About Us

Who Are We?

My husband, Jerry, and I, love and dearly enjoy the Golden Retriever breed. We currently own three Golden Retrievers, "Mowgli", "Maisy" and our new addition, "Mari". We love these dogs because of their stability, loyalty, beauty, and their ability to think. I believe that these dogs are among the best of any dog breed or any pet that a family can possibly own. We are people who know and love these animals.

Natural Rearing & Breeding

Currently, I am going to school for my degree as a "Doctor of Veterinary Naturopathy". That is a big title for an "Animal Naturopath"! It doesn't mean a veterinarian. What I am in training to do, is to learn and educate people about how to care for their pets, naturally! This means to feed your pets a species appropriate diet: raw meat and bones for our carnivore dogs, cats and ferrets; minimal vaccines (Rabies is the only vaccine required by law), no chemicals or pesticides, no flea or tick medication, and plenty of fresh water, sunshine, exercise and tons of love!!!

All of our dogs live inside our home with us. Our puppies are also raised inside our home. Our pups have been touched and handled from the very day of their birth, and every day since. They have had oodles of visitors, and have been played with by children and adults alike. They are accustomed, and well adjusted to all of the usual home noises; i.e. television, clanking dishes, radio, vacuum cleaner, lawn mower, passing cars, people walking by, etc. They have grown up with these sounds and have learned not to be afraid of them. These sounds are a part of their home life already, which makes our puppies wonderful house pets from the very moment you bring your puppy into your own home. They have even been introduced to the beginnings of potty training and always prefer to potty away from where they eat and sleep and/or outside when they are big enough!

We also hold our Christian faith as believers in Christ, and we believe in God's glorious creation of all things. We believe that the best way to raise a puppy is to give it the love, care and respect that it deserves. We will always be available to our puppy owners for the life of the puppy (we have 'Puppy Parties' too) and we would be glad to help with any questions you may have about raising your dog naturally. We also guarantee that we will take back your puppy, at any point, if you are no longer able to care for it... we want to insure that you dog will always have home. These pups are little blessings, from the Lord God above, and we care for these puppies exactly in that way.... as a part of God's amazing creation and a part of our family.

My Background... Unleashed! (My Bio)

"My past animal experience is fairly extensive and includes some wonderful and unusual opportunities. For five summers, I worked at the Menominee Park Zoo, in Oshkosh, Wisconsin, where I did a variety of jobs; mostly feeding and caring for animals from everything from geese to exotics. I have bottle fed and handled tiger cubs, a lion cub, two bear cubs, cougar cubs, fawns, and countless young and/or abandoned wild small animals. I worked with training Ring-Tailed Lemurs for several years and for two years I performed elementary school educational programs in the Oshkosh Area School District for the Oshkosh Zoological Society with my special animal classroom guest stars varying from a Ring-Tailed Lemur to Pot Bellied Pigs and ferrets. I developed and provided a spoken presentation program for children, discussing the importance of animals in zoos and shared our guest animals, directly with the children in the classroom.

I also have a wide range of experience in working with hoofed stock of many types, both through the Zoo, and personally. In 1990, I trained a Miniature Donkey to drive and pull a cart. He was the Zoo mascot that year and the hit of the Independence Day Parade as he walked willingly and calmly down the streets of downtown Oshkosh for the crowd. I also worked with halter training many llamas, goats, and even a Zebra foal, for public presentation within the Zoo grounds. Additionally, I have some elementary falconry skills as I also worked with our resident rehab Great Horned Owl, "Frank", introducing him on jesses and presenting him to the public at the Zoo, as well.

I was also employed at a veterinary clinic, as a vet assistant, in Milwaukee, WI, for a few months before we moved back to the Oshkosh area. The vet I worked for has since retired. I also volunteered during that time for the Milwaukee “ARC” (Animal Rehabilitation Center) where we would rehab injured urban wild animals to be released back into the outlying areas Milwaukee County, (now a part of the Milwaukee Humane Society). I also worked in retail at “PetLand” in Mayfair Mall as the Aquatics Department Manager for several months... I learned a lot about aquarium fish and still, to this day, I have a 60 gallon aquarium with African Cichlids! I love fish!

Additionally, I have owned, trained and shown horses for many years. I worked, for three years, with Arabian horses at a barn as groom and assistant trainer for a gal in the area who shows her horses on the Arabian Horse Show Circuit, all across the country. Owning two Quarter Horses of my own, in the past, I am well familiar with, and have ridden both Western and English riding styles, as well as Dressage and Jumping, at an amateur level. Once a horse lover... always a horse lover!!

Over the last 20 years, I have owned two breeding pairs of Golden Retrievers. With our current pair, my husband and I specialize in raising our puppies within our home and socialize them fully so that they are very ready and able to go into their new homes, and become a new family member at eight weeks of age... never before. We love our pups and follow up with all of our puppy owners… we even have a “Puppy Party & Family Reunion” each year for our previous litters, where everyone, dogs and owners, get together for an “Ice Cream Social” for two wild hours of "doggie fun" in our fenced in backyard! Most importantly, I guarantee that if ever a family can not keep their dog, for any reason, that they contact me and I will provide a home for their dog until other arrangements can be made. I deeply care about the future of these dogs and I never want to hear of one ending up in a shelter.

With my current pair, I have had three very successful litters of ten puppies each, and have found wonderful homes for them all, way before eight weeks of age. I have even had a waiting list each year for pups for our next litter. We are looking forward to qualifying for the Natural Rearing Breeders Association in the months soon to come!

Lastly, on a bit of a different note, for the last ten years, I have worked in the office at our church as a Computer Graphic Artist, designing brochures, signs, bulletins and any needed ministry print materials. Even though this type of work was drastically different from my initial focus, in the animal field, I enjoyed it tremendously! However, I have never left my first love, caring for animals, and I am returning to the animal care field, now professionally.

With this in mind, in the Fall of 2009, my husband and I, became certified as 'Computer Electro-Dermal Stress Analysis Technicians'. This technique uses a "bionetics" approach with a computerized testing system that can measure a body's energy balance. With the use of a hand-held stylus or probe, we are able to measure the body's electromagnetic energy through the acupuncture points and meridians on the hand and foot, and measure any imbalances through the computer software. It's completely non-invasive and painless! We plan to utilize this method to help many animals in the quest for disease prevention and natural animal health.

Additionally, I am currently enrolled in Kingdom College of Natural Health in the School of Natural Animal Health to become a Doctor of Veterinary Naturopathy (VND). My education will take at least two more years, but in the midst of the required courses, I am learning all that I can, from many different sources, about natural animal care!

I am very much looking forward to pursuing my career in animal care, with the emphasis on the natural health care aspect of animals... furry, feathered, hoofed and fins alike!!"

~ Ellen L. Welk ~ Updated 5/2010

Additionally

We know that you may have some questions about some of the things we do for our pups, but everything we do, does have a purpose... and it is for the best interest of our puppies and for their future fur-ever families!!

We hope and pray, that you will find the perfect puppy for your family, and that he or she will become your best four-legged friend ever.