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Curly Goldadores and Curly Goldens

We have created a new retriever mix ideal for the modern family. With the friendly nature of golden retrievers​,​ the strong build and relaxed temperament of Labradors combined with the high intelligence​,​ dexterity and Gun Dog focus of the Murray River retriever. The result is an easy to train retriever that never needs professional grooming (although we do acclimatize the pups to the process) and sheds half as much as a standard golden retriever or Labrador. These dogs aren’t hypo-allergenic like some Oodle mixes​,​ however unlike some oodles our dogs have no digestive issues or food intolerance’s and don’t require more then basic grooming once a month. Our Curly Goldadores have more Labrador in them (father’s are Labs) so you end up with a low shedding Lab that has the intelligence and dexterity of a Murray and the friendly nature of a Golden retriever.

Our Curly Goldens are mostly golden retriever (golden fathers) so you end up with a longer coated dog with the more classic golden retriever look but again it is single coated so low shedding and is calmer and easier to train then a purebred golden retriever, these dogs are friendly but don’t get as over enthusiastic as a lot of Goldens do which makes them more suitable for homes with small children and they perform better in their assistance dog training.

These dogs range in size from 24-35kgs, with coat including black, cream, golden, red/gold and chocolate. They retain enough of the Labrador’s naturally high food motivation to make initial training with clicker and treats easy but are raised with food security and so will walk away from food if they aren’t hungry thus minimizing the likelihood of obesity related illnesses.

These dogs share the Murray’s love of learning and working with people which allows treat based training to be phased out easily in exchange for positive attention (pats “good boy/girl) and the joy of getting to work with their owner. We even use their own kibble as “training treats” and like most natural work dogs they are much happier eating the food when they feel like they have earned it

Grass seeds-the Bane of most medium to long haired dog’s existences. Now these dogs aren’t immune to grass seeds however the thickness of their skin and the swirling patterns that occur naturally in their coats makes it very hard for grass seeds to penetrate. Ears and paws still need to be checked for grass seeds but the underside of this breed’s paws are significantly less prone to being penetrated by the grass seed heads (unlike purebred golden retrievers, Labradors or spaniels) which is where a lot of the damage is done. We still advise checking all the way up your dogs paws to the knuckle for grass seeds but we get all our puppies used to this handling when young so apart from the occasional lick to the face they all handle this procedure very calmly.