About Us

In early January 2018, we lost our 7 year old boy Wyatt (A American Golden Retriever) to Lymphoma. As a family that loves animals, we took this loss very hard. A couple of weeks after, we quickly realize that void needed to be filled. We had previously set up our home for our boy to run free and to be very comfortable. After looking everywhere for another American Golden, we found Oxford Golden Retrievers which luckily for us Bentley and Bella just had a litter of puppies.

After contacting Richard on the new litter, he sent us pictures of the females so we could then proceed to decide on choosing one since it was a twelve-hour drive from Northern Ontario to go see them. After discussion it with the family, we chose our new little girl Nova.

On March 24th/ 2018, we drove down to get her and with great expectation she was everything we thought she would be. Spending a little time with Richard, Bentley and Bella, we knew right away that Nova would be a great addition to our family.

In the following year with Nova, which she exceeded all expectations and more. We are very thankful of Oxford Golden Retrievers to have helped us in providing a beautiful, well mannered and loving baby girl. I would recommend Oxford Golden Retrievers to anyone that’s ready toadd a puppy as member of their family. We are very thankful to Richard and his family.

The Lepage Family, March 2019

After the sudden loss of our beloved Golden Retriever this past spring, we weren’t sure how long it would take for us to be ready to bring another dog into our lives. In the fall, we started casually looking at different breeders online so that when the time came, we would already have some in mind. Oxford Retrievers caught our interest right away. We loved the look of their dogs, especially the darker coat. We didn’t think we were ready yet, but when we saw some pictures on Facebook a few weeks later, we knew we had meet the puppies. 

The next day we made the 2+ hour drive to Woodstock and knew right away that we would be welcoming one of the puppies into our home. They were beautiful, happy pups and their parents, Bentley and Bailey, were very friendly and gentle. Choosing between the four pups was hard, but ultimately there was something about Sierra that captured our hearts.

We brought Sierra home on December 1st, 2018. She has already brought so much happiness into our home. Everyone that meets Sierra comments on how calm and sweet she is. She is also very smart. Potty training was a breeze and she has been doing well in her puppy classes!

Sierra is a very special girl and we are so glad that we listened to our gut and made the trip to Woodstock. We will definitely be getting another pup from Richard in the future!

We heard about Oxford Retrievers through my work as a vet tech as I had met a number of dogs from this breeder. They were all extremely friendly, well tempered dogs and not to mention, their colour was gorgeous! When my husband and I first discussed adding a Golden Retriever puppy to our family, I knew I wanted one from Oxford Retrievers. 

In early 2020, we reached out to Richard and Natasha and they let us know they would be expecting puppies in the late spring/early summer so we placed a deposit down. Once March 2020 came along and all the lockdowns with it, our search for our first house was put on hold and Richard and Natasha were extremely understanding of this and allowed us to postpone adding a puppy to the family until we had found a house. 

In September 2020, we decided to make a trip to Waterford to meet some of their adult dogs. We immediately fell in love with all of them, especially Bentley and one female in particular, Maddie. All the dogs looked to be in great health and were very friendly and approachable. We let Richard and Natasha know that we were still on the hunt for a house and again, they were so understanding of this during COVID and all the uncertainty surrounding it. 

When we finally found a house and moved in, almost a year and a half after putting our deposit down, we let Richard and Natasha know and they said we would be able to have a puppy from one of their summer litters. One of their pregnant females happened to be our favourite one, Maddie. We knew it was meant to be! On May 17th 2021, Maddie gave birth to 8 puppies and our boy Bodhi came home 8 weeks later. 

Bodhi is now 7 months old and every single day we can’t help but think how lucky we are to have him. He is the most calm, gentle, friendly and smartest dog we have ever met. He loves everyone he meets, human or dog. He is great with our two cats and he picks up any training almost instantly. We receive compliments constantly on how well behaved, calm and handsome he is, even from our trainers who spend their entire careers working with dogs. 

We would recommend Richard and Natasha at Oxford Retrievers to ANYONE looking to add a Golden Retriever to their family, they won’t regret it! 

In February 2018, our family welcomed its newest member, a beautiful male pup from Richard at Oxford Goldens. From the moment we brought Moose home, we considered ourselves so lucky to have been blessed with such a beautiful, sweet, well behaved boy with an incredibly amazing temperament.   A wonderful combination of his father Bentley and his mother Becky. Moose brought so much love and happiness into our home during a very sad time when we really needed it. He was easily trained and eager to learn. He gets along wonderfully with our other dogs, cats and children young and old.  We receive many compliments on Moose, from his colour, gentle manner and attractive looks. 
We were very impressed with Richard and how he raises his pups and interacts with all his dogs.  His goldens are among the happiest dogs we have ever interacted with, and they clearly are showered with love and care. 

In October 2018, it came to our attention that Moose’s mom Becky was being retired. Richard was searching for a good, loving home for her to spend her retirement years. And what better place than with her son we thought?  We could never have dreamed what an easy transition it would be to welcome Becky into her new home. Within hours she was settled and happily snuggled next to her boy.  We weren’t surprised to quickly learn what a well behaved, quiet, sweet girl Becky is.  We weren’t surprised either at how quickly our family fell in love with her. 
Moose and Becky have really completed our family and we are truly grateful for Richard and Oxford Goldens for blessing us with this amazing pair! 

The McAlpine family
January 2019