Early Saturday morning we took a drive out to pick up our 6 week old Golden Retriever. At this point, we didn’t know which Golden Retriever Wayne had picked out for us. The family had expressed a preference for the female Golden Retriever with the “pink” collar.
We arrived at breeders around 10A in the morning. Wayne met us at the kennel and explained that he had two choices for us: pink and teal green. Both dogs were female and going to be a balance between a couch potato and a high energy sporting dog. From our previous visits we fell in love with pink. Christine and I remember a similar decision point for Bisco; we settled for the coach potato in Bisco’s case. Fortunately, closed on pink, soon to be Rosebud, before another couple came who also wanted pink. Dad had to explain to the other couple that pink had already been spoken for. The woman was visibly crushed. Good thing we came early.
Now a little background on Rosebud’s parents. She was born on February 12, 2012. Bacardi was her father and Sera was her mom. Sera was born on August 6, 2009. Her AKC registration number is SR58424402. Sera’s father was Chuckanut’s Captain. Captain’s dad was Andy who won Best in Breed for the Sporting Group at Westminster dog show in 2006.
