Next puppy visitation will be Sunday, June 3, 2012 from 1-3 pm. If you are going to be in town over Memorial Day just e-mail and we can work something out. Puppy picks will start at 12:30 on 6-3-12 for Rebels puppies.

Please Check out our Litter News page

Millstone's  Tribute To Tradition  "Origami or Ori for short"

The true loved shared by a boy and his dog. Haven owned by the Smith Family.

This is Haven loved and owned by the Smith Family, celabrating his 2nd Birthday.

You can  see how much she loves this puppy, the compassion shows on her face. Picture taken by Jessica Smith, picture taken 10-11

There is nothing more precious in this world then the innocence's of a child and a puppy. Picture taken by Jessica Smith 10-11

Jack, (Pez x Earl) Loved by a wonderful family here in Michigan

Bailey, (Envy x Sobe) 5 mos old he is so proud of his feather.

"Sammy"  at 4 mos old   Caddy x Onyx litter.

 Zoey (Puzzles x Earl) owned by the Baker family in California

 Haven, owned and loved by the Smith family in Michigan  (Zeppy x Stryker)

 This is Sawyer owned and loved by the Lewis family in Michigan (Caddy x Lover)

This is Daisy who lives here in Michigan with DuFort family (Zeppy x Chizel)

This is Brinkley (Puzzles x Cooper) after a busy day of re-landscaping (5 months old)

This is Jasper, he is a Puzzles x Cooper puppy, who lives in MI with the Poorman Family

This is Ms. Penny Lane who lives with the Gariepy Family in MI

This is again Ms. Penny Lane who lives with the Gariepy family in MI

Drew, Owned and Loved by the O'Connell family in Commerce Twp, Mi

Maverick owned and loved by the Mayer family in Michigan.

This is Lucy owned and loved by the Frick family in Germany

Madison (Sterling x Cooper)

Callee (Sporty x Earl)

This is Stormy a Zeppy x Stryker puppy born 11-09

This is Stormy owned and loved Son of the Jurecki Family in Grosse Ille, MI born 11-4-09 Zeppy x Stryker

Callee all grown up, what a beautiful girl she is, and so proud to have her picture taken. Proud daughter of Karla Hurst, Ohio

Callee in snow, picture taken 12-09 how she has grown over the year. Proud daugher of Karla Hurst in Ohio.

Ryder Born on 11-4-09 who lives in Ft. Gratiot, Mi with the McGregor Family

Picture below of Scout taken 8-09, Scout lives at Millstones Goldens
 

We want to begin by thanking you for visiting our website, and hope we may answer any questions you have about us. We are a small hobby farm breeding AKC Golden Retrievers. We also cherish one Great Dane - our Zoe. All of our dogs are family members who participate in many of our daily activities. We currently exhibit our dogs in AKC/CKC/UKC/IABCA. We take care to select only the best dogs for our breeding lines and also for exhibition. Currently we have 3 daughters, two of them teenagers, And one in her 20's and two grandsons Our Five year old grandson actually has shown our dogs in Junior Showmanship in UKC . All the children share in the care and the love of the dogs, in one way or another.

My name is Dawn and I am the principal caretaker of the animals.  My husband Daniel is very supportive of our ventures even if it means a 7 hour road trip with 2 children and a few dogs . He has always been supportive of our efforts. Both of my younger daughters Krysta (18) and Lexi (16) train and handle our dogs. You will see them in many of our pictures. They both are wonderful kids. 

                      My 18 year career as a Vet Tech has prepared me for all aspects of animal care - including emergency situations. I am  also currently involved in a grooming salon in Oxford, Michigan.

                       If you would like to come and meet  us and our dogs we'd be glad to have you visit our country home.

                       We would like to take this opportunity to stress the importance of selecting a breeder and knowing what they stand for. All our breeding stock is Registered with AKC, UKC and IABCA they are OFA'd - hips, hearts, shoulders, patellas, elbows, LCP and their eyes are cerf'd. We offer an unconditional two year Heart and Eye guarantee of all our breeding, and life time support.

                       You might question whether  a breeder is active in exhibition or doing some type of performance event with their dogs. Always ask whether references are available upon request .                         

                               We look forward to meeting you and hope that we will be able to provide you with a healthy, loving companion and family member.

                              As you scan through our website we ask that you do not judge us by the amount of dogs we have listed, as we are very proud with what we have produced, and several of the dogs listed we co-own with families, that have allowed us the opportunity to continue producing the superior quality of dogs that we do. 

                             With any quality breeding program we have to continue to improve upon what we do, and that is what we do here at Millstones Golden.  Over the years our look has changed we feel for the better. I like to think of myself as a head hunter (meaning, I love a very large head on my dogs) I also love a nice back end on a dog.  We have also found that if you produce a dog with wonderful structure then everything just falls into place. 

                            Like all breeders we have made mistakes along the way and learned by them, we feel as we continue our program and grow our program it can only get better and stronger. A lot of times I have people ask us if we have every had HD or OCD and the proper answer is yes, all breeders have, but we have learned by that and we corrected it and now we have even better dogs with stronger lines. 

                           A good dog breeder is one that knows there dogs pedigree and what it brings to each breeding. You can take two of the nicest looking dogs and breed them and get the worst off spring by them, that is why it is so important to know your breeder and what they believe, what they know and bring to that dog or breeding.    

Millstones Golden does not promote, nor do we support, any type of doodle.

We breed to better the breed in what it was originally meant to do.

What We Do

We try to show our dogs at least once per month. Please watch this website for updates and where we will be for our next show. We also spend a lot of time training our dogs. We currently only show in Conformation and have been  frequently training our dogs for Agility. Our first and foremost priority is Conformation. We would like to begin  dock jumping with our dogs but we find that while our dogs do love to jump into lakes and ponds, in dock jumping they must jump into a clear body of water. This has presented a bigger problem them expected. We now have a in ground pool at our house and have been working with a couple of the dogs with jumping into clear bodies of water so we may continue with striving towards dock jumping titles with a few of our dogs. We believe dogs need to have a job in life and as long as you keep them active they will not become over weight or lazy. They need to feel included in all aspects of family life.

When you purchase a dog from us you get a new family member with 100% support. We will always be there to answer questions or make recommendations.

With each of our breedings we donate puppies to service organization that utilize Golden Retrievers in their programs. We support Leader Dog for the Blind in Rochester, Michigan, Paradise dog training and Service Dogs Fenton, Michigan and also Assistance Dogs of America, in Swanton, Ohio. Several of these organizations use the prisons to help train the animals preparing them  for a life of service . If you have any questions please feel free to e-mail them to us.

Kenya who went to Renton, Washington to be a service companion.

Micah is a puppy in training that we donated to Leader dog in Rochester, Michigan.

Murphy  Is a puppy that is being trained by Paradise Dog Training and Service Dogs, in Milford, Michigan.

This picture portrays three generations of Service dogs, Sonny in the back red golden now retired, Ryver the big light colored, currently working as a service dog, and Murphy who is in training to be the next generation of service dogs.

Call Us Today!

I can be reached via my cell phone at (586)918-4864  or via e-mail at wungdawn@hotmail.com or dawn@millstonesgolden.com

Please contact us anytime! We look forward to hearing from you.

If you have an opportunity , please come and watch us compete over the next couple of months.We would love to see you and then you would have an opportunity to meet all of our prospective parents. 

*****Millstones Golden Puppy Reunion and picnic****** 

This year's Reunion is Sunday, August 26th, 2012. Mark your calendar early.