Pricing information and basic details

All Puppies come with the following:

 

  • Limited AKC  registration (no breeding rights)
  • NEOPAR Parvo vaccine at 4.5 and 6 weeks old for additional protection.
  • First puppy vaccination at 8 weeks by licensed veterinarian
  • Given worming preventatives at 2, 4, 6, & 8 weeks old
  • 2 year life threatening genetic health guarantee
  • Fi Nano microchip with unlimited lifetime updates
  • AKC Litter certificate 
  • Parents DNA and genetic testing result (emailed pdf)
  • Puppy packages with a bandana or bowtie by Carolina's Cute n Creative, small container of current food, toys, homemade treats, & take-home puppy care packet.
  • Keepsake puppy birth certificate with puppies newborn paw prints.
  • Lifetime breeder support

 

Golden Retrievers

AKC Registered
AKC Golden Retriever $1,000

 

Labrador Retrievers

AKC Registered
Silver, Charcoal, Champange $850

 

We provide all of our dogs DNA certificate, genetic testing results, and pedigrees for our buyers to view. This information can be found under our "CCnC dams & sires" tab.

 

We highly recommend getting on the waiting list early to have less people in front of you for puppies. 

 

We now offer  $50 off to wait-listers that join the waiting list early and are on for the litter they've chosen to join BEFORE the litter is born!

 

We ask that you be patient and keep in mind we may only have one or two litters a year! Waiting times may be 6 months to a year or even longer if there are several people ahead of you on the waiting list and depending on your position on the list. This wait time also includes if our momma's don't take, loss of puppies, or if there were not enough puppies to fulfill all wait-listers. Rest assured you will move up the waiting list as others claim their puppies and there will be a puppy available for you in time. 

 

WE RESERVE THE RIGHT TO DENY SALES AND SERVICES TO ANYONE FOR ANY REASON WE DEEM NECESSARY!

 

🖇️ Please note our waiting lists are generic waiting lists at this time! What that means is we have ONE waiting list for Golden Retrievers and ONE waiting list for Labrador Retrievers. You are placed on one of our waiting lists for the breed and gender you're requesting but NOT for a specific litter or pairing. You are ALWAYS WELCOME to choose to wait on the list until the litter or pairing you're wanting has puppies provided your waiting list spot is high enough up the list and allows that when they arrive. This is why we recommend getting on the waiting list early so you have more flexibility and puppies to pick from as litters arrive. 

 

🖇️ Please be aware we are a small breeding program and do not have several litters on the ground at a time. For this reason the waiting time may be 6 months to a year. 

 

🌟We do try to focus on QUALITY and not QUANTITY. We offer in depth various testing with our puppies so our pups are more prepared for everyday life and our families have an opportunity to choose the right puppy for them, not just basing their selections on color, as well we start crate and potty training with each puppy prior to them going home. If we had several litters at one time those extremely valuable benefits wouldn't be an option. If you've ever noticed several other highly rated, well known breeders also do this. That is why good breeders going the extra mile end up with longer waiting lists, sometimes years out because we are providing excellent quality puppies with in depth testing and training. As the saying goes "good things come to those who wait" 

 

🔆We strive to be responsible and ethical, it is why we are doing our best to find our little puppies families and have them ready and waiting for their arrivals before they've made their exciting entrance! 😃 

 

We do require an application be submitted and approved for our puppies to be reserved or to be placed on the waiting list. Please find the tab that says "application". Please also visit our waiting list tab of you're looking to be placed on our waiting list for more information.

What goes into our pricing?

We know pricing is always a big consideration when purchasing a new puppy.

I'd like to start off saying there is no such thing as a good quality, cheap puppy; whether a Golden Retriever, Labrador Retriever, or any other breed!

I ask you please read the following information to allow me to educate you on the price of a well bred and cared for quality pure bred Golden Retriever or Labrador Retriever.

What science, research, knowledge, and experience has taught us in breeding is that what you save today will more than likely cost you greatly tomorrow and that is true for breeders and buyers! We sincerely hope you will consider that and even do your own fact checking here. I am a BIG research type of person as I feel Knowledge is power and where other innocent lives are concerned I feel it's never more important than with breeding to know the facts. And the facts back up the above statement.

Now, does having a good quality puppy with parents that have all of the good health certifications guarantee a perfectly healthy puppy that will live out his or her whole life problem free? No, they just make the odds that they will much greater! The fact of the matter is health problems in dogs aren't always genetic and sometimes if they are it can happen at random if all of the proper testing was done to prevent it. However, health conditions can greatly be attributed to environmental factors too. No matter how hard we try there are things our dogs are exposed to in their environment such as but not limited to their food, household chemicals, etc. that pose risks to them just the same as they do us. Not always is a health condition a genetic factor, especially if coming from  good breeder that did all of the health testing to try and prevent it from happening. But if you're buying a puppy that has been poorly bred by an unethical breeder cutting corners and not doing health testing and ensuring their dogs are coming from good, healthy lines (cheap puppy) your odds of an unhealthy dog with future health conditions are much much higher with both genetic and environmental factors stacked against them.  

The hard, sad facts about cheap puppies...

Have you ever found a puppy that you may have paid less for from one breeder who you may or may not have realized is cutting corners and may or may not be an ethical breeder but you may have chosen to turn a blind eye and take a chance because the puppy cost less from the going rate of other ethical, well known breeders of the same breed in your area and ended up deeply regretting it?

Sometimes there are even backyard breeders posing as an ethical and responsible breeders and you just don't know what to look for but looking back on it now, did you remember them ever doing any sort of testing on the puppy you purchased parents, especially genetic testing?

I want to share the power of knowledge with you to help you protect yourself as best as you can from falling victim to these types of breeders, regardless whether you buy a puppy from us or another ethical good quality breeder.

It's not uncommon, especially these days to see breeders saying things like "our dogs are healthy" or "our puppies come with a one or two year health guarantee" but still there was zero testing of the puppy's line you're considering buying from them. They may even have tons of 5 star reviews from tons and tons of buyers who bought one of their many many puppies as they produce tons of litters a year, often times having two, three, or more litters on the ground regularly at once, but yet you still notice the red flags of an unethical breeder because you armed yourself with the knowledge of what a good breeder should be doing for your puppy. Lets see all of this for what it really is, a sales pitch. These breeders aren't breeding for the health of the puppies they're producing or with your pocket and heart in mind. They're breeding for their own selfish profitable gain.

What is even scarier is some of the unethical backyard breeders today are even asking the prices of ethical breeders with quality puppies because they're able to fool their buyers into thinking they're breeding right by offering a health guarantee or stating their dogs are healthy and/or health tested but supplying their puppies families with NO PROOF. Bottom line is at least basic knowledge is power for buyers too! Whether you buy one of our puppies or another from a different breeder I hope us sharing this information with you is helpful in helping you spot and identify the breeders you should or should not consider and realize a cheap puppy may be cheap now but a few years down the road your odds of spending thousands and thousands of dollars more on the "cheap" puppy you bought in the beginning from the unethical breeder is highly likely, as well as your heart will break for your dog as they've at that point become your best friend and a part of your family.

 

Things to know/ watch out for when searching for a new puppy:

 

  • No application process or questions from the breeder on the type of home and care you plan to provide one of their puppies. All good, ethical, responsible breeders I've worked with have asked us questions on the type of home we plan to provide a puppy from them or had an application with these questions on them so they knew they were finding a good and safe home capable of caring for one of their puppies to the best of their ability before allowing us to reserve a puppy from them. If a breeder doesn't care where their puppies are going they're not going to ask you any questions and that is a red flag, you should strongly consider not getting a puppy from that breeder. If they don't care where their pups are going and if they'll be properly cared for then why would they care about making sure their breeding healthy lines producing healthy puppies putting in the time, money, and effort to do such? A responsible and ethical breeder who pours their heart and soul into their dogs and who genuinely cares for their health and well-being is going to want to ensure their puppies are going to good, loving, caring homes that can properly provide for them. A good breeder knows they must advocate for their puppies and do all they can to ensure they're safe and well cared for when they leave their care. If a breeder is willing to just take your deposit or hand you one of their puppies without asking you any questions about the home you can provide them, that is a sign they may not care about their puppies well-beings and are just in breeding to profit and are more than likely cutting corners and not breeding properly. Any good, reputable breeder knows there is little to no money to be made breeding if it's done right as quality testing, care, and breeding costs a great deal of money, we do this for the love of our breeds. 
  • Bad communication. Any reputable breeder that cares about their puppies and puppies families is going to communicate well with you, answer all of your questions, ask you questions, show you proof of puppies parents testing, and offer you information in some form about their breeding program rather verbally and/or through their website. You should feel welcomed to ask all of your questions and get proper answers from the breeder and proof of documentation/certifications where applicable. Good communication and relationship with your breeder is important! You're entering a life long relationship with this breeder for the duration of your puppy's life with any questions, concerns, or recommendations that you may have now or at any point during your puppy's lifetime. If a breeder is being short/vague, not cooperative, temperamental, evasive, etc. with you that is not a breeder you want to consider getting a puppy from.
  • Dirty/unethical housing of puppies and/or dogs. If you're scrolling through a breeders socials or they send you photos of their puppies and/or puppies parents in small dirty kennels, on the open ground in an unsafe or unclean area, around trash like clutter, in outside enclosures such as sheds, pens, or dog houses that appear to be their full time living space this is a big red flag you've stumbled upon a backyard breeder! Now this is not to be confused with a breeder having some well kept pen/kennels for their dogs as we all have multiple dogs if we have a breeding program and even if we love them with all of our hearts, spoil and love them just a much as any other dog family would, giving them tons of freedom outside and inside the house; we do have to have a way to keep unwanted breeding and young puppies safe and sometimes some dogs don't get along with one another and we have to rotate our dogs for this reason. But you will not see signs of these pens/kennels being one dogs or a specific group of dogs permanent home. You will also not see these environments kept in dirty, cluttered, junk filled areas. This includes seeing puppies on shed or pen floors in an unsanitary/rundown area. It is usually easy to spot a proper holding location and a not proper holding location by the appearance of the area. If you're unsure look around at several well known breeders holding locations and compare them. Keep in mind a well known breeder does not mean they're an ethical or good breeder hence to why I mentioned looking at "several" for a good idea to what you're looking for. We ourselves show our dogs off a lot and it's easy to see how well they're cared for but not a lot of breeders choose to show off their parent dogs too and that's okay, but be vigilant to other indications a breeder is properly taking care of and housing their breeding dogs and puppies. 
  • Not kennel club registered. Any puppy you're considering buying should be registered through a kennel club (no registration papers) an ethical breeder is going to have their dogs and puppies they produce registered through a reputable kennel club. If a breeder is not providing you with a registered puppy through a reputable kennel club it is recommended you consider not getting a puppy from them. Keep in mind kennel clubs such as CKC are not as reputable as many others such as AKC as they do allow mixed breed dogs and photo submission to prove a dog is purebred based only off appearance. Unless you are buying a puppy you know is a mixed breed such as some sort of the designer breed like the doodles where only select kennel clubs will register those designer breeds. However, if the puppy you're wanting is a purebred the puppy should be registered with a registry that does not allow mixed breed dogs or submission of photos of dogs to consider them purebred through their kennel club such as CKC PAWS program. Yes, you read that correctly CKC will register a dog as a purebred based off of photos alone, despite if the dog is actually purebred or not, no DNA test is required to receive purebred registration through them. AKC does not allow this and has much stricter registering guidelines in their kennel club. If a dog is found to be a mixed breed with AKC they will revoke their registration. If you decide to get a puppy that is CKC registered please ensure a DNA test has been done on both of the puppy's parents to ensure they're both 100% the breed they're registered as. 
  • Will not show you the puppies parents. A reputable breeder will at the very least allow you to see the puppies parents through video conferencing. Preferably in person, however, especially in breeding many parent dogs are not socialized due to breeders wanting to keep their breeding facility as clean and free of illnesses or parasites as possible for the puppies and will not take their dogs out in public locations to socialize them for this reason. Due to that some adult dogs (puppies parents) can be fearful towards unfamiliar people and some breeds even aggressive (though not Labradors or Golden Retrievers usually). One way or another you should be allowed to see the puppies parents real time. If a breeder refuses to allow you to see the puppies parents real time that is an indication you should not consider a puppy from that breeder.
  • No written health guarantee. Any reputable breeder is going to have some sort of written guarantee. The conditions will vary from one breeder to the next on what the health guarantee will cover, but a puppy should come with at least a 1 year health guarantee of some sort in the event the puppy you buy becomes unwell with a condition that the breeder covers you can either get a refund or another puppy depending on the breeders health guarantee conditions. 
  • DNA testing information through a reputable company showing the puppies parents are 100% the breed they're supposed to be. You'd think with a puppy being registered a puppy would be pure bred, however, that's not always the case as we've learned along the way with our own research and vetting breeders we worked with. We have come across AKC breeders claiming their puppies are "purebred" because one parent has a high percentage of the breed their registered as. No, AKC does not allow this, these breeders just have not been reported to their kennel club as selling mixed breed dogs yet because no one checked their dogs DNA testing and reported them. But at some point along the line of breeders a breeder had the wrong dog that bred with their bitch and registered the puppies under the wrong sires registration and instead of being honest they sold them as purebred and no one ever checked their DNA for purity or vetted these breeders to ensure they were ethical. But it is important to know this can happen with AKC too, it's rare, but can happen and you should ensure the puppy you're looking to buy is purebred through proof of DNA testing beforehand. A mix is a mix! It doesn't matter if the dog in question is 99% one breed and 1% another breed no matter what that breeder may claim. These results tell you a lot about that breeder and their dogs health, they ARE AN UNETHICAL BACKYARD BREEDER, and are not honest by trying to sell mixed breed dogs as purebred. This is an indication you should not consider any puppy from that breeder.
  • Genetically tested parents - BOTH parents should be genetically tested, not just the sire (father) of the puppies. BOTH parents should be CLEAR of genetic health conditions or CARRIERS/NOTABLE of no like health conditions. If you see one of the parents is AFFECTED by a genetic health condition you should not consider any puppy from that breeder. If you notice both the dam (mother) and sire (father) are carriers or notable (Which mean the same thing depending on the health testing company they went with.) for the SAME CONDITION then that means some of the puppies WILL BE AFFECTED by those genetic health conditions and you should never consider a puppy from that breeder. Lastly the breeder should be able to SHOW YOU physical proof of the testing with their information and the puppies parents information on it, whether they send it to you or you're able to see it on their website (Which most ethical, quality breeders will post this information on their websites.) Please note if a parent is a carrier/notable for a genetic condition that does not mean they have the condition, it means they carry it but do not have it, and furthermore the puppies will not have those genetic conditions either as long as the other parent isn't a carrier or notable for the same genetic conditions as the other parent, but some of their puppies will also be carriers for those same conditions. Which won't matter to companion homes that won't be bred. 
  • OFA testing. OFA (Orthopedic Foundation for Animals) Should be done as well to detect hip and elbow dysplasia for Labradors and the same for Golden Retrievers with the addition of heart. The minimum health testing would be breed related genetic testing, moderate testing would be full genetic panel testing, and more extensive testing would include both of those plus OFA testing for their breed related conditions as Labradors and Golden Retrievers are prone to hip and elbow dysplasia and Goldens additionally heart related conditions. CCnC does have plans to offer OFA testing for our dogs in the future, but at this time we do not have OFA testing done yet but do have moderate testing done with both breed related and additional genetic testing done which is the most important. We are a newer breeding program and do have plans to get our dogs OFA certified in the future as well. However, we have made sure to buy dogs from reputable, ethical breeders whose dogs we did vet and many have had our puppies parents OFA certified and are clear of these conditions.