Category Archives: Birth to Home

Growing Up at Wisteria Ranch — 6 Weeks of Life (Series)

Around 6 week is when the most fun begins with our English Cream Golden Retriever Puppies!
The puppies require much more attention at this age and interaction with not only us, but with other environments, textures, and sounds.  We begin with introducing the puppies to grass, dirt, tile floors, wood, and concrete.
Going on short walks in [...]

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Growing Up at Wisteria Ranch — 4 to 6 Weeks of Life (Series)

At 4 weeks our English Cream Golden puppies are moving more freely.  They are interacting and playing with each other more.  This is the time that we are changing their area, so that they are getting used to going potty away from their sleeping area.  We have a puppy area that has a doggie door [...]

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Growing Up at Wisteria Ranch — 2nd & 3rd Week of Life (Series)

Towards the end of the second week our English Cream Golden puppies’ eyes are beginning to open.  This is a gradual process and usually takes about 24 hours to completely open.  By the end of the second week usually all the puppies eyes in the litter are open.  Even though their eyes are open they [...]

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Growing Up At Wisteria Ranch – 1 Week of Life (Series)

The first week of life is usually a pretty quiet week.  The first few days the moms rarely leaves her puppies, usually only to relieve herself or to eat and drink.   The main activity of the puppies is nursing and sleeping.
Occasionally we lose a puppy during birth, but also during this first week.  Sometimes, a [...]

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Growing Up at Wisteria Ranch – Being Born (Series)

No matter how many times we have babies here at Wisteria Ranch it is a special time. Whether it is one of our calves being born or one of our English Cream Goldens having a litter — it is always a miracle of birth.
We have been raising Goldens for years, our oldest Goldens being [...]

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