Nestled in the heart of North Carolina, Golden Haven Retrievers is a trusted family-run Golden Retriever breeder dedicated to raising happy, healthy, and well-socialized Golden Retrievers. With a passion for this loving and loyal breed, we specialize in nurturing puppies that grow into cherished companions for families, individuals, and service work. Our retrievers are raised in a caring, hands-on environment where they receive an abundance of love and attention from day one. We prioritize health, temperament, and the breed standard, ensuring each puppy is not only beautiful but also has the friendly, intelligent, and gentle nature Golden Retrievers are renowned for. At Golden Haven Retrievers, our commitment extends beyond the adoption process. We provide ongoing support to our Golden Haven families, sharing training tips, health resources, and encouragement as your furry friend grows. Whether you’re looking for a devoted family pet or a future therapy dog, Golden Haven Retrievers is your haven for Golden excellence.
Before being placed in our breeding program, our dogs undergo health testing for hips, elbows, eyes and heart through OFA also known as the Orthopedic Foundation for Animals and PennHip. You can view their clearances on their individual pages located on our website. We also do genetic testing to help identify any health condition genes and reduce the risk of passing them onto the future generations. All of our Goldens in our program as well as our puppies are registered with the American Kennel Club.
The price for a Golden Haven Puppy is $5,000. To begin the process, a $100 application fee is required for approval. Once your application is approved, a $500 deposit is due to reserve your puppy after it’s born, with the remaining balance payable at pickup.
This price includes AKC registration and enrollment with AKC Reunite, ensuring your puppy is registered and protected
We built our family log cabin and Golden Haven Nursery right beside each other on our 14+ acre farm. The Haven’s architecture and design was methodically built to ensure an environment that is spacious, sanitary and cozy for all of our dogs and family members. Our goldens always have access to be outside or inside in addition to having 24/7 access to automatic purified drinking water, whether inside the Haven or outside playing in the wood runs during the day. As a family of six, our hearts have always been to spend quality time together with our goldens. The Haven Nursery has become not only a place where we raise our puppies but also has become a place where we raise our children. From the time a puppy is born, our children are involved every step of the way along with us to ensure each puppy is well socialized, nurtured and loved.
One of our favorite parts of raising golden retrievers is our companionship with our moms, dads, and retirees. We get to love and be with our adult dogs who we have raised since birth. The bond and friendship we have cultivated with them is so important to our family.
Each golden is a part of our family and we prioritize their quality of life in every season.
Waitlist longevity depends on the particular season as we have some seasons where we have more litters than others. We are happy to communicate about your spot on the waitlist and the timelines we anticipate. We also have to be flexible with our planning, as sometimes things may change slightly.
Our farm is located in Concord, NC. Most of our clients prefer to drive or fly in on pickup day in order to not only pick up their puppy but also meet the parents, the littermates and see the Haven Nursery. The best airport to fly into is CLT, Charlotte International Airport. If for some reason you would not like to travel in, we do offer a flight nanny service for an additional fee where we fly with the puppy and deliver him/her to your closest airport.
Typically, we schedule pickup days 8 weeks out from when puppies are born. Once puppies have been born, in the first two weeks of life we will schedule our pickup date(s). Each family is allowed a 45 minute time slot at the farm to meet our Goldens, go over paperwork and get photos taken.
We love working with our golden haven family as they anticipate the day they bring their puppy home! We try our best to prepare each f amily in the weeks leading up to pickup day and are always available for questions. On pickup day, we send home each family with a Golden Haven Retrievers bag full of goodies such as our candle, blankets, toys, treats and many other items! We also include photography on pickup day and would love to capture the moments you first meet your golden. As ethical breeders, we care not just about the puppy stage, but also the lifespan of every one of our offspring. At Golden Haven, we value our relationships with our Golden Haven family and its desire to stay connected to show support and answer any questions along the way. We look forward to meeting you and your family!
We currently have several male spots in our summer litters going home in May. Inquire or submit an application if interested.
AKC® (American Kennel Club) is the premiere registry that offers our dogs the healthiest future possible.The American Kennel Club is dedicated to upholding the integrity of its Registry, promoting the sport of purebred dogs and breeding for type and function. Founded in 1884, the AKC® and its affiliated organizations advocate for the purebred dog as a family companion, advance canine health and well-being, work to protect the rights of all dog owners and promote responsible dog ownership. AKC’s objective is to advance the study, breeding, exhibiting, running and maintenance of purebred dogs.
All of our goldens in our breeding program undergo strict health screenings- elbow, heart, eyes, hips, PENNhips and genetic clearances before being bred. With this higher order of screenings we ensure that there is no cross breeding and reduse the chances for future health issues we unfortunately see today. Health-tested parents for healthier puppies. OFA has been around since 1966. With this system in place we are able to trace back over 10 generations to compare blood lines, strengths and weaknesses before breeding. Quality will always be what we strive for here at Golden Haven Puppies.
1) Fill out and submit a puppy application (this process may take up to one week depending on the time of submission)
2) Once approved, we will email you to talk about our upcoming litters and which one you may be interested in.
3) When a litter is born and we have avaliability, we will let you know via email and phone to see if you want to be a part of that particular litter or choose to wait.
4) When you’re ready for your puppy from your chosen litter, you will be asked to place a $500 deposit to hold your spot in that litter.
5) The fun part! Watch your puppy grow over the next 8 weeks as we prepare you to bring your puppy home. Our trainers will come out and temperament test the litter around 7 weeks of age and at that point we will be sending you pictures of who your puppy is! Pickup day is scheduled around 8 weeks.
We feed our adult dogs PawTree. We love to do a mix of their kibble, raw food and add in some of their supplements like their salmon and polluck oil and gastro pro plus. We also supplement occasionally with raw eggs, carrots, green beans, apples and blueberries.
At this time we do not allow farm visits. We love to host clients on puppy pickup days and hope to incorporate farm visits by way of special events in the near future.
Welcome to our farm! Here on 14+ acres we raise happy and healthy golden retrievers!
We still have some puppies available if you are interested in adding a golden to your family.
