Carolina Point Retrievers Conway South Carolina

“Breeder of Champion Line, Purebred, Golden Retrievers”

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Welcome to Carolina Point Retrievers!

Here at Carolina Point Retrievers, our mission is to produce the healthiest and happiest puppies available. We focus on health, temperament, and socialization skills.

We employ pioneering techniques in breeding and raising our retrievers. Our goal is to produce, and in turn, deliver to you a puppy that is healthy, intelligent, service oriented, driven, and possessing the proper temperament to be a loved and valued addition to your family.

Our puppies’ personalities are measured, guided, and developed from the early age of just three days old.

One of the techniques we use for this is Early Neurological Stimulation (ENS). According to Dr. Carmen Battagltia, and researchers for the United States Military, there is a small window of a newborn puppies life that, if a specific regimen of stimulation exercises, are performed on the puppy, for a specific amount of time, the puppy will benefit in the following ways: Improved cardio vascular performance (heart rate), stronger heart beats, stronger adrenal glands, more tolerance to stress, and a greater resistance to disease. Please use this link to read additional information on ENS, https://breedingbetterdogs.com/article/early-neurological-stimulation.

Carolina Point Retrievers has committed to comprehensive puppy evaluations (developed by Jeanette Forrey) that assist us in making a complete match with you and your new puppy.

At Carolina Point Retrievers (CPR) our Belief is that the addition of a family member is one of the most important decisions you and your family can make.

We would love everyone to understand that our priorities are the breeding and raising of the healthiest, best tempered, hardest working, intelligent, and attractive retrievers available. Our breeding practices are guided by the proven, scientific methods that result in producing the strongest additions to your families, that we possibly can produce.

Please review our website, for all of the information related to the health clearances of our retrievers. Then check with the other breeders that you are considering, to see if they even conduct the numerous and expensive health certifications and screenings that we conduct, in an effort to ensure that we are providing you and your family with a lifelong addition to your family.

There are few things sadder than seeing a 3, 4, or 5, year retriever with painful hip, shoulder, or elbow ailments that are the result of genetic or congenital, and therefore foreseeable disorders. We are strong believers in “Selective Breeding Pressure” and do everything we can to ensure our breeding retrievers are well above the average of the known Golden Retriever population. This is why we only utilize retrievers of the highest quality, health clearances, and best disposition as parents for our, and ultimately, your retrievers.

By breeding only dogs having hips better than the breed average (or the breed median) the overall breed average will move toward better (tighter) hips from one generation to the next (see Figure). Clearly the more selection pressure applied (i.e., the tighter the parental DI's), the more rapid the genetic change.

The PennHIP report displays a dog’s hip laxity (DI) relative to the average hip laxity for the breed making it possible for the breeder to identify dogs whose DI will apply meaningful selection pressure. By applying at least moderate selection pressure, eventually the average of the population will shift with each generation toward tighter hips. This shift will have the effect to increasingly tighten the minimum standard for breeding. By following these time-tested principles of quantitative genetics, ultimately fewer dogs will be at risk for developing OA. Understandably, more rapid genetic change could be achieved by imposing greater selection pressure or by using the technique of estimating breeding value (EBV) which incorporates the hip laxity scores of dogs in the pedigree. These strategies are recommended for the aggressive breeder wishing to achieve the most rapid hip improvement.
(From Kapatkin AS, Mayhew PD, Smith GK: Genetic control of canine hip dysplasia. Compend Contin Educ Pract Vet 24:681, 2002.)

For this reason, we conduct the following medical screenings on all retrievers utilized in our breeding program:

Hip Certification
PennHip Examination Conducted Twice. Once before turning two, and once after turning two
years of age.

Elbow
OFA X-Ray and CT Scan

Heart
Cardiology and Echocardiogram

Thyroid
Examination Conducted Annually After 2 Years Old

Eyes - Clearance/ Certification
Ophthalmology Examination Annually

Embark
DNA Testing and Screening for Genetic Authenticity, and Careful Analysis of more than 200,000 Genetic Markers

Other Resources:

International Breed Standard

Golden Retriever Club of America Standard

★★★★★

"We love our new puppy and were very happy with the entire process! They really worked with us to help us choose the perfect puppy from the litter that best suited our family and lifestyle. It's a perfect match!"

- Heather M.

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"We purchased a beautiful new puppy this past year and couldn't be happier. They were very informative and really went above and beyond to explain everything and make us feel comfortable with the entire process. I swear we have the smartest dog in the world! Thank you for everything!"

- Jenna D.

★★★★★

"You can really tell that all of their dogs are loved and well cared for. We had a positive experience from start to finish – and I had a LOT of questions. I highly recommend this dog breeder to anyone in search of a new dog."

- Phil R.