Golden Meadows In Pictures

May 4, 2013  Moorpark, California 9 to 10:30 am

The sign on after a 1/2 mile one lane dirt road

 

 

five acres in the middle of citrus groves

Whelping building.  One of several  Air conditioned and heated.  New seemless floor

One of the dozen or so sold pups being trained "started"

The day time kennels.  Pups are placed in individual crates inside at night

With 50 plus dogs there was little barking at all.  Part of the training

Golden Retrievers being trained as "started puppy" 

The trainer, owner and I looking at the breeding Vizslas

The owner and I discussing exercise.  Twice a day they play in a 1/4 acre fenced area.

This post is not to promote Golden Meadows Kennels.  I volunteered to see what this operation was like after seeing remarks made on a forum I belong to.  My ONLY comments are that it was not what I expected.  It was clean and well managed.  Professional.

From Tim Hoke on their relationship with AKC as a breeder:

Although the USDA is so overworked that they have little time inspect even the largest kennel, I doubt that they would have time to visit hobby breeders. Although they will undoubtedly be visited by the AKC reps who inspect larger breeding facilities. Our AKC rep, comes outs about every 12-18 months to inspect our facility & record keeping. I think most hobby breeders would be surprised by the amount of paperwork the AKC really does require us to keep on our dogs, matings, where the pups are placed, limited or full registration etc. and that those records must be available on demand at anytime.

Tim