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The 2021 Litter is Here!

Babe finally whelped her puppies from the spring 2021 litter this morning: six girls and four boys, weighing in at between 14 ounces and 17 1/2 ounces. Mother and pups are settling in and doing well. Mr Black boy, 3:29 am, 17 ozMiss Pink, 4:19 am, 17.5 ozMiss Purple, 4:31 am, 15.5 ozMr Dark Blue […]

With the addition of the AKC’s new lifetime Metallic titles several of our dogs have no added more titles to their names.  They include: Nikon who added both a MXC (Master Century Agility Title) for his 114 MX legs and the MJB2 (Master Bronze Jumpers With Weaves Title 2 for his 135 MXJ legs) making […]

On July 1, 2012, the American Kennel Club (AKC) added a few more titles for dogs and their handlers competing in agility to reward them for their longevity at the Master levels of competition.  These new titles are retro active for dogs competing after 1999. From the AKC agility rulebook (located here): Chapter 2, Classes, […]

Recently, entered Nikon in the New Jersey Pine Barrens Golden Retriever Club’s CCA (Certificate of Conformation Assessment) and he passed with good scores. As an added bonus by passing this CCA test Nikon also earned the last point for his GRCA Versatility Excellent Certificate (VCX). Nikon continues to prove what a good looking and diverse […]

This video does a really nice job showing the importance of Dew Claws especially for hunting retrievers, they do serve a purpose. See below. A short but good article written by Chris Zink DVM, PhD, DACVSMR regarding, “Do the Dew(claws)? None of our dogs have had their Dew claws removed and have only had minor […]

Striker (Bear x Snapshot) and his owner/handler Seth earned their first title today, FD (Flyball Dog) at the Flyball tournament at Gemini Dogs in Littleton, MA. This is the first title for one of Snapshot’s offspring! Way to go boys, nice way to start your career together! Proud of you both. At the CATs USDAA […]

Beach Puppies new photos

While traveling to NJ to photograph an agility event, I took the time to stop by and visit the Beamer x Beach puppies at Gerry Clinchy’s, Pine Run Goldens. They’re now three weeks old, their eyes are opening they’re becoming mobile now and oh so cute. Photos can be viewed here. Enjoy!

Hatrick, ADCH Pine Run Joy of Sport OA AXJ, earned the final leg she needed to complete her AXJ at American Lhasa Apso Club Inc trial this past weekend in Amherest, NH. Way to go Hattie!

Nikon finished his USDAA (United States Dog Agility Association)  ADCH- Bronze this weekend at the BARK! NH agility trial at All Dogs Gym in Manchester, NH. by earning his last Q in Master Standard rerquired for this achievement.  Plus he took first place beating the second place dog by 2.5 seconds! Pretty proud of the […]