​Happy holidays, Rhonda!

Just wanted to say how incredibly pleased we are with our sweet Sugar.  She’s so mild, gentle, loving, and cuddly.  She’s also stunningly beautiful!  She loves sitting on laps and being caressed.  She’s also very curious and LOVES to meet new people on walks.  Everyone comments on how calm and sweet she is.  We absolutely ADORE her!  What a gift she is to us!  Our hope is to one day add a retired mom from Snitkers to our family.  Maybe in 3 years or so.  I’ve attached a few cute pictures (amongst the 100s of cute pictures) of Sugar and the kids.

- The Chettier Family

Hi Rhonda!

Thank you so much for the message! Bella is doing WONDERFULLY! She is adjusting well to life in our home, and I think it's safe to say, she likes us! :-) She bonded with us almost immediately, which has been great as she encounters all these new surroundings, people, places, etc., I feel like she knows she can trust us, and that's a great feeling!  She has blended in so quickly with our daily routines! 

We are beyond happy with her! We can tell that we have become "her people" as she greets us with tail wags and smiles!  Funny story... Victor bought this big, beautiful, comfy dog bed that is laying in the living room, and Bella could not be any less interested in laying on it! So Victor lays on it, and Bella lays next to him on the floor and they snuggle and watch TV!  She is a wonderful girl, and that credit goes to YOU!!! Thank you so much, Rhonda! She is such a blessing, and we appreciate all the work you do with your dogs and pups!  

​I bet many of you have been wondering how Mr. BART is doing since retirement and adoption to our home.  He has sired so many of your beautiful and gentle goldens over the years at  Snitker, and we are over the moon in love with him.  Adopting Bart into the family has been phenomenal.  He has a new golden brother named, Finn, who is four.  Bart is intelligent, well mannered and follows directions that we give him. He loves his new comfy bed since he doesn’t couch surf.  Can’t say that he won’t in the future but Rhonda had him very well trained!   He has all the toys that come monthly from Chewy.com. And has a few favorites that he thoroughly loves to naw on for enjoyment.  BART loves to people watch from his new window that is right at his level and loves to lay out on the porch to relax.  BART deserved a wonderful retirement home and truly found his new person and family.  We are blessed to know that Rhonda and Todd have chosen us to have him grace our forever home in his retirement.  My parents have two goldens that Bart has sired, and we see so many of his phenomenal traits in them.  Choosing a beautiful, snuggly fluff ball of a golden from Snitker is definitely a no brainer!  They are phenomenal dogs with fantastic dispositions and are fortunate to have Bart and our two young pups he sired.    - Bart's Family

​Copper and my Grandson Beau enjoyed the 4th in the pool!
We love him so much!
Take Care 
Jeff 
Ps yes, as you can see he is still a lap dog! 

​Brand new official Canine Good Citizen! Lucy was a favorite in class and such a natural, with her calm and sweet demeanor.

I have been to many obedience classes in my life. Being in class with Lucy is a true joy and privilege. She is the dog in class that all of the other owners wish their dogs acted like. I constantly get asked, "where did you get her?"

Next step: Therapy Dog Certification
I am signed up for their orientation session mid June.

​We were very blessed to welcome Charlotte into our home this past February. Her gentle, patient nature made her acclimation to her new home so seamless. 

Charlotte immediately become part of our family. Delighting in both playing alongside her (annoying) little sister Esther, as well as solo time with mom, Charlotte exhibits excellence in trust, patience and adoration in everything she does. We love our daily walks (and talks), and we survey the garden out back each morning together. She patiently observes squirrels, rabbits and neighbors out doing yard work, happy to stay by my side as a constant companion. We take opportunities to socialize on patio dinners, and with children on the nearby playground each day (her favorite I think, but she doesn’t discriminate). 

The inherent adoration and love we feel from Charlotte is unmatched. To think that we were chosen as her forever family, now the recipients of this pure joy, is incredible! We’re in basic obedience now (checking that box) before moving on to therapy dog work, for which she was absolutely born to do. She is a lover! As we started classes, I wish I could take credit for a fraction of the disposition and manners so firmly in place (as I watched the other class participants go through that familiar obedience struggle - we had none lol); the truth is we cannot. She came to us as perfection! We’ve had so many conversations with folks about how we came to acquire Charlotte - not many know that retired breeding mom adoption is an option! But the response is always the same - besides jealously, it’s  adoration and excitement! This includes our vet :) to have met Charlotte is to love her and she will bring her sunshine to so many in her therapy work!

Thank you thank you thank you for the gift of Charlotte, the light in our lives. She is: Sheer joy and perfection. We love her more each day!

With thanks and more appreciation than we could express,

Jena and Patrick Stebly

​Hi Rhonda!


As we are coming up on a year and a half with our best boy, Otto, I was reflecting on what makes him different than all of the other goldens out there, and thought you might enjoy my thoughts. 

He is SO people oriented. He will choose interaction with people as a reward over any treat, any time. He especially loves little kids, he will immediately sit then lay at their feet and be immobile (except for that ever wagging tail!) and wait for them to interact with him. 

He is in tune with our family’s emotions. If a kiddo is crying or upset, you better be ready for this big dude to lay directly on top of you to make you feel better. It works 100% of the time. 

He very rarely barks, even if other dogs are barking at him. The one exception seems to be when I pause something on the TV, he gets very afraid of the humans in the glass box  Must protect mom!

He loves adventures. He thrives on being out and about and generally enjoying life with our family. Hardware store, sporting goods, even shopping for clothes, he’s down for it. He’s also an absolute saint in the car, even a 10 hour journey to the mountains!

He’s passed 3 of his 4 classes needed to become a therapy dog. He will take the final one this fall and then be tested. We can’t wait to be able to take him into schools to volunteer. 

A Snitker Golden is unlike any other dog out there, and we’re so grateful to you and your program for the gift that he is to us.       - The Lang Family