Available Golden Retriever Puppies

Below are our available Golden Retriever puppies and upcoming litters. Our information is updated as adoptions and reservations are made. At times, we will have litters with prior reservations for our Supporting Partners, who will be training their puppies for service and therapy work. Each puppy in our program is raised using The Imprint™, a specialized imprinting and puppy enrichment program. 

Quality Golden Retriever puppies from reputable programs have health tested and genetically-screened breeding adults. These sires and dams have health clearances and strong pedigrees with established, proven lines. For more information, please Contact Us. We are located in northeast Iowa, near Minnesota and Wisconsin.

​Raised in our home-like environment, affectionately called, "The Puppy Barn", our puppies are nurtured by both their mamas and by us.  Moving in and living with our babies for the first weeks of life, we think of the Puppy Barn as our home-away-from-home.  By three weeks of age, puppies and moms enjoy the addition of an xpen in the living room space. Puppies have access to the turf outdoors as well as to the training room, beginning at five weeks of age.  By six weeks, we are adding sessions in the backyard and beyond.  Group and individual sessions with the puppies are part of what you can expect from The Imprint, seeking a relationship-based focus from the very start.

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Coming in 2024!  The concrete is poured, and rafters are waiting. We are expanding The Puppybarn to have more room to work, continuing to provide for puppy needs in all developmental stages. We're also adding a new bedroom (no more pull-out sofa) and new kitchen for the humans, some storage space, and some additional resting areas for our Golden mamas when they need a puppy-free break. So, stay tuned!

The Puppy Barn

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Upcoming Litters

Reservations are now OPEN for our Spring/Summer 2024 season!  
Update 11/26/2023

Truly Special of Clear Passion x Snitker Expansion By Henry
Bella is in season, and will be bred in December.  February puppies anticipated, with go-home dates of late April/early May.

AVAILABLE for Reservation:
2 Females
2 Males

Snitker Expansion Charlotte x Ramchaine Zeppelin

​AVAILABLE for Reservation:
Female Reservations FULL
1 Male

Golden Romance Mercedes x Ramchaine Zeppelin
Mercy is in season, and will be bred in December.  February puppies anticipated, with go-home dates of late April/early May.
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AVAILABLE for Reservation:
4 Females
3 Males

For more information on our upcoming litters, please contact us. ​

Please fill out our Puppy Application to get started and get on our Reservation List.

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​Trained Golden Retriever Puppies and Young Adults

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Our Gold Select training program is available for families adopting Snitker Golden puppies. As part of their training, Gold Select Puppies earn their AKC S.T.A.R. Puppy distinction and Gold Select Young Adults earn their Canine Good Citizenship title, and their AKC Urban Canine Good Citizenship title.

Each season, a limited number of spaces are available for adopting families. Snitker Goldens may also reserve one or two pups showing an aptitude for therapy work, who will then be taken through this program.

Please visit our Gold Select page for more information.

reserve a Gold Select

Snitker Goldens is my number one choice of breeders of Golden Retrievers.  This family-run small business has the right complement of skills, ethics, and temperament to breed and raise Goldens that will stand out in a crowd - whether as the family pet or a valuable service dog for a disabled individual/veteran.  Snitker Goldens has created the ideal environment in their breeding facility that is rich in stimulus for the newly-born puppies through seven/eight weeks of age.  Rhonda and her team know how and when to introduce the puppies to new experiences and environments while providing lots of tender loving care and ensuring the puppies and their mothers are fit and healthy.  Snitker Goldens’ puppies receive a solid foundation for growth into solid, beautiful Goldens.”  
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 — Karen D. Jeffries, Founder and President Emeritus of Veterans Moving Forward - a nonprofit organization that provides service dogs to veterans with physical and mental health challenges

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