Category Archives: Wisteria Ranch

A Bit About Wisteria Ranch

I receive many questions about Wisteria Ranch each day.  “Where is it located? We are in Parks, AR.  We have 15 acres, which is almost completely fenced.
 
Many families ask “how are your dogs raised?”  We do have a kennel building that is climate controlled for our adults, with huge fenced areas surrounding the building. 
 
We [...]

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Wisteria Goldens – What’s Happening Lately?

Hi Everyone,
 
We have been busy taking care of puppies! 
 
Families are picking up their puppies from Libby and Hope this week.  We will be shipping puppies to their new families on Friday.
 
As always we have enjoyed the puppies while they were here!  We love being Foster parents to them while they are growing, and preparing [...]

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Puppies and Ex-Pens

We utilize ex-pens a lot when raising puppies.  They are “play pens” that are a protected area to put the puppy in when you are not available to watch them.  We attach one end of the ex-pen to a wire crate, which creates an area for play and sleep. 

We purchase them at www.dog.com.  We [...]

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What Are You Feeding Your Pet?

I am often asked “What should I feed my puppy?  What do you recommend?”  I have always researched the dog food and looked at the first few ingredients, as I was told that these were the most important and meat should always be the first one.  The guaranteed analysis was the next important criteria.  We [...]

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Wisteria Goldens – Vega’s Pups at 1 Week

Puppy Update:
 
Well, tomorrow is 1 week, but wanted to get an update to you:
 
All the puppies are growing and doing well.  They all are growing consistently and steadily with no one falling behind or “taking” off in size.
 
We changed their ribbons this morning to allow more growing room!  They are only nursing and sleeping at [...]

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First Pictures of Puppies!

Here are the first pictures of Vega and her puppies!  They are all doing well!
 
 

Vega and her Puppies — Proud Mom!

 

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Vega — Puppies Almost Here

Vega is growing bigger every day.  She is walking slower, sleeping more, but doing very well!  We are setting up her whelping box in the laundry room and getting her place prepared.
This is Vega’s favorite place in my office right now — in her favorite position.  I have a bed for her, but the plain [...]

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Welcome to Wisteria Goldens

Hi Everyone and Welcome to Wisteria Ranch — where we specialize in raising English Creme Golden Retrievers. 
I currently have a newsletter that I try and get published once a month!  (some months work out better than others)  When we have a litter I thought the blog would be easier to stay connected to families and let them [...]

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