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"..