Welcome to Goldiva Goldens! Owned & operated by a mother/daughter team since 2000 in both of our homes just 6 miles apart - Mary Dickinson Wood, Cumberland, ME and daughter, Lauren Vessey Faulhaber, North Yarmouth, ME. We are both licensed separately thru the State of Maine. We have raised only Golden Retrievers since 1982 and have been active in the Conformation ring and Field & Obedience training for AKC titles for the past 8 years.

Our goal at Goldiva Goldens is to produce genetically healthy and temperamentally sound puppies with correct conformation and longevity. We strive to improve the pedigrees of each litter using Champion studs to compliment each bitch's pedigree and by putting Champion titles in Conformation and/or performance titles on our females for Beauty and Brains!

All of our Goldens have their health clearances for Hip, Heart & Eye. We compete in both American Kennel Club ("AKC") shows and Canadian Kennel Club ("CKC") shows. All of our dogs are professionally trained and handled exhibiting in the Conformation breed ring; Field Training for Junior Hunt (JH); Companion Dog ("CD") AKC obedience title, Rally O ("RN"), AKC obedience title; and/or Pet Therapy. The average life span of our dogs is 12 to 15 years. All litters are carefully planned keeping within the AKC Breed Standard for Goldens by selective breeding. We usually have a couple of litters each year at either one of our houses. Our dogs are not kennel dogs but live indoors as personal companions with our family or in show homes.

"Oakley" Goldiva's Annie Get Your Gun is owned & painted by Karen Killian of watermarkstudio.com, Old Lyme, Connecticut. This print, entitled "Promise" is available as a Limited Edition print for Orvis Company's catalogue now available. Oakley's parents are Am. CH GFA's Gabe's Hope for Colette ex Tricon's Sunnybrae Blues "Tilly"..