in the early stages of labor! 🍀