I grew up on a family farm in rural Indiana. In my childhood, my parents got me my first pet – a female Golden Retriever named Casey. We enjoyed romping around in the yard. Since then, I have enjoyed working with the Golden Retriever breed. When my parents started raising the Golden Irish, I had no idea that I would start raising them eight years later. I’ve found that raising a quality Golden Irish requires a breeder to first obtain exceptional genetics, in order to have exceptional puppies. In the second year of my undergraduate studies, I acquired my first Irish Setter female. We have been going strong ever since! I have enjoyed working with the Golden Irish breed over the years and really enjoy hearing back from satisfied customers with pictures of our puppies!
About Golden Ridge Hi-Breds – Our Beginning
Golden Irish Skills
Our Mission
We at Golden Ridge Hi-Breds are striving to produce a healthy, intelligent, and sweet-natured Golden Irish puppy, that excels at making your families laugh and gives you as individuals devotion and companionship.
The Philosophy
This family oriented dog has been one of my favorite breeds over the past twelve years. Our goal in breeding the Golden Retriever to the Irish Setter is to create a dog that has the characteristics of a Golden while retaining the dark mahogany red color of the Irish Setter. We are breeding for the blocky look and the temperament of the Golden. Our puppies are very smart and love to be around their families.
About Golden Ridge Hi-Breds
Golden Ridge Hi-Breds has been raising the Golden Irish since 2016. We have been working with the Golden Irish for over fifteen years. Our Golden Irish puppies are raised in a family environment following the recommendations in Jan Fennell’s book, The Dog Listener. We either own our parents or our parent company, Sunshine Acres, does. Every single full-priced puppy of ours goes home with a three-year health guarantee and a puppy care package. At the going home age, each puppy will be current on their vaccinations and have the best of veterinary care.
Why A Golden Ridge Hi-Breds Puppy
Raising the Golden Irish is my project and I really enjoy working with our puppies. Our Golden Irish puppies are socialized by children as well as adults. We know that for a puppy to have the best socialization, they have to be with people every day. This communicates to the puppies that humans are their best friends and who they want to be with. We enjoy working with our puppies and our puppies enjoy interacting with us. Our Golden Irish puppies are socialized according to Jan Fennell’s techniques in a family setting.
We at Golden Ridge Hi-Breds are committed to providing you with the best puppy in view of genetics, health, and quality of our parents. We strive for responsible breeding practices and are 100% engaged in teaching our Golden Irish’s families how to be a responsible Golden Irish owner.
What others say about Golden Ridge Hi-Breds
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Our new little girl finally arrived today and we couldn’t be happier!! She is absolutely adorable, has seemingly settled into life in Colorado after a half day and has clearly worn herself out playing. Thank you Golden Ridge Hi-Breds…she is amazing!!
Update 1/2/2017
If there is any question about these amazing dogs fitting in to your current family situation, here is proof that they can win over even the surliest of old men. 15 weeks old, we’ve had her for about a month and we can’t separate these two.
Thank you again, our little (not so little anymore) Annie has been an absolute joy to have around and has blended in and adjusted so effortlessly (slightly bragging on the breed intelligence now…she was fully potty trained within 2 days)!!
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Just wanted to give you an update on our Indy girl. We couldn’t be happier with our pick and we are absolutely in love with her. She has brought so much joy to our house and we couldn’t imagine life without her. She is very energetic and gives us a run for our money whenever we are outside. She has completed puppy kindergarten and will start her level 1 training next week! She is the smartest dog I know (but we may be a bit biased)! She gets along with every animal or human she meets and we get comments all the time on how beautiful she is! We are so happy to work with you and hope to get another puppy sometime in the future!
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Feris is doing awesome. He has fit in to our family great. He is a very loving and sweet boy. He loves the kids. Still working on potty training. We are starting the puppy good citizenship classes. Do we just send you copies of completion and neutering when the time comes for the rebate?
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Copper is a beautiful dog and actually has a calm demeanor. The trainer thinks he is very smart because [the trainer] said that only 1 in 50 dogs would attempt to go through your legs when you are blocking them. House training is going well and we are working on the jumping and stuff. We all love him and so do all the neighbor kids too. I’ll keep sending pics as he grows. We are really glad that we found you in Indiana and remind Copper that he is a lucky dog to be in the mountains now.
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Our beautiful boy. This is Herman at 13 weeks (formerly known as Light Blue!) We are completely smitten with him and he has quickly become family. Such a wonderful pup.
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Frio is doing great. Everyone loves him and comments about what a good looking dog he is. Also, he responded to crate/potty training really well which was awesome! We’d be happy to post a positive review on your page. Here are a couple photos of him.