Adara's Bio

Adara is quite simply an awesome dog! 

Adara was bred by Barbara Nelson Thornberry and Patricia Heichel with Valor Goldens. Adara's sire was bred by Judy Slayton Bachofner. 

Adara is smart, biddable, spunky, confident, laid-back, a little goofy, a little serious, sweet, loving, and snuggly, all rolled into one beautiful package. I know that some of those are contradictory, but that is how I would describe her. She has a spunky side and a goofy side, but for the most part she is smart, biddable, laid-back, serious, sweet, and snuggly.

She gets along with other dogs and LOVES meeting new people. She is wonderful with children. She is so easy to live with in the house. She was crated as a puppy, mostly at night, until about 6 months old, after which she has proven herself trustworthy of free-roam of the house. She doesn't get into stuff that she shouldn't. She will instead get a toy to chew on or suck on her stuffed Golden Retriever. She likes to play fetch some, but she would prefer to use her nose and smell around the yard. 

Some may think this is funny or maybe even odd, but Adara loves rain and thunderstorms. If Adara hears thunder, rain, or wind, she runs out of the dog door, to go out and run around the yard in the rain. Adara doesn't get to swim very often, but she absolutely LOVES to swim. 

Adara only has some very minor quirks. She can pull on leash at times, when she gets excited, but this is improving with more training. She can get a little nervous when she hears fireworks, not major, but you see she is nervous.

Physically, Adara is nicely balanced, moderate, and a little classic or old fashioned in style. At only 18 months old, at our National Specialty, Adara was evaluated by 3 CCA judges, to earn her "CCA" Certificate of Conformation Assessment, and all 3 judges had wonderful things to say about her. Her overall scores were 86.5, 87, and 93 out of 100. 

Adara is a UKC Grand Champion. In AKC, Adara has 12 points with one 3 point Specialty Major, so she only needs one more 3 point Major to finish her AKC Championship. Her other AKC titles includes Trick Novice (TKN), Farm Dog (FDC), Canine Good Citizen Advanced and Urban (CGCA & CGCU), Barnhunt Novice (RATN), DCAT, and Certificate of Conformation Assessment (CCA).