Category: HGT’s Puppies

The Breeding Process – Notably …the Relationship

I wanted to blog today about the process that is needed before we breed our magnificent dogs.

Many breeders, like me, spend months if not years researching a suitable sire for their dams. All the time that goes into finding the sire, really goes into a lasting friendship among breeders. Many

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The PUP’s Prey Drive

Prey Drive – Hunt & Chase
Labs and Goldens have this innate or inborn desire to hunt and chase – really any small animal that comes whizzing by. But it does not always have to have an embodied beating heart to intrigue a retriever and trigger that instinct– it can be

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GET IN THE GAME!

  

We are born to be competitive – at the kid’s soccer game, at the swim meet or at the basketball tournament, at the skating arena or at the Young Musician’s Festival! We all are there cheering, applauding, and filling up with those tears of complete bliss when our child is the

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How Best Friends STICK Together –The Human+Canine Bond…

Dogs have long been considered “man’s (and women’s) best friend,” and they have certainly earned that ribbon for “best friend ever”!  Our dogs are companions and with that friendship they truly help us relax, possibly even lower our blood pressure and notably keep us active.  They also allow us to

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Who said diamonds are a girl’s best friend?

I was going through some old pictures that we took here at HGT of our daughter and Mean’s daughter, Olive_U.  I just could not wait to find the appropriate time to show them – that is until now! Dogs will always be a girl’s best & devoted friend! The love

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