About Aletia

My sister first told me "Once you have a Golden, you'll never want another breed."  She gave me my first Golden, named Lady, and I finally knew what she meant.  I completely fell in love with the breed and don't think I will ever have another breed.  Goldens are faithful, loyal, loving, and want to learn, they want to please their human.  You just have to figure out simple training techniques to help them learn what you want.

I believe you should not breed without doing all the health testing on a potential breeding dog.  Breeders should be trying to improve the breed with good hips, hearts, eyes, and genetic screening, to avoid producing pups that have health problems.  Having health problems can make a pup not live a full, healthy life.  While we cannot guarantee a pup will live to be 13+ years old, we don't want them passing entirely too young.  This is why quality breeders do so many expensive health clearances.  You might also notice that some of my females have been retired pretty early into their breeding years.  Some females have excellent health clearances, but may still have difficult pregnancies or deliveries.  If I see a problem with my girls in this way, I may retire them early.  They still are my household pets, my babies, and I won't breed them if it is hard on them.