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Welcome to Silent Creek Goldens
Our Goal for our Puppies:
Our Goal for our Puppies:
At Silent Creek Goldens, we believe a Golden Retriever isn't just a puppy; it's a lifelong companion and part of your family from day one.
Raised with care. Selected with purpose. Delivered with support.
We operate with one goal: to produce healthy, well-adjusted Golden Retrievers that thrive in homes and hearts alike.
Why Choose Us?
Family-First Setting
Our dogs live in our home. They learn real-life routines, not kennel life.
This living ensures each puppy enters your home socially ready and confident.
Health & Integrity at Every Step
We conduct comprehensive health testing on parents and back litters, backed by a 27-month guarantee.
No corners cut. Your future companion deserves nothing less.
Purposeful Matching
Whether you're looking for a family pet, a hunting partner, a therapy partner, or a combination, we will pair you with a perfectly matched Certified AKC Golden Retriever puppy."
We sit down with you, listen to your lifestyle, and help pick the puppy whose temperament aligns with your goals.
Elevated Standards, Proven Pedigree
Our dogs come from titled lines, and we engage in training beyond the basics—field work, early neurological stimulation, and the Volhard's
Puppy Aptitude Test.
You get more than a puppy—you get a partner.
Lifelong Support
From day one through every stage — we're available. Questions, training tips, milestone check-ins. A relationship, not just a sale.
Why Choose Us? You're invited to explore our site, where you can view our current dogs, upcoming litters, learn about our health and socialization protocols, and begin the application process. Want to talk now? Send us a message—we'll schedule a time to chat about your goals, answer your questions, and walk you toward the right puppy. Join us. Let's find the Golden who doesn't just fit your home—but completes it
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Tests that we do to inform you about your forever friend
Scent Test
At Silent Creek Goldens, our commitment is to raise healthy, well-balanced Golden Retrievers that embody the best of the breed. Our program focuses on three key pillars: genetic health, sound temperament, and correct conformation. Each pairing is chosen with care and intention, ensuring every puppy carries both the heart and quality this breed is known for. We take pride in every step of the process and are dedicated to placing our puppies in homes where they’ll thrive as cherished family companions.
Early Neurological Stimulation
We believe every puppy deserves the best possible start in life. From day three to day sixteen, we incorporate Early Neurological Stimulation (ENS) into our daily routine. When done consistently and correctly, ENS has been shown to build stronger, more resilient dogs—both physically and mentally. Puppies exposed to ENS often show greater stress tolerance, improved cardiovascular health, stronger heartbeats and adrenal function, and enhanced resistance to disease. It’s a simple, intentional process that lays the foundation for confident, well-balanced Goldens.
Volhard Canine Personality Profile
Our goal is simple: we want every puppy placed in a home where its temperament, energy, and personality truly belong. Matching families with the right puppy isn’t just part of the process—it’s our priority.
Each litter is temperament-tested at 6 to 7 weeks using the Volhard Puppy Aptitude Test, along with daily observation of behavior and development. We use those insights, together with your application and lifestyle details, to ensure every pup is matched to the environment where it will thrive.
We’re committed to breeding healthy, well-balanced Golden Retrievers that meet the breed standard in both form and temperament. All our breeding dogs are fully health tested and cleared for genetic conditions, and we carefully pair sires and dams to bring forward the best traits in structure, temperament, and drive.
The Tests Consist of the Following:
1. Social Attraction - degree of social attraction to people, confidence or dependence.
2. Following - willingness to follow a person.
3. Restraint - degree of dominant or submissive tendency, and ease of handling in difficult situations.
4. Social Dominance - degree of acceptance of social dominance by a person.
5. Elevation - degree of accepting dominance while in a position of no control, such as at the veterinarian or groomer.
6. Retrieving - degree of willingness to do something for you. Together with Social Attraction and Following a key indicator for ease or difficulty in training.
7. Touch Sensitivity - degree of sensitivity to touch and a key indicator to the type of training equipment required.
8. Sound Sensitivity - degree of sensitivity to sound, such as loud noises or thunderstorms.
9. Sight Sensitivity - degree of response to a moving object, such as chasing bicycles, children or squirrels.
10 Stability - degree of startle response to a strange object.
Wendy Volhard’s Puppy Aptitude Test © 1981, 2000, 2005
Assessing Prey Drive
We evaluate prey drive beginning around six weeks of age, using age-appropriate exercises designed to reveal a puppy’s natural curiosity, focus, and response to movement. During testing, we observe how each puppy reacts to visual and auditory stimuli such as a moving toy, a fluttering object, or a sound in motion. We’re not looking for aggression or intensity, but for confidence, engagement, and control — the balance that makes a well-rounded Golden Retriever. need to fill this in
Conclusion
At Silent Creek Goldens, we recognize that every puppy has its own natural instincts, energy, and drive. Understanding prey drive helps us place each puppy in the right environment. Whether that’s a calm family home, an active lifestyle, or a performance or field setting.
We do these test to help us identify puppies best suited for family companionship, active households, or future training in hunting, agility, or service work. Our goal is always the same: to understand each puppy deeply, and to ensure they are placed where their instincts and personality will shine.