About Us

Cute golden retriever puppy lying on tiled floor.

A love for dogs

We, at Whinturn Goldens, have had dogs as a part of our family for many years. It would be difficult to imagine our home without a dog.

During the early years while raising our family, we volunteered for a local charity, raising puppies in our home until they were mature enough to go out into the world. The experience gave us a lot of knowledge and opened our hearts to continuing to raise good quality dogs in the future.

Along the way we were blessed to have many wonderful dogs who just enhanced our desire for more.

It is our hope that our love of these beautiful animals can be shared with other like minded families.

Whinturn Goldens facilities and visits

Home based breeding

We are a small home based breeder, which means our puppies are born and raised “in our home.” We have an area dedicated to the housing, whelping and raising of our dogs. This area holds all things dogs, including a bathtub to allow for proper bathing of the dogs. Some of our adult dogs are therapy dogs, so they need proper bathing and grooming weekly.

Puppy stage and socializing

When the puppies are old enough to be introduced to the outside world, we forfeit our kitchen so they can get easy access to the doors and fenced yard.

We believe in socializing the puppies as they grow, so families who are receiving a puppy from each litter are encouraged to come and visit as often as they can. These visits allow us to learn what the family expectations are so that we can match puppies. It also allows the families to experience the rapid growth the puppies go through in those first precious 8 weeks. So much fun not to share.

For future puppy families

For families looking to add that golden member to their family, I encourage you to research. We have this website, our Facebook page and Instagram. Most of our business comes through referrals and owner recommendations, which we are extremely proud of.

Our love of our dogs is outmatched by our love of family and so I would like to remind everyone, this is our home.

Whinturn Goldens' & the Canadian Veteran Service Dog Unit

About Canadian Veteran Service Dog Unit

The Canadian Veteran Service Dog Unit (CVSDU) was initially founded in 2014, by a group of dog trainers who wanted to help injured veterans by providing them, free of charge with a trained service dog.

Today, CVSDU is the only membership-based, veteran-led charity* in Canada providing Service Dogs to veterans and first responders who suffer and struggle from Posttraumatic Stress Disorder (PTSD).

Our members are guided by compassionate, trained professionals through the steps of dog purchase, training, qualification and pairing. Once a team is qualified, they continue to be part of the CVSDU family, maintaining and strengthening their skills and team certification.

You can learn more about this great organization at their website here: https://cvsdu.ca/#

Whinturn Goldens as a partner with The Canadian Veterans Service Dog Unit

The Canadian Veterans Service Dog Unit rely on the dedication of volunteers and foster families to help raise and train service dogs for veterans and first responders living with PTSD. Whinturn Goldens is proud to partner with such an amazing organization and provide several of our puppies as future furry heroes.

Check a few of our puppy heroes out on Facebook;

https://www.facebook.com/share/p/18E9AWF8vz/

https://www.facebook.com/share/p/1C5Pie5MYk/

https://www.facebook.com/share/p/1BUEThxcD1/