Breeder dogs and their puppies are the foundation of our organization. Year of experience has brought us to the conclusion that without breeding our own lines, we will have difficulty providing a top quality Service Dog.
We carefully select and breed Labrador Retrievers, Golden Retrievers and the cross of the two after an intensive evaluation process. Each puppy is checked for temperament, trainability, health, physical attributes, littermate trends and the production history of the dam and sire.
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We have had the privilege of working with Dr. Kent Bruner from Canine Assistance in Milton, Georgia to help develop our program. His expert advice and the opportunity to share in breeding of some of our dogs have helped us on the right path to breeding exceptional lines.
By having the puppies born at our facility we are able to begin our puppy training as young as 3 and ½ weeks of age. This early puppy training gives our puppies a head start in their working careers.
Our puppies stay with us at our facility, rather than being placed in puppy raisers home. We feel continuing intense training and socialization throughout their development allows them to be placed earlier so they have a longer working life.
Retrieving Independence has a very nice facility in the country near Linden, TN. Very clean, very nice people helped me. They really care about you.