Puppies

Our Breeding Objectives
We try to breed stock to meet the standard of the breed as defined by the British Kennel Club. We place great emphasis on retaining the ‘working’ qualities of our dogs and only breed from healthy, producing sound and typical examples of the breed.Over the years we have bred the full range of colours allowed within the Golden Retriever Breed Standard. The following photo shows Purbarn Ought To Be Here (Otto) & Purbarn Razzle Dazzle (Razz) with very contrasting coat colours.
	We are not influenced by colour when picking any of our puppies, potential brood bitches or stud dogs. Our choices are made by temperament, conformation, working ability, and health checks, not necessarily in that order. What catches the eye tends to come first.All our dogs (and cats for that matter), spend some time in our little cottage, limited to only two or three at a time though. This applies particularly to the bitches who need to be house trained before coming in to have a litter. The ‘show dogs’ come in the day before a show for trimming and bathing, if we had a biggerhouse we would have them all of them in more often.
When breeding we look for sires that have all of the desirable attributes we are seeking to stamp into our kennel lines. We do line breed sometimes, but Storm our first Champion, was a total outcross with only one dog in a 5 generation pedigree cropping up twice, so bearing this in mind we will often go for ‘type’ more than line breeding.

Visits By Potential Owners When looking for homes for the maybe one or two litters of puppies that we have each year, we expect the prospective owners to visit us here at least once before coming to collect their puppy. More frequent visits are welcomed to see the pups growing up, providing the visit can fit in with our busy life style ! We need to know that the puppy will become a new addition to their family. It is very rare for us to have pups during the Shooting Season, as we do not feel we can give the time needed to rear a litter at that time of the year. So most litters are born between February and early September. Something to bear in mind if you would like a Purbarn Puppy is that we like to have met the whole family at some point before the puppy leaves here. (This can be difficult for people abroad, but it is possible!) We like to know that a puppy is going to fit into your life, which could mean some rearrangement of your routines and possibly some changes to your home (fencing etc.).	A typical Purbarn Puppy - this boy's name is 'Foggie'
We like to know about other family pets past and present, we would welcome seeing photos of where the pup will end up living and walking. We hope you understand that our motives for this information is to ensure that the puppy’s well being is going to be looked after and that is our first consideration. When prospective new owners have been ‘Vetted’ by us and passed with 100%+ then and only then will they be considered to be the privileged owner of a Purbarn Puppy and at that time a deposit will be required to ‘hold’ a puppy for them from that particular litter. The purchase when completed will be the subject of a Puppy Purchase Agreement, a copy of which can be supplied in advance if requested. For those wanting a companion to spend lots of time with and to shower with love and affection (but not spoil) we will guide you towards which puppy in our opinion will fit best into your lifestyle. For those wanting a companion and a dog that they would like to take out on the shoots and have some fun with, we suggest you listen to our advice as to which one would have the better temperament to fulfill those requirements. Puppies for Showing For those wanting Show potential puppies it must be understood that no puppy can be guaranteed to come up to expectations. Puppies are fortunately not ‘mechanical designed’ and the perfect showdog has yet to be bred! But we try very hard to produce show quality puppies we can only advise you which in our opinion is the puppy with the best show potential, our views are always informed but we are not infallible! That is why we do leave the final decision to the new owner, but throughout the choosing process we will always be available to provide advice. Our responsibilities as breeders certainly do not cease when the puppy leaves for his/her new home, we are always available to offer advice and we will always will be interested in the progress of your Purbarn puppy.

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