Goldenwind Golden Retrievers consist of Ellen, Alan & Melissa Meyer and exhibiting and breeding Golden Retrievers is our family's hobby. The family that plays together stays together :-) We purchased our first Golden Retriever puppy in 1994 from a show breeder in Austin who was referred to us by the a volunteer of the DFWMGRC (Judy Word) when we contacted them through their puppy referral hotline. Imagine our surprise that even though this referral came through the local Golden Retriever club that the sire of our puppy was under age and did not have a final OFA hip clearance nor was he able to obtain one later!!! We were offered no education on health clearances back then and simply did not know enough to ask when we started looking for a Golden Retriever puppy. When we did a hip prelim on our puppy at about 10 months old, our vet stated that it was apparent that she was mildly dysplastic. Before we did Candi's hip prelim and had not yet known about the hip clearance issue with her sire, we were referred to David and Barbara Brown of Tempo Golden Retrievers to get a more competitive bitch puppy and were offered an invitation to join the DFWMGRC, Dallas-Ft. Worth Metro Golden Retriever Club and remained members of that club for twelve years.
"Keesha", CH Tempo's Joy To The
World, became our foundation for Goldenwind. We attended our first GRCA
National Specialty Show in 1995 with Keesha where she won both the Puppy Bitch 6-9
Sweepstakes Class and then went on to also win the Puppy Bitch 6-9 Regular
Class. Keesha then went behind her dam, BISS CH Rockhill Robin's Upbeat
Tempo SDHF OD (Robin) who then won the Brood Bitch Class. In 1996 we took
Keesha again to the GRCA National Specialty Show and she was awarded Reserve Winner's Bitch.
In 1997, we had purchased our second show puppy from Beth Johnson of Summit Golden Retrievers in Wisconsin, "Bullet", CH Summit Goldenwind High Caliber, SHDF. He finished his Championship at the tender age of 19 months old and then became our first Golden to earn the prestigious title of SDHF (Show Dog Hall Of Fame). Bullet was specifically purchased to contribute further to the quality of Golden Retrievers here at Goldenwind. We have been very successful through the incorporation of Bullet into our breeding program.
We bred our first litter in 1997 breeding "Keesha" to Beth Johnson's stud dog CH Summit's Crocodile Rock (Wisconsin) and from that litter we produced two Champions:
Am/Can CH Goldenwind Out Of This World RN (Leo) Leo's Pedigree
Am/Can CH Goldenwind World Series OD (Best In Specialty Show winner; Shea) Shea's Pedigree
Since then, through our stud dog and bitches we have gone on to produce AKC titled dogs in Conformation, Obedience, Field, Agilty and Rally and Golden Retriever Club Of America (GRCA) titles such as SDHF (Show Dog Hall Of Fame), OD (Outstanding Dam), and WC ('Working Certificate). In addition to that, we also have produced dogs titled with TDI (Therapy Dog International) and CGC (Canine Good Citizen). Again, we thank Beth Johnson of Summit Golden Retrievers for her help and encouragement over the years and also thank her for one of our newest editions to Goldenwind Golden Retrievers, "Pebbles", Gracious Glds Love On The Rocks. "Pebbles" is already CH pointed and has a Major Reserve, bred by Sue and Steve Lusa from Washington on the West Coast. Click here for: Pebbles - Pedigree
We also thank Jan Grasso, Stormy Point Golden Retrievers (Virginia on the East Coast) for our lovely girl "Scandal", Stormy Point Goldenwind Hot Gossip, "Scandal" has been in the ribbons in her puppy classes when entered and is now taking some time to grow up and we look forward to her being back in the ring again soon! Click here for: Scandal - Pedigree
Our daughter Melissa is currently handling professionally and we are so proud of her. She recently has been achieved Major wins in the Golden show ring with her client dogs (May/June/July 2008) including Winner's Dog at the very competitive Greater Houston Golden Retriever Club Specialty. Melissa also handles our girl "Pebbles" and was awarded Winners Bitch, Best of Winners for the CH point and a few weeks later went Reserve Winner's Bitch to a Major with her. Please visit Melissa's handling page: Melissa Meyer - Handling
For more information on reputable breeders please visit our Education and Health page:
An article authored by Ellen in the 1990's: -------------------------------------------------------------------------
What Is A Reputable Breeder:
A Reputable breeder is....
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