Interested in one of our future litters?

We are now taking deposits for our December 2015 litter of puppies. $250 deposit will hold your puppy. Each puppy is $2000 including your deposit. We have 2 puppies already reserved, so reserve your puppy today!
Feel free to call or text me at 208-447-8225 for our next planned litter
You can also email me at micheleadaline@gmail.com.

~Thanks, Michele

Life at Taylormade

Things are a little quieter now that all Pinkerton's puppies are with their new families. I hope the families are all enjoying their new additions (to our puppy families, feel free to send me pictures and updates, we LOVE those) Things are still busy at Taylormade kennels with our new puppy Sullivan!

He will be our father dog down the road and he will be more of a toy sized 25lb mini Golden Retriever.

We absolutely adore him and he is such a good dog and taking to house rules and training very well.

Our dogs are enjoying the last days of summer. I love the fall and now time to focus on our next litter of puppies, canning and cleaning up the garden! 

Here is Piper our 38lb Golden Cocker Retriever

Piper and Sullivan

 Sullivan, Piper, and Pinkerton playing

Pinkerton running to me

 Pinkerton and Sullivan playing

School is Back in Session!

5 of our 6 children started school which means I bought A LOT of school supplies this year. We have a lot of learning that goes on at home, and I feel so blessed they have the opportunity for a formal education as well. Just down the street from our home we have wonderful trained professionals our teachers to help our family raise well rounded kids. 

Here is to a great 2015-16 school year!

Miniature Golden Retriever flies to her forever home...

I have been meaning to share these precious pictures one of our puppy families sent me when Summer (was Rarity) arrived at her home in Santa Barbara, CA.

Lauren said "Hey Michele Glad you liked the photos :) She is such a happy girl, we love her already. She has the sweetest personality. Great job!"

Thanks Lauren and I am always so overjoyed seeing our puppies go to wonderful families!

Waiting List being compiled

All of our puppies are SOLD! They are going to wonderful homes Congratulations to all our puppy families and Thank you for choosing Taylormade Kennels for your dream puppy.

If you would like to learn more about our Miniature Golden Retrievers click here

 To be on a waiting list please feel free to contact me by phone or text 208-447-8227

7 Weeks old!

Wow time has flown by and our sweet litter is now 7 weeks old! I absolutely love what quality dogs we have produced, this is a very rewarding experience to see the fruits of our hard work and careful research. I have been hearing from all of our puppy families they are anxiously awaiting the homecoming of their gorgeous new puppies!  

Spike Reserved for Jordan!!!

Our two boy puppies hugging, so CUTE! 

SOLD Spike (on the right) and SOLD Logan (on the left)

Tid bit of Info

 The Puppies are doing great, we have taught them the command "back" to teach them that they are not to burst through gates and doors. This is a very important, life saving command to teach. Too many accidents can happen when an unruly dog bursts out a gate or door. People or children can be knocked over or an escaped dog my get hit by a car. We work to never allow our dogs to cross a threshold without being invited. "Ok" is our command for you may cross. Our puppies are learning this as well! 

Rarity SOLD

 Rarity

Logan SOLD!

 Logan

Pixi SOLD!

Banana- SOLD!

 Logan and Banana playing with mama Pinkerton

Resting after a fun day of play

What a fun week at Taylormade Kennels! 

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After a fun and exciting day everyone retired to the crates for some rest and relaxation!

Life's Abundance Dog and Puppy food

I have been fascinated with dogs since I was a small child. I have spent years studying about them. I am STILL studying them and I learn amazing things everyday. One thing I have learned is that nutrition is really important! I put all of my puppies on Life's Abundance Small/Medium Puppy food!

 1. Life's Abundance Dog Food:

 I chose this as my number #1 because first and foremost we have to feed our dogs, right? This is a great top notch food ;-)  It comes super fresh because they make small batches and I think that is why my dogs love it so much. Plus, it has quality ingredients and no fillers like corn, wheat, wheat gluten, and artificial colors, that's always good. This food has never had a recall, whew! I watched the news about a recall that rat poison in the food had killed people's beloved dogs and I thought that, since I love to cook, I would lovingly make raw dog food along with my family meals... well that didn't last very long because there just weren't enough hours in the day! I still love to make all my dog treats but I leave the cooking of dog food to Life's Abundance now.
I have tried several different dog foods and have had some good ones and bad ones,
Foods I don't recommend (these are from my experiences and this is my opinion)

•  I love Rachel Ray... but her dog food gave my dog the worst smelling skin condition and I didn't realize it was the food until after paying tons of money on vet bills and special skin treatments! Plus the amount of dog poop was outrageous!
• Kirkland Puppy food seemed like the perfect price for a high quality food except for causing an overload of dog mushy poop, cow pies I tell you! I have a serious issue when I am hauling out the same amount of the foulest smelling dog poop as food I purchased. I didn't even realize the food was the problem until I switched to Kirkland Adult food (which is a great food BTW) When our dog had her puppies the vet recommended we put her back on puppy food, so naturally I put her back on Kirkland and the pooping was INSANE again! Our poor dog even started having accidents in the house if we were gone too long because the food went right through her.
• We tried Kirkland Natures Domain and all our puppies and mama dog got diarrhea I tried to make the transition slowly because changing a dogs diet too quickly can cause sever upset to the dogs gut and trigger coccidia in puppies. I read reviews on Natures Domain and others reported similar issues, I have had two friends tell me their dogs are fine on it, but I avoid it after what we went through.

Those listed above were the 3 worst foods from my experience. I have tried Iams, Puppy Chow, dog Chow, Kibbles and Bits, Purina One and nothing really to report except the ingredient lists are worrisome for a dog's health and since I am breeding quality dogs and health is a big concern, I decided to go with Life's Abundance. I also like Blue Buffalo, Taste of the Wild, and Grandma Z's (locally made food here in Idaho)
I like a good deal, so with Life's Abundance I know it's made fresh so I buy a few months worth in bulk so I can save on the set $8,85 shipping. This food costs (including tax and shipping) me about $1.40 per day for my big Golden Retriever and .98 cents per day for my mini Golden.
All our puppies are fed Life's Abundance Small/Medium Puppy food, our mama's are on Life's Abundance All Life Stages. If you would like to order go to lifesabundance.com/Taylormade. If you live close to me would like to go in on the $8.85 shipping with me I usually need to make an order so let me know, we can split shipping!