Introduction
Thank you for visiting our website and for considering Mochavulin. Please find below more information about us, our breeding practices, the puppy process, as well as any updates on planned or upcoming litters.
We do not have puppies often, and we are no longer keeping a waiting list. We will announce any future or planned litters on the website- please check back often for updates and news. We do not breed for the "pet market" as we are preservation breeders and therefore our aim is always to improve on our current dogs and breeding lines. Once we have a litter planned, we will provide our Puppy Questionnaire for Prospective Owners. Update March 2024 - we are not planning any litters currently. ONLY KUSA REGISTERED
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Puppy Information
Please navigate through the tabs below for information regarding our puppy process, applying for a puppy, current and planned litters.
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Application for a Puppy
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Our Puppy Process
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Previous Litters
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Planned Litters
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In order to be considered for a puppy, please provide us with the following information:
- Please go through all the information provided on the website regarding our dogs, about Golden Retrievers to ascertain whether a Golden Retriever is suitable for your lifestyle. Take everything into consideration - from your current situation, possible future relocation, current family and future family plans, work situation as well as financial situation.
- Then please complete the puppy questionnaire that provides us information about your family, lifestyle, location, home and current situation in order for us to determine if a Golden Retriever will be a suitable addition to your family. Golden Retrievers are not the ideal dog for every family, and we provide information on the website regarding this.
- Please send us the questionnaire and we will be in touch, advising you of our current litters or future planned litters and if we can consider you as a prospective owner.
- Once you have been selected as a prospective puppy owner, we will keep you up to date on the progress of the pregnancy, litter and puppies. We will also provide regular updates on our Facebook page.
- We do not usually sell puppies to breeders - unless they have engaged with us beforehand. All our puppies are sold as non-breeding puppies with Breeding Restrictions. Please contact us for more information regarding our specific "breeding" contracts and requirements should we consider one of our puppies as a breeding option for another breeder.
Our Puppy Process
- We do want to ensure that all our puppies find their loving, forever homes and for that reason, we do ask all prospective puppy owners to complete a questionnaire. It gives us an indication of your family, your preferences, as well as your timing requirements for a puppy. We cannot guarantee that we will have a puppy available from one of our litters. We can never be certain how many puppies might or might not be available, up until they are born and then up to 4 weeks after birth, something could still happen to the puppies.
- Therefore, we do not take any booking deposits for puppies.
- As we do not breed regularly, we do take great care in selecting the most suitable families.
- We do not sell to breeders - because our breeding lines and dogs have taken many years to establish and we will only, upon consultation consider selling to other breeders - but this will come with strict guidelines and requirements, as well as a separate Breeding contract.
- Once we are able to confirm that we have a puppy available for you, we will provide all the information required regarding the sire (dad) and dam (mom) of the puppies, their health checks and you are welcome to ask us any questions that you might have - then you become part of our "Mochavulin Family".
- Allocating of puppies is based on a few things:
- Available puppies (whether male / female)
- Quality of the puppies (whether we are keeping for showing and/or future breeding purposes
- Preference on colour (cream vs dark golden
- And lastly, but most importantly, based on temperament assessments that we do when the puppies are 7 weeks old.
Previous Litters (December 2023 to February 2024)Maxx
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Maxx and Savannah babies - born 28 December 2023
Planned Litters 2024
None at Present
We feed Hills to our own dogs and recommend Hills to all our Puppy Owners. Our puppies are raised on Hills from birth to weaning and they get their Hills Welcome Pack together with the Puppy Pack. We also feed our females Hills Puppy from the time that we start planning a litter and return to the normal Adult food after the puppies has gone to their forever homes! We have proven that by feeding Hills, our puppies grow up strong, their health checks for Hip and Elbow displaysia is improved and the puppies "grow" a bit slower, allowing for their bones and growth plates to close accordingly to their age. We have found that by feeding Hills Puppy kibble and Hills Puppy tins, also prevent runny tummies once they start their weaning from mommy! We provide all our puppy owners with a large bag of Hills Puppy food to ensure that our puppies remain on Hills (to avoid any tummy upsets by changing over to a different diet in their new homes). We recommend that all new owners keep feeding their puppies on Hills - at the very minimum until they are 18 months old!