Family-Owned With 35 Years of Experience
Golden Retrievers from Harvestime Kennel are bred from top show and performance lines.
Our pedigrees are 75% Champion and 100% Kennel Lines. Our top-quality pups come from years of knowledgeable breeders breeding Golden Retrievers that should be bred.
We are an AKC BREEDER OF MERIT. State inspected Kennels with 100% compliance.
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Harvestime Kennels is a family-owned business with FOUR separate kennels. We are able to share our best breeding dogs with one-another with honest, open assessments to optimize health, temperament, and quality. This provides our customers with the unique opportunity to access FOUR Harvestime family kennels: increasing your selection choices and minimizing wait time!
Responsible & Honest Breeders
We are into our 7th generation of Golden Retrievers here at Harvestime Kennel. As responsible breeders, ALL of our TITLED adult dogs have hip, eye, heart and elbow clearances and genetic testing, as well as past generations!
Our goal is to produce healthy Golden Retrievers that are intelligent, structurally correct, beautiful and with a calm temperament well suited to families, therapy and service work.
Brains & Beauty
Our pups aren't just beautiful! We've got the smarts to start them off right.
Certified Therapy Dogs
We produce pups with therapy potential! We work frequently with organizations like K-9 Comfort Dogs, OccuPaws and Retrieving Freedom.
Trainers Since 1996
Trainer in Obedience and Rally, with 20+ years of competing, as well as Director of Training at WDC.
AKC Breeder of Merit Award
We have earned the AKC Breeder of Merit award. AKC and State inspected with 100% compliance EVERY year! We are multiple-year winners of Best of Menasha Small Businesses
AKC Multi-Purpose Pedigrees
All of the dogs we own have multi-purpose pedigrees, such as Champions (CH), Obedience titles (CD, CDX, UD), and Rally titles (RN, RA, RE)
Socialized for the Household
Our pups get exposure to toys, ramps, and extra room for romping and exploring. The pups learn to use a doggy door and begin to housebreak themselves
A Heart for Giving Back
We regularly donate a puppy to a Service Dog organization, or at least 10% profit of each litter is donated to a charitable organization such as Life Promotions, Heifer International, World Vision, and Covenant House and community needs.
Frequently Asked Questions
Our dogs are all purebred golden retrievers that meet the AKC standards for the breed. They are American golden retrievers, not English (although many of our dogs are light in color). We do not produce any mixed breed variations such as golden doodles. We only breed dogs from reputable, established kennels thus breeding lineages that should be bred.
Our puppies currently cost $2,950. For puppies purchased in Minnesota and Wisconsin sales tax is also charged. Montana pups do not have sales tax.
Our goal is to produce healthy, smart, beautiful dogs that are well-suited to be family pets and/or do therapy work. We work with several therapy organizations and regularly place puppies who become service or emotional support dogs. We strive to produce calmer dogs and typically do not produce high-end performance dogs. Some of our puppies do learn to hunt, but that is not our primary goal.
We follow the Orthopedic Foundation for Animals health screening recommendations for golden retrievers. EVERY DOG has hip, elbow, eye, and heart clearances on our breeding dogs which is recommended by the OFA, as do several generations back. ALL of our dogs also have complete genetic testing to screen for health concerns.
No. Our contract strictly prohibits any breeding.
