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Typically, we have two to four litters a year, some co-bred with Gaylan's owners and some bred here. Our own litters are whelped and raised here at Gaylan's. Co-bred litter usually begin their lives with their dam's owner being raised according to our standards. The litter and dam come here at around 6 1/2 weeks of age. They will spend 3 weeks with us, walking in our woods, swimming in our creek, meeting lots of people and getting to know their relatives. We'll spend those three weeks getting to know them so we can match them well with their new owners. We are thrilled to partner with our co-breeders on these litters.
All of our pups, no matter where they are raised, experience our developmental protocol, including:
- BioSensor exercises from 3-17 days of age
- regular socialization with people of all ages and sizes
- a physically and mentally stimulating environment appropriate to their age
- problem solving exercises, again, appropriate to their age
- socialization with dogs other than their dam
- introduction to solid food after 5 weeks of age followed by natural weaning, often not until 8 or 9 weeks
- daily walks in the woods (weather dependent)
- regular opportunities to swim (weather dependent)
- introduction to game birds
We are accepting performance/breeding/hunting reservations now for all 2008 litters except Corey's. We have no pet reservations remaining for 2008.
Please keep in mind that our breeding program focuses on producing performance, hunting, show and breeding goldens. We seek to place most of our pups in working homes that compete in more than one arena--field, agility, obedience, conformation, tracking--or that work their dogs in search & rescue (SAR), hunting or serious pet-assisted therapy. If you are interested in a performance or hunting puppy, please contact us via e-mail at gaylans@optonline.net.
A few pups in each litter will go to pet homes but we usually have standing reservation lists years in advance for pet puppies. We will post a notice on this page if we have pet puppies available. We cannot answer all of the e-mails that we get regarding pet puppies so please just check back here to see if we have pets available.
In the meantime, to find a quality puppy, contact your local golden retriever club or rescue. A listing can be found on the Golden Retriever Club of America website at http://www.grca.org, click on either the Puppy Referral or Rescue link. If you are looking for a loving family companion, please consider a rescue dog!
| 2008 Litters | 2009 Litters |
| Kirk x Corey Coppertops Captain Kirk CD SH WCX CCA x LornaDoone Encore Encore CD JH MX MXJ WCX CCA VC (OD) Joker x Dart AFTCH MHR Wynwood's Jokers Are Wild CD MNH WCX, Can CDX MH WCX (HIT winner) x Gaylan's Fly Like the Wind JH AX AXJ WC O'Reilly x Tango CH Ashford's Saffron O'Reilly UD JH WCX OS SDHF x SHR Gaylan's One Step Atta Time CDX JH AX AXJ RN WC Push x Risk Canadian Dual CH-AFTCH Firemark’s Push Comes To Shove Am. *** (OS) x Gaylan's Gamblers Choice MH WCX** |
TBD x Skye Sire to be determined x Gaylan's Winning Colors SH WC (MH leg) |
The Dream Litter -- Born April 8, 2008
Dam: U-CD LornaDoone Encore Encore CD JH MX MXJ WCX CCA VC (OD)
OFA Excellent, Normal elbows, eyes, heart, thyroid, prcd-PRA Normal/clear
Corey's pedigree
Sire: Coppertop's Captain Kirk CD SH WCX CCA VC, OFA Good, normal eyes, elbows, thyroid and heart; prcd-PRA Normal/clear
Kirk's Pedigree
Litter Pedigree
Puppy Blog
What can we say about Corey? She is our "good girl," always ready to work, snuggle or eat. She is fabulous in the obedience ring and agility course and loves field work but has the perfect off switch in the house. She is intelligent, biddable, eager, and athletic. She is neither soft nor hard, wanting to work with me but not stressing if she gets corrected.
She earned her CD with a Dog World Award and scores of 197 and 198. She is halfway to her MACH and is blazing fast. She earned her JH and WC easily, passed her WCX last year and is working on Senior.
Corey is a nicely built girl as evidenced by her earning her CCA under breeder-evaluators Kay Gosling, Sandy Dunn and Cheryl Blair. Corey is a large girl, over 23" tall, toward the top of the Standard for bitches, and weighs 70-72 pounds. She has moderate bone, an easy drip-dry, medium gold coat with lovely flaxen feathers. She has a nice, if masculine, head with good breadth and depth of skull and muzzle. She has a lovely stop and correct ear size and placement. She has a dark, nicely shaped eye that makes for an intelligent, eager expression. She has good eye and mouth pigment but her nose lacks pigment. She has full dentition but her two lower incisors are dropped.
Corey has good front angulation, forechest and prosternum. She has a strong topline with broad ribcage and short loin. She has very good rear angles with a broad thigh. She has a correct tail set and carriage. She moves well with average reach and drive. Though large, she is very fast, athletic and agile.
Her kids are excelling in all areas of competition. They made her an GRCA Outstanding Dam by the time the oldest was three. They include:
- Gaylan's Tradewind o'erthDoone UDX AX AXJ TT-N (High-in-trial winner)
- SHR Gaylan's One Step Atta Time CDX JH AX AXJ RN WCX CGC
- U-CD Gaylan's Wind Off the Water CDX RN MX MXJ OF TD CGC TDI ADHF
- Gaylan's One With the Wind CDX NA NAJ SH WCX
- Gaylan's Dancing in the Wind AX AXJ TDX
- Gaylan's Fly Like the Wind JH AX AXJ WC
Three-year old Kirk has his CD, SH, WCX and CCA, giving him the GRCA Versatility Certificate. He is an intelligent, eager dog with enthusiasm for any game. He is training for his higher level obedience titles while he prepares to run Master. He is as even-tempered dog as you can find, getting along with male and female adult dogs, puppies and people of all ages.
Kirk is a nicely built dog that earned his CCA easily under all breeder judges/evaluators. I was one of those evaluators and he caught my eye that day. He has a nice masculine head with a correct bite and complete dentition. He has excellent nose pigment although his eye rims are lighter than ideal. He has a red-gold coat that is correct in texture, density and length. He is very athletic with clean movement.
Kirk compliments Corey well, although we do expect dogs toward the upper end of the Standard. We expect pups similar to our Wind litter from this breeding--high drive, high intensity, intelligent, talented pups who are ready to tackle hunt tests, field trials, obedience and agility. They will fit well with experienced owners who will enjoy their passion to work.
This litter will be raised here at Gaylan's using our Puppy Development System. There are no reservations available for this litter.
Joker x Dart -- Due June 25, 2008
Dam: Gaylan's Fly Like the Wind JH AX AXJ WC
OFA Excellent, Normal elbows, eyes, heart, thyroid, prcd-PRA Normal
Dart's pedigree
Sire: AFTCH MHR Wynwood's Jokers Are Wild MNH CD WCX Can. CDX MH WCX QAA, OFA Good, normal eyes and heart
Joker's Pedigree
Litter Pedigree
We are very excited this combination. We have selected nearly 13-year old Joker, a talented field and obedience dog with a fabulous pedigree as the sire of Dart's first litter. Dart is from our Wind litter, sired by Can Ch Gaylan's Born to Fly JH MX MXJ WCX CCA ADHF OS and LornaDoone Encore Encore CD JH MX MXJ WCX CCA OD. Dart has started competing in hunt tests and agility trials and is preparing to do obedience as well. She recently completed her AX and AXJ titles on the same day to make her dad a GRCA Outstanding Sire. She is a nicely built girl with a pleasant head, with good clean, athletic movement and nice angulation front and rear. She has a very correct, moderate coat of medium gold. She has a scissors bite, though with dropped incisors, with complete dentition.
Dart's littermates and half-siblings are excelling in obedience, agility, tracking and hunt tests. They include:
- Gaylan's Tradewind O'er ThDoone UDX AX AXJ NF CCA (High-in-trial winner)
- U-CD Gaylan's Wind Off the Water CDX RN MX MXJ OF TD CGC TDI ADHF
- Gaylan's One With the Wind CDX NA NAJ SH WCX
- Gaylan's Dancing in the Wind AX AXJ TDX CGC (MXJ legs)
- and half sister, SHR Gaylan's One Step Atta Time CDX JH AX AXJ RN WCX CGC (2 UH legs)
Joker is a small dog, probably standing around 22 1/2" and weighing 60 pounds, but he has correct substance and bone. He has a lovely head with excellent stop and muzzle. He could use more breadth of skull but he has a very pleasant expression. He has a very dark eye and even at 13 has dark nose pigment. He has complete dentition and a scissors bite.
Joker has a lovely body with correct proportions. His front assembly is adequate and his movement is clean although he could use more layback, forechest and posternum. His movement from the side is smooth, athletic and powerful; his rear movement is flawless. He has a powerful, athletic back with correct tail carriage. His coat is medium gold and very correct in texture and length.
Joker is a friendly, sweet, very stable dog with moderate energy. He enjoys people and loves to be petted. He also gets along with dogs of all ages and sexes. He is confident without being overbearing or inappropriate with other dogs. He exudes confidence.
He turns 13 on 4/13/08 but remains active and healthy. He has no chronic health conditions and is still swimming and running easily.
Joker's pedigree combines some of the finest obedience and field lines. He is linebred on OTCH Sungold Duke of Brookshire WCX OS OBHF, a dog that I admired in the 80s and also bred to a few times. Other dogs in Joker's pedigree include: Am/Can OTCH Meadowpond Angelic Abbey Am TD WCX OBHF OD, FC-AFC Misty's Sungold Lad CDX OS FDHF, OTCh Meadowpond Stardust Reggie OS OBHF, OTCH. Wynwood's Locknor Bailee JH WCX OD OBHF and FC AFC FTCH Bonnie Brooks Elmer OS FDHF.
Joker has not been bred much but his kids include:
- NMR Brimac's Take It To The Limit Can WCX MH
- OTCh. Syercroft's Fire and Brimstone Can SH, WCX
- Shurmark's Black Eagle JH **
- Shurmark's Red Beau Razzle SH WCX
- Syercroft Lil Dimon'N The Ruff Can CDX JH WCI
There are performance reservations available for this litter. If you are interested in a Joker x Dart puppy, contact Gayle at gaylans@optonline.net.
O'Reilly x Tango -- Due Dec 2008
Dam: SHR Gaylan's One Step Atta Time CDX JH AX AXJ RN WCX CGC
OFA Fair, Normal elbows, eyes, heart, thyroid
Tango's pedigree
Sire: CH Ashford's Saffron O'Reilly UDT JH WCX OS SDHF, OFA Good, normal eyes and heart
O'Reilly's Pedigree
Litter Pedigree
We have tentatively selected one of our favorite boys for Tango's breeding this year. O'Reilly passed away last year at 15 1/2 years of age. He was happy and healthy till the end and kept his sense of humor throughout his lifetime. O'Reilly excelled in both the conformation ring and the performance field. He earned his first points at thirteen months of age and finished his championship about ten months later. He spent the next year earning his field titles before heading back to the breed ring as a special. In only six months of showing, O'Reilly entered the Golden Retriever Club of America Show Dog Hall of Fame with multiple Sporting Group wins. In 1995, he was NORCAL GRC Show Dog of the Year.
He was also an excellent performance dog, earning his Junior Hunter, Working Certificate and Working Certificate Excellent in the field and his Utility Dog title in the obedience ring. At eleven or twelve, he headed back out to the field and earned his Tracking Dog title.
O'Reilly has thrown his talents in all areas. He has produced conformation and obedience champions, as well as UDX, TDX, MX, MXJ and many lesser titled kids. In our own breedings to O'Reilly, we have produced a CH CDX SH WC, a UDX SH WCX CCA, and many other wonderful working dogs.
Tango is the hard-driving daughter of Glenda Manucy's wonderful Gunner, HRCH Morninglo's Top Gun CDX MH WCX OS bred to our LornaDoone Encore Encore CD JH MX MXJ WCX CCA OD. The only puppy from this breeding, Tango has accomplished as much as a litter! She has her CDX and is starting to show in Utility, is over halfway to her MX and MXJ, has her JH and WCX and will be running Senior this year. She is blazing fast in the agility ring and the field.
Tango is an athletic girl with drive, intelligence and biddability. She lives to work but is happy to curl up on the couch at home. Her first litter, the Fire litter, sired by CH Hillock's Meredreme's Kazaam OS are quite young but looking like they will be good-looking, fabulous workers when adults.
We expect this breeding to product very intelligent, birdy retrievers with the drive and energy needed to excel at agility, obedience and hunt tests. They will be good-looking dogs though not breed prospects.
This litter will be whelped in Connecticut with Tango's owners, Pat and Randy McKinney. For their first six weeks, they will be raised using our puppy rearing program. They will come to Gaylan's at six weeks where we will complete their development and evaluations before sending them home around nine weeks of age.
There are performance reservations available for this litter. If you are interested in a O'Reilly x Tango puppy, contact Gayle at gaylans@optonline.net.
Push x Risk--Expected late Fall 2008
Dam: Gaylan's Gamblers Choice MH WCX** OFA Good, normal elbows and eyes. Heart clearance will be done before breeding.
Risk's Pedigree
Sire: Canadian Dual CH-AFTCH Firemark’s Push Comes To Shove Am. *** (OS)
OFA Good, Normal elbows, heart, eyes and thyroid
Push's Pedigree
Litter Pedigree
Risk will be bred for the first time in 2008. We are very proud of this lovely young dog. Before 18 months of age, she earned her SH in four straight tests, her first Master leg the day after she finished Senior, her WC and WCX the same day and then went on to earn a Judges Award of Merit in the Derby Stake at the GR National Specialty. She finished her MH before she turned three and is now preparing to run Qualifying. This young girl is someone to watch.
We have tentatively selected 6-year old Push as the sire of her first litter. Push is the only living Dual Champion in North America. He sired our Derby litter and is producing pups that are achieving in all areas. You can read more about Push on the Ambertrail website.
Risk is much like her dam, Una--high-drive, high-intensity who lives to work. At the same time, she is very sweet and biddable. She loves to cuddle and loves to retrieve birds, our idea of the perfect golden.
She has a stable temperament, unphased by whatever life throws at her, getting along with dogs and people of all sizes and shapes, and handling the rigors of upper level field training with aplomb. She is lovely to look at too, with a wonderful head, correct coat, moderate bone and correct structures. She maintains excellent muscle tone and moves like the graceful, athletic animal she is.
Her littermates include:
- Gaylan's High Roller Am-Can WCX Can. SH TD
- Gaylan's Royal Flush SH WCX** (Derby JAM; MH legs)
- Gaylan's Bet On It At Terrevern OA OAJ
- Gaylan's Ace in the Hole RN OA NAJ
- Gaylan's Going to the River NA NAJ
This litter will be raised and placed here at Gaylan's using our puppy raising system. There are performance reservations available for this litter.
2009
Dam: Gaylan's Winning Colors SH WC OFA Good hips (90th percentile PennHIP), Normal elbows, eyes, heart and thyroid
Sire: TBD
Skye will also be bred for the first time in 2008. She is a talented young dog who finished her Senior Hunter title in four straight tests. She has two Master Hunter (MH) legs and will continue to run Master in 2008. Sired by the Canadian Dual Champion AFTCH Firemark's Push Come to Shove out of one of our multi-purpose dams, Gaylan's Into the Wind CDX AX MXJ WC, Skye shows talent in many areas. After her field career, we'll be running her in agility and maybe dabbling in obedience.
We have not selected a sire for this litter but will post it as soon as we have.
Like her cousin Risk, Skye is a high-drive, high-intensity girl who lives to work. She is sweet, loving and biddable, working well for a number of handlers and adapting well to many living situations. Clearly, she has a stable temperament.
Skye is nicely built with a nice front assembly, powerful rear, nice prosternum and forechest, excellent spring of rib and a solid topline. She has light-moderate bone with correct feet. Her coat is medium gold with a correct texture, density and length. She has lovely dark eyes and a pleasant head although I'd like to see more breadth of skull and muzzle.
Her littermates include:
- Gaylan's Gallopin' Jet Pilot JH MX MXJ OF OAC OJC OCC TN-E WV-O
- Gaylan's Lady Omar Khayyam UDT OA AXJ RAE
- Gaylan's Dark Star's Ryder CD CGC
- Gaylan's Behave Yourself RL1
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