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 see our Adoption Fee page or fill out our Puppy Application. We are located in northeast Iowa, near Minnesota and Wisconsin.

COVID-19 UPDATE: During this time, we will not be entertaining any visitors outside of our regular trainers/handlers. Our facilities have always been bio-secure, so while this does not affect our abilities to continue our work with your puppies, we will adjust pick-ups to protect our adopting families and those around us. 

Puppies Available for Adoption
​Spring/Summer 2020

Puppies have arrived!
Our first-time mothers over achieved and we have additional females outside of our regular reservations and a limited number of male puppies available for adoption.

How To Adopt Our Golden Retriever Puppies

Our current spring/summer litters will be ready to go home in May-June 2020. Please fill out our Puppy Application to start the process and we'll get back to you with litter recommendations that fit what you are looking for. We will continue to keep this page current as adoptions are available outside of the standard reservations made prior to birth. 

Are there MALE Puppies Available for Adoption: YES - limited number. I'd like to fill out an Application.
Are there FEMALE Puppies Available for Adoption: YES! I'd like to fill out an Application.

These may change as litters are born and puppies are placed, so please keep checking back with us if there are no availabilities or inquire about our Fall/Winter 2020 season to place a reservation. 

​Trained Golden Retriever Puppies and Young Adults

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.

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