Forever Family Goldens
-Caring for Golden Retrievers for 22 years!
-In-home breeder in Washington Boro, Pennsylvania
-Next litter expected summer/fall 2025 (waitlist is currently open)
-Parents are AKC registered & Health tested
-ENS+ESI done on each puppy to increase trainability and stress resistance (learn more about that here and here)
-Early crate exposure & training
-Early potty training & awareness
-Highly socialized pampered pups
-Prompt and thorough communication each step of the way
Learn more throughout our website!
Our family is passionate about golden retrievers! We are a small in-home breeder having a litter once every 1-2 years. We have two female golden retrievers, Marmee & Ivy, who are our beloved inside family pets. At Forever Family Goldens, we carefully select a stud who is high quality in temperament, genetics, health, and genetic diversity. It’s also important to us to partner with a breeder who shares our vision for ethically placing hand-raised puppies into loving homes. We put all our love and attention into our puppies, focusing on that earliest period of development to optimize each puppy’s potential. Socialization is at the heart of raising our puppies, which isn’t hard with our own children (6 months - 17 years old), giving constant snuggles and attention from day one! It’s truly a family labor of love. Our puppies are born in our home and remain inside the entire time (going outside for eating, potty training, and playtime). This healthy and intentional start paves the way for successful bonding and training when your puppy joins your family!
Here’s a video of our previous litter. Our puppies are highly socialized and loved!
The parents of our upcoming litter!
Marmee is the wonderful mama of our last 3 litters. She has the sweetheart golden personality in abundance; her favorite place is snuggled up with one of our kids or playing fetch outside. She is devoted, gentle, intuitive, and super smart, which made her the star of her AKC training classes! She has her AKC good citizenship award and loves nothing more than being with her family and pleasing them. Marmee is 5 years old, a lighter colored golden, and weighs about 55 lbs. This is Marmee’s third litter. Her previous two litters produced healthy puppies with amazing dispositions. Several have gone on to train as therapy dogs. We have her daughter, Ivy, who is currently in training. Ivy has been the best addition to our family, so we can attest to Marmee’s puppies firsthand. Marmee has her Embark genetic testing (clearing her of 270+ genetic health risks), excellent PennHip scores, and a clear OFA heart report.
Meet Marmee…
Kinser is the handsome dad of Marmee’s current litter (all sold). His reddish coloring matched with Marmee’s blonde coat is sure to produce a beautiful varied litter. We knew right away when we met Kinser and the owners of South Hill Kennels, that they were the perfect fit for our next litter at Forever Family Goldens. Kinser impressed us with his gentle and friendly nature, and we love his coloring. We also were excited to learn that he is in therapy training. Kinser also has excellent clearances: embark genetic testing, OFA certified hips, elbows, heart, and eyes. You can find out more about Kinzer at South Hill Kennels website here.
Meet Kinser…
Join the waitlist for our next expected litter, summer/fall 2025!
-our waitlist has no obligation or deposit needed, but space is limited
-simply give us your contact info and preferred puppy gender
-receive exclusive updates throughout the pregnancy and once the puppies are born
-after the puppies are born, those on our waitlist are given priority to place a deposit on a puppy before we open the litter to anyone else
Included With Your Puppy
-a blanket with the comforting scent of mom and siblings
-a bag of high quality food your puppy has been eating since weaned
-a bag of alfalfa pellets to assist in potty training
-a small toy
-a framed keepsake picture of mom and all her puppies
-a veterinarian health certificate, report of up-to-date vaccines and dewormer, and information on when follow-up vaccines and appointments are due
-AKC registration form
-1 free month of insurance with AKC registration
-2 year genetic health guarantee
-a detailed receipt
Health Testing
-We make it a priority to have important health and genetic testing done on both parents.
-We select a pairing that has great genetic diversity through examining pedigrees going back many generations.
-We have carefully bred over the years to ensure that desirable qualities and traits are preserved in our lines. The most notable being gentle disposition, trainability, excellent health, and smaller size goldens (55-65 lbs).
-All of this and our 2 year genetic health guarantee hopefully gives you reassurance for a happy healthy golden to love for many years!
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