Lionridge Kennels have been breeding Golden Retrievers for the past nine years and I pride myself on beautiful, well socialised, sound dogs.  We are a small farm based kennel in the Swellendam district and our three “blondes” are our house pets. 

Golden retrievers are a very cheerful dog that enjoy participating in many activities.  They live for their humans and if you don’t have enough time to spend with your Golden then don’t consider getting one.

 I believe that the first 8 weeks in a dogs’ life is the basis for its social structure for the rest of its’ life. This is why we socialise our puppies with children and other dogs from birth.  Our puppies are not in kennels and we start our house (potty) training from three weeks until they go to their new homes.

 Your puppy’s purchase price may be a smidgen  of what you will spend over its lifetime. Think ahead to 10 to 12 years of vets bills and the importance of choosing a puppy whose ancestors have been tested for hip-displasia.  I try to prevent this in my breeding and the best way to see if my breeding is healthy is to have X-rays taken before I breed and to keep in touch with the owners of our pups. I like to know about any illness that the dogs get so that we can check if it is genetic and if we can prevent it in future.

Our dogs are KUSA registered and will be de-wormed and inoculated .  The puppies are raised on Royal Canine large breed puppy.  I put a breed restriction on my puppies until you can prove that you can breed responsibly.

 Contact details: Elmarie Basson