Golden Retriever Breeders in Louisiana reviewed

Golden Retriever Breeders in Louisiana: Brew Bayou Golden Retrievers

This Golden Retriever Breeder in Louisiana is located in Houma, LA. According to their website, they have been working with Golden Retrievers for more than 25 years and focus on offering high-quality multi-purpose Goldens.

In their breeding, they respect the Golden Retriever Standard and strive to produce puppies with the best temperaments and excellent health. As can be seen from their website, this breeder has produced many show Champions throughout the years. If you are interested in this breeder and their dogs, please visit their website.

Golden Retriever Breeders in Louisiana: Hunnington Farms

This is another Golden Retriever Breeder in Louisiana, located in Covington, LA. According to their website, they have been involved in Goldens for over 50 years. This is a family-owned and operated Kennel.  All of their breeding dogs are OFA cleared for hips, elbows, heart, patellas and dental health.

In their selective breeding program, this breeder follows AKC breeding requirements and strives to produce the highest quality healthy Goldens with excellent temperaments. You can find more information about this breeder and their dogs on their website.

Golden Retriever Breeders in Louisiana: Big Lake Golden Retrievers

This Louisiana Golden Retriever breeder is located near Monroe, LA.  They are a breeder of American Field Golden Retrievers, a type of Goldens that are smaller, leaner and have shorter hair than a regular Golden. Apart from the slightly different appearance, this breeder strives to produce true Goldens with excellent personalities: athletic, intelligent and affectionate dogs. If you are interested in learning more about this breeder, please visit their website.

Golden Retriever owner review: Mira and her Golden Retriever Sammy

I wouldn’t recommend getting a Labrador Retriever if you don’t have enough time to work with your dog, train them, take them for long (and active!) walks, etc. They are a great breed, but they do require lots of attention and care. Even just cleaning up all the dog hair takes daily effort and time! Add to that the fact that you will need to clean their paws and sometimes their full-body after walks (if you live in a rainy climate), because they love rolling in the grass and dirt! Add to that time spent on training your dog, so that they are a good canine citizen and an easy dog to live with. Add to that attending to their needs if your dog gets ill, etc. (And vet bills, did I mention vet bills?)

What can I tell you about our Golden Retriever Sammy?

First of all, like all Goldens, he is a very energetic dog. I would even go so far as to call him hyper to be honest. He has to stick his long nose into absolutely everything and follows us around everywhere and is always ready to play.

If we are 2 minutes late for his walk, he will start whining and pulling us by the sleeves and show with his whole body language how offended he is and when are we finally going outside? Outside, it’s not enough to just calmly walk him around the block a couple of times. If you are planning on getting a dog and you think that that’s going to be enough – you shouldn’t get a dog!

Goldens require lots of active exercise. Running around in the park with other dogs, chasing you when you ride your bike, etc. Anything active will do. Otherwise, your Golden will not be happy!

Goldens are not very good guard dogs, because they tend to be very friendly even with strangers. Sammy will be slightly cautious when he meets someone new, but once he sees us being friendly to that new person, Sammy accepts them as his friend and brings them his toys and demands to be petted. He almost never barks.

Being a very loving, affectionate dog, Sammy loves lots of people. But in terms of obedience, he only listens to us: my husband and me. Everyone else is not an authority for him.

Like all Golden Retrievers, Sammy is very sensitive. If someone is rude to him, or asks him to do something he doesn’t want to do, Sammy gets offended! He will look at you like you just slapped him in the face and sometimes will even go sit in the corner with his face to the wall. It’s hilarious but it also makes us feel guilty sometimes. So we try to buy his love back by giving him treats and pets which always works.

This is a dog with a very big heart and he “wears his heart on his sleeve”. He is very affectionate to everyone, very trusting, very outgoing. He is an absolute extrovert. I think he has a very good temperament. He is almost never nervous or afraid of anything and definitely never aggressive. He is friendly to other dogs too, even other male dogs. We have never seen him try to be dominant with other dogs or being aggressive. He can protect himself when another dog is the aggressor though.

In terms of feeding, our Golden is not very picky. We picked a good premium dog food brand and he loves it. He also loves treats, but we try to limit them to a reasonable amount to keep Sammy in good shape.

I wouldn’t recommend getting a Labrador Retriever if you don’t have enough time to work with your dog, train them, take them for long (and active!) walks, etc. They are a great breed, but they do require lots of attention and care. Even just cleaning up all the dog hair takes daily effort and time!

Add to that the fact that you will need to clean their paws and sometimes their full-body after walks (if you live in a rainy climate), because they love rolling in the grass and dirt! Add to that time spent on training your dog, so that they are a good canine citizen and an easy dog to live with. Add to that attending to their needs if your dog gets ill, etc. (And vet bills, did I mention vet bills?)

All of that is to say that you need to be a really responsible person willing and ready for such a big responsibility as a dog. If you are, then it’s quite likely that you will be very happy with your Golden, and, importantly, your Golden will be very happy with you too!