As we end the year, we reflect on the year soon to pass, and the year yet to come. We have had the most amazing families come to choose their puppies from us this year, and we have turned a corner in our best practices, ensuring our pups are always front and center of everything we do.

In January, we’ll do a 2025 year in review and look toward plans of the new year for 2026. But since our focus is puppies, and ensuring they have forever homes for the new year, we’ll dive into these guys below, and see if we can’t get them settled soon with their forever families.

Available Puppies NOW

People often ask if we have pups available, and while our aim is always to have homes for the pups before they’re born, it doesn’t always happen. Why? Well, because…life happens. As we round the curve into end of the year, and the beginning of next year, we want to introduce you to a few pups who are still looking for their forever homes.

• Top Right: Scrabbles born to Sadie x Clarence on September 22nd. Turned 14-weeks old on Monday, December 29th. Up-to-date on shots.Training: can yield to the leash. Enjoys going on walks with Arlene. Lays by Andrew’s feet when he’s working. Super chill pup.
• ​Top Left: Lark born to Lindsey x Marvin on October 16th. Will be 11 weeks old on Thursday, January 1st. In training – check out video
  below. Crate-trained, leash-trained, knows ‘watch me,’ ‘come’, ‘sit’, and ‘leave it.’
• Second Row: Kai (blue collar) – male puppy; Kali (yellow collar) – female puppy born October 31st to Kitkat x Clarence.
• Third Row: Karl (orange collar) – male puppy; Kenny (grey collar) – male puppy
• Bottom Row: Kim (purple collar) – female puppy

Join our waitlist for one of these pups or reach out to us directly at admin@goldencavaliers.com

Do You Have Pups Available?

We do!

​Tallie and Marvin’s boys, Trumpet and Treasure, will be looking for their forever homes as of November 24th. Trumpet, in the red collar, is smaller than his brother, Treasure. Trumpet is a curious, playful pup while his brother, Treasure (blue collar) is our gentle giant teddy bear. He’s a chunk of a treasure.

Other pups available through end of the year include some of KitKat’s boys, who are two weeks old as of this sending. There are four spaces available on KitKat’s list for a male puppy

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Join our waitlist for one of these pups or reach out to us directly at admin@goldencavaliers.com.

Lark in Training!

If you’re not familiar with our 4-week foundational training program, please check out the link below in the new to Golden Cavaliers links. If you’ve sent your pup through our training program, we’d love to hear from you, and appreciate all feedback.

Upcoming Litters – Spring Go Home Dates 2026

Golden Cavalier (50% Golden Retriever x 50% Cavalier King Charles Spaniel):

Foxy x Marvin had 7 puppies – 3 males and 4 females on 11.22.25 – First litter for Foxy. Last litter of 2025.​
Choose Your Puppy Day/Go Home Date – 1.24.2
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​First litters of 2026:

• Eden x Clarence Est. due ~1.25.26
  Choose Your Puppy Day/Go Home Date~3.28.26
• Marcy x Rufus Est. due ~1.29.26
  Choose Your Puppy Day/Go Home Date ~4.4.26
• April x Marvin Est. due ~ 2.19.26

Is there a waiting list?

Choose Your Puppy Day/Go Home Date ~4.17.26Yes! Since our main goal is to ensure that all puppies have forever homes to go to once they’re ready, we ask families toreserve a space to choose their puppy. This is done by completing an interview questionnaire, a buyer’s agreement, and placing a deposit (which ensures not only your spot on the reservation list, but the order in which puppies are chosen). So, when families ask us if we have available puppies, the answer will almost always be yes.

Let’s Talk Numbers or Why Isn’t Your Pricing Listed?

Though pricing can be found in the buyer’s agreement link, we’ve gone one step further and created a sell sheet to include our basic pricing for deposit, puppy, training, and delivery (transport services are 3rd party and set their own rates).

• Golden Cavalier puppy balance (after deposit) $3150
• 4-Week Foundational Training = $2325. For every additional week of training, add $581.25.
• Boarding only? Ask for pricing.
• Older Puppies – generally, 15 weeks or older – Ask for pricing.

What price can you put on puppy love, the love of a companion that loves you unconditionally? We wish we didn’t have to put a price at all, but we are a small, family run business, and though we’re growing, we are a family in the truest sense of the word. Actually, we are three families in Ohio, and the rest of our team is spread around the globe. We are a local and global family all at the same time.

All of our pups are socialized with children ranging in ages from 3 to 99. For more information about what you get for the price of your puppy, we invite you to read our blogs here and here about the values and benefits you receive when you choose your fur-ever friend.

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New to Golden Cavaliers?

Welcome! You can learn about our process here – https://goldencavaliers.com/how-to-choose-your-golden-cavalier-puppy
​Want to know what our training program includes? – https://goldencavaliers.com/product/4-week-puppy-training/
​Check out our Frequently Asked Questions (FAQs) – https://goldencavaliers.com/faq

 

Thank you for reading The Puppy Papers!

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Happy Holidays from all of us at Golden Cavaliers,
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Andrew (owner and breeder) and Arlene, and their family, David and Barbara (guardian breeder and trainer), and their family, Eddie and Barb (guardian breeder and trainer), and their family, Stephen Haynes (dogspecialist.com), Dr. Teresa Hoxworth (Danville Vet Clinic), Lisa (Families and Litter List Coordinator), Rachel Z (websitewizard.dev), and Jess, our Social Media Manager.