Dogs Colorado

Stephanie Reyes · 5★ · 2025-11-19

After losing my senior dog, I became interested in golden retrievers after seeing my friend’s golden with her baby. He was such a good dog, and she told me she got it at Colorado’s Finest Kennels and Ranch. I decided to get my first golden, Loki, from Colorado’s Finest Kennels, and he is my soul dog! Just perfect in every way! 🥹 So a few years later, I went back to Colorado Finest Kennels and got my second golden pup, Maui. Both of my goldens are the best pups ever! They have great, loving personalities and are SO good with my small kids! We just adore them! And Debbie was so great to work with, and I will always recommend Colorado’s Finest Kennels to others! Here are some pics of Loki and Maui. 🐶🐶❤️

Lyndsey Luquette · 4★ · 2024-08-02

I got my puppy, Charlie from a family that bought him from Colorado’s Finest and had to rehome him 3 weeks after, for personal reasons. My little Charlie Grey is the most handsome, precious, gentle guy 🥹 he’s my whole world. I have to make myself stop from reaching out to get another one so he can have a sibling. One day. He’s so beautiful and docile and such a gift to me. I would definitely recommend these pups!

Alyssa Perez · 5★ · 2025-08-29

Updating my review for the third time August 2025:\n\nWe adopted four goldens from Mark and Deb. Echo (Judge x Chassy) in March 2014, Mango (Hank x Adeline) in October 2020, Kiwi (Diesel x Honey) in April 2024, and most recently Navia (Max x Pearl) in August 2025. Each and every one of our girls have vastly different personalities but have amazing temperaments and are the absolute best companion dogs to have.\n\nMy sweet, incredible, near-perfect soul dog Echo passed in October of 2024 and I waited for ten months for her to send me another puppy when I was ready. Though I've lived with Mango and Kiwi, I moved out last year and those two pups are technically my parents' dogs, so I had no dog of my own after Echo passed away. I let Deb and Mark know when I was ready to adopt again and we scheduled a relative date as to when puppies would be ready. When a litter of five females came along, I made the appointment, hoping Echo would guide me to the puppy she meant for me to have. Navy came right to me as the first puppy and I knew she was the one when I started bawling as soon as I picked her up.\n\nDespite undergoing a surgery the same week, Mark was up and at it taking care of the adults and bringing us puppies and he and Deb are always great and personable to talk to as we go through the adoption process, which doesn't take as long after you've been around the block a time or two. Already, Navy is picking up on things that her big sisters and my boyfriend's dog are teaching her, but some things she naturally knew like fetch (as any golden retriever would know), and following us everywhere we go. She's an amazingly calm and gentle puppy, even if she is a little mischievous and curious as all puppies are.\n\nThis is absolutely the place to go for your golden retriever adoption (as well as for labs, goldadors, goldendoodles, and a few smaller breeds as well, I believe.) These are lifelong companions and every single dog has stunning looks and wonderful temperaments. Thank you, as always, Deb and Mark.\n\nOriginal post Nov 2020: Debbie and Mark are busy breeders with multiple breeds and litters to care for but The Ranch is tidy, clean, and has a spectacular view. You can tell by the pups' attitudes that they are happy, healthy, and descended from other amazing dogs. I've read a couple reviews from potential buyers who complain about not being able to communicate with Mark and Debbie but keep in mind this is a breeder that has to care for dozens of animals a day while also communicating with various people with interest in buying pups. Multiple litters are born every month or so and Debbie and Mark devote all their time into making sure those puppies are well cared for on top of providing for the adult dogs so a little delay in responses is to be expected if anyone happens to have some trouble getting a hold of them. After all, they aren't hovering over their phones and computers at all times waiting for the next buyer and their location can have dodgy reception, as they do live on a ranch.\n\nWe're incredibly lucky and have nothing but the highest praise to give Mark and Debbie for providing us with our wonderful girls.

Alison VanZonneveld · 1★ · 2025-10-23

I very much debated writing this review. My aim is not to discredit, but to make other families aware. This is a truthful review and story of our experience.\n\nWhen we adopted our Goldador puppy, we were so in love and so appreciative of this breeder not having exorbitant prices. They made our little family of three, including our four year old, complete, so and I initially sang their praises to friends and family. Only 11 months after adopting our puppy, he passed away. He had just turned one the month before. We did not have a necropsy performed, but our vet agreed with us that his death was the tell-tale signs of an Exercise Induced Collapse (EIC) - the position of his body (not curled up in pain) and the nature of his passing (a burst of excitement and full out sprint), and no other signs of struggle or discomfort. I wish now we had had the necropsy performed to be certain. So, yes, this is conjecture, but as stated, our dog was found laying as if he just collapsed. We checked him for other signs of damage, kick marks or injuries, snake bite, etc. While rare, Goldadors CAN receive the gene if passed down and CAN die from it.\n\nUpon notifying the breeder to ask them to inform other pet parents of the same litter so they might have their dogs tested for this genetic condition, the breeders were remorseful but did not give our claim any credence, citing their opinion that our dog died of a neurological or cardiovascular disorder. Also hard to believe because he had just had his one-year vet appointment and left with a clean bill of health. It is important to note that EIC is considered a neuromuscular hereditary disease, and most dog that suffer from it are excitable, energetic, muscular, athletic and in good health. Our puppy was all of those things.\n\nWe had no idea about EIC or other genetic conditions present and typically tested for by breeders. When we asked if the breeders perform any genetic testing, the answer was “no.” Again, I’m not trying to discredit them for not performing genetic testing (we had no idea it could be important - in fact me one year ago would have scoffed at the prospect of performing genetic testing on a dog intended to be a house pet). After our experience, I would recommend it be done by everyone, especially those looking to adopt a Labrador or Goldador for sport. Upon further reading, unfortunately, we’re not the only family who adopted from this breeder and had a dog suffer a similar death.\n\nNow, a year ago, if we received these genetic results and we saw that there was a chance, what would we have done? Honestly, I don’t. We were completely ignorant of this condition or what could happen until a month ago.\n\nFor reference, we’ve reached out to several other Labrador breeders in Colorado, all of whom freely sent us all genetic screening and certifications of the dames and sires. Going forward, I could only recommend to my friends and family members to adopt a bred puppy, especially a Labrador or any breed crossed with a Lab, from a breeder who offers genetic testing on their dames and sires.\n\nI’m not saying don’t purchase a puppy from this breeder, but do so with eyes wide open. We made a commitment to welcome a puppy into our home after six years without a dog, and less than one year later were left with empty arms and broken hearts.

Dakota Boonstra · 5★ · 2021-08-02

We got our goldendoodle from this breeder and he is the light of our lives. He has the best temper, is so smart, and everywhere we go with him people tell us how beautiful he is. His trainer said he is one of the most beautiful doodles she’s ever seen. He is healthy and happy and we could not be happier with him :) I also love that they don’t charge an arm and a leg for doodles like a lot of breeders in the area do. Thank you for our wonderful boy! ❤️