One of the most popular breeds of dog that routinely make a great pet is the Golden Retriever. They do demand regular grooming, daily exercise and a lot of socializing, but they will return love and companionship that is priceless. You'd expect a breed like this to be in high demand – and you'd be right. Unfortunately, this has lead to some Golden Retriever breeders breeding for quantity rather than quality. All puppies are cute, but in looking for Golden Retriever puppies for sale, you cannot buy the first one you see. A cute little puppy will grow up into a strong, energetic dog of about seventy pounds.

Don't even think about getting Golden Retriever puppies for sale from websites that sell many breeds of puppies almost every day of the year or from pet stores. The many puppy mills around the country, where dogs are raised like battery hens, supply both places. Puppies produced by puppy mills are often not one hundred percent pure bred, have bad health conditions due to being inbred and are most likely to be hyperactive.
The worst place you can go to find Golden Retriever puppies for sale is your local pet store. If you can help it, never even buy any Golden Retriever puppy supplies from any store unethical enough to sell puppies. All Golden Retriever puppies for sale at pet stores are from inhumane puppy mills – all of them. These puppy mills not only treat the adult breeding dogs very cruelly – often never taking them to see a vet in their short, miserable lives – but the puppies produced are usually sickly, mentally challenged troublemakers instead of good pets.

A good Golden Retriever breeder would never sell their puppies to a pet store because they would not be able to control what puppies would go to what home. A pet store never stops to check your references or cares if you've ever owned a dog before. They just want your money. They are usually not a very good source of Golden Retriever information when you inevitably have problems with your new puppy.
The best place you can go to findGolden Retriever puppies for sale is from an AKC licensed breeder. You can find them on the web, by going to dog shows, through classifieds in dog magazines or from personal recommendations by people you know with well-behaved Golden Retrievers. When looking online, ignore any site that has puppies 365 days of the year. That's a puppy mill (or puppy broker) in disguise as a breeder.

A Golden Retriever breeder knows the personalities of all of his or her puppies and knows how to best match a puppy to your home, lifestyle and level of Golden Retriever experience. Fortunately, there are far more breeders who love dogs and treat them well then there are evil breeders. Go to see the parents of your prospective puppy to see what kind of dogs they are – and what conditions they live in. Never buy a puppy you have never met.

Golden Retriever puppies should always be purchased from a registered breeder with references, or adopted from a rescue center. ProperGolden Retriever puppy care will ensure a long healthy life for your pet..