About this episode

Shelby Eckford discusses her experience as a dog breeder and the importance of health clearances for Golden Retrievers.

Shelby Eckford is the owner of Westbrook Goldens. Westbrook Golden Retrievers is a small home based hobby breeder located on 5 rolling acres in beautiful Langley British Columbia. Their dogs and puppies are raised in their home along side their family. All of the dogs used in their breeding program have their appropriate health clearances, and have obtained their CKC and/or AKC championships. They strive to produce dogs that are exceptional family members but can also excel in other venues s...

People in this episode

Host: Melissa Major

Guest: Shelby Eckford

Topics covered

• dog breeding
• Golden Retrievers
• family pets
• health clearances
• hobby breeding

Keywords

• dog breeding
• Golden Retrievers
• family pets
• health clearances
• hobby breeder

Mentioned in this episode

Organizations: Westbrook Goldens

Places: Langley British Columbia

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