Mattiaci Golden Retrievers: Our Puppies

OUR PUPPIES:

Please only contact us by E-mail AFTER reading our puppy information below. We have gone to great lengths to answer many questions and talk about the purpose of our breeding program of 25 years. Please include your phone number in your e-mail. We do not breed our dogs solely to produce pets. We title our dogs in AKC events and perform health testing on all of our breeding stock. Anyone who buys a puppy from us, regardless of the intended purpose benefits from all of the hard work we put into our dogs and puppies. Our puppies are available only to homes seeking an indoor family pet who will not be just a dog, but a family member -- whether they are show dogs or pets. Our puppies are whelped in my bedroom, and raised only inside our home, only by us. They are well socialized with children, bathed, blow dried, brushed and nails trimmed weekly, and are very well rounded by the time they leave for their new families. They are crate trained, and are used to car trips in a crate. The puppies are routinely dewormed, and receive their first core vaccinations. We do ask the puppies be spayed after this 1st season/neutered between 12 and 18 months of age, and not younger as munch research has shown more health benefits to waiting.

We do not sell or reply to third parties, brokers, or pet stores -- nor does any other reputable breeder we know.
When inquiring please describe your past dog ownership history, dogs you currently have, what kind of a home you have for dogs, and what you are seeking in a puppy. If your dog will be spending a large part of his or her time away from people; primarily housed in a kennel, garage, or crate, i.e., not an in-home environment, or know that you will not be a permanent lifetime home for this puppy or dog: thank you for your interest, however, we do not have a dog or puppy for you. Golden retrievers are hunting, working and family dogs, bred to be constant companions with daily attention.

Show Puppies: We will sell show puppies to homes who have finished a championship on a dog, have a history in their dogs in events, or have titled dogs in other venues.

ABOUT US:

I began showing golden retrievers in 1987, more of which can be read here: About Us page. Our golden retrievers are listed here on Our Goldens page.
We primarily compete with our goldens in AKC venues, mainly conformation, to their AKC championships. We have a breeding program of 25 years and have many family members here from our oldest champions to our show puppies we are growing out. We also frequently have our puppies back for boarding here.

You can see many video clips of our show dogs and puppies by clicking on our Video Channel here

Shown Above: Our golden Dyna, with two 8 week old Hamer-Petrus daughters with a new exciting toy in our living room


LOCATION: We are located in Garrison, Montana. Puppies are picked up at our home in Garrison, we can meet buyers at the airport if they have a quick turn around flight, or we ship air cargo out of Missoula airport. We frequently fly with our dogs to dog shows, and are very experienced at shipping dogs and puppies to their new homes. Click here for shipping information to read about how flying with and cargo shipping. We have many homes who fly or drive out from other states to pick up their puppy. In cabin nanny flights sometimes available at an additional cost.


GOLDEN RETRIEVERS:
Goldens originated in Scotland in the 1800's to retrieve upland game birds. We strictly adhere to the AKC standard for golden retrievers of size to perform their origional purpose, with females being 55-65 pounds and males being 65-75 pounds. The majority of dogs in every generation of our dogs are titled in Conformation, Obedience, Field, Hunt Tests, and also have awards of Outstanding Sire or Dam for producing titled offspring. We typically keep one or two puppies in a litter for showing. Most of our puppies go to homes who are not looking for a show dog, "just want a pet," but one that they can be proud of. We only breed golden retrievers for ourselves, and those who want more than a "just a dog" -- whatever their ultimate endeavor may be.

Shown: Mattiaci How Low Can You Go CGC RN "Dyna" Celebrating her 10th Birthday in 2020

OLDER PUPPIES:

We occasionally have puppies we've kept to show, grown out and trained that we later decide would be better pets than show dogs. Most people who inquire about them are wanting an older puppy or those just wanting to skip some young puppy training. Any older puppies we have kept to train are listed on our older puppies started on training or dogs available page.

HEALTH -- HIP, ELBOW, OPTHALMOLOGIST AND CARDIOLOGIST CLEARANCES:

We use and perform Early Neorological Stimulation, or "Bio Sensory" stimulation with our puppies. These exercises impact the neurological system by stimulating it earlier than would be normally expected. The result being an increased capacity that later will help to make the difference in its performance. Neurological exercises are not substitutions for routine handling, play socialization or human bonding. Five benefits have been observed in canines that were exposed to the Bio Sensor stimulation exercises:

1. Improved cardio vascular performance (heart rate)
2. Stronger heart beats,
3. Stronger adrenal glands,
4. More tolerance to stress
5. Greater resistance to disease .


All health clearance information on OUR GOLDENS are listed in the top left hand corner of their pages, and on their linked pedigree database page listed on their page. Our dogs over the age of 2 used in breeding program have been screened for the minimum of:
- Board Certified Cardiologist heart clearance
- Opthalmologist clearances
- Hips and Elbows evaluated by PennHIP and OFA
- We utilize Optigen testing to make sure our puppies will not go blind from PRA
- Our breeding stock is cleared yearly by an opthalmologist, past when they are being used in our breeding program.
- None of our dogs have yet to be afflicted with Pigmentary Uveitis, also known as PU. Our foundation bitch, Ch.Citrine A New Atti-Two'd is still eye clear at 11 years of age.

Just like humans, statistically, there is no perfect dog. This is the entire reason we screen for genetic disorders in our breeding stock - they exist in our breed. Hip dysplasia is a polygentic and enviornmental disease, which means it is produced by many factors. Puppies are born with perfect hips, and how you raise them play a role in their development. We cannot control how you raise your puppy after it leaves here. We have done our part in performing the core health clearances, therefore do not guarantee or warrantee for it. If a breeder does not clearly list the hip, elbow, eye & heart clearances of their breeding stock easily their website -- they probably don't have those health clearances on their dogs, and typically those dogs will not come from generations of healthy, screened dogs.
Our breeding program is a result of several generations of consecutive health testing, to maximize the chances of producing healthy dogs. The health clearances of all of our goldens over the age of 2 years of age. We do not breed dogs with epilepsy, seizures, allergies, hot spots, skin disorders, chronic ear infections, have tested abnormally for thyroid, or are not free from esophageal disorders.

Shown: Tai's Set Fire To The Rain 9 Pts/1 Major, 1 RN Leg "Casper"

SHADES OF GOLDEN RETRIEVERS:

Color is the last virtue of importance in the realm of important factors that we consider when breeding our dogs. We do do not breed for any particular color. Although most of our dogs are light golden in color, our main focus is health, temperament and longevity. We do our best to accommodate from what is in a litter depending on when their reservation was received.

Shown Above: one of our boy puppies enjoying playground equipment dressed up for Halloween! He now lives in Boston, MA



Shown Right: 13 Year Old Jake Silveira in FL from our Wine theme Litter, littermate to our CH.Envy

For those people looking for ""White" golden retrievers," please visit our parent club website, on ""rare" or "white" goldens."

Golden retrievers in any country exist in shades of gold, from cream to mahogany, of which white does not exist. There are some who use false marketing schemes to deceive buyers. Breeders who market their golden retriever puppies by color such as, "white, platinum, or creme" often fail to health test breeding stock for hips,elbows, eyes and hearts, much less breed from generations of health tested dogs.


Shown Above: Our soon to be 15 Year Old Foundation Stud, AM CH.Mattiaci Aerials In The Sky "Han"