About Catcombe |
||||||||
|
||||||||
|
|
||||||||
|
||||||||
|
||||||||
Our front entrance in glorious spring and also in the depths of winter |
||||||||
Catcombe Dual Purpose |
||||||||
In over 40 years of involvement with Golden Retrievers, we have established two main breeding lines – a ‘working’ strain and a ‘show’ strain, both very successful in their own spheres. All our dogs, whatever their breeding, are given the opportunity
to work in the field, using their instincts and natural ability to
do the job of work that has been bred into them for generations -
retrieving! |
||||||||
 |
||||||||
David and Wendy ‘picking-up’ with 9 of the dogs at Linkenholt Estate in Berkshire |
||||||||
Carefree, Conifer, Cloud, Canny,
Credit, Copper, Cymbal, Chancey |
||||||||
Dogs in action |
||||||||
|
||||||||
Our aim, as breeders, is to breed Golden Retrievers that are both beautiful to look at and a joy to live with. Temperament has always been our number one priority. We want our puppies to be a loved and loving member of a family, and to be utterly reliable and trustworthy.
|
||||||||
|
||||||||
We also believe passionately in the dual purpose Golden Retriever. So we have tried, over the years, to select stud dogs for our girls
that have been successful in the Show ring and been worked by their
owners in the field, thereby preserving intelligence, biddability
and natural working aptitude in their puppies. |
||||||||
 |
||||||||
In our working-strain dogs we have bred exclusively from dogs which have shown exceptional ability both in the shooting field and in Field Trials. – our pedigrees include many Field Trial Champions and Field Trial winners. The considerations here in breeding are slightly different where more emphasis is placed on intelligence, speed, style and good nose-work. However, some of ours have even won well in the show ring too! |
||||||||
|
||||||||
|
||||||||
