LAURA ELLIS WAS A YOUNG GIRL WHO IN THE MID-SIXTIES GOT HER FIRST GOLDEN RETRIEVER. IN THE YEARS TO COME SHE WOULD HAVE SOME OF THE GREAT GOLDENS OF OUR HISTORY.
LAURA'S FIRST GOLDEN WAS RUSTICAN'S PRINCESS TINA. LAURA'S FIRST SHOW SHE EVER ATTENDED WAS THE GOLDEN RETRIEVER NATIONAL SPECIALTY IN 1966. LAURA WON FOUR PLACE IN THE AMBRED CLASS. A FEW MONTHS LATER SHE RECEIVED HER FIRST POINTS EVER ON A DOG AND THAT WAS TINA.
IN 1968 LAURA BRED TINA TO CH. HIGH FARM'S SUTTER GOLD AND THAT WAS THE START OF "LAURELL GOLDEN RETRIEVERS" IN THAT LITTER SHE PRODUCED TWO CHAMPIONS (CH. LAURELL'S ALLSPICE AND CH. LAURELL'S AMIABLE CABOOSE OD) AND ALL OF THIS WHILE SHE WAS IN HIGH SCHOOL.
SINCE THEN LAURA HAS BECOME A WIFE, A MOTHER, A GRANDMOTHER, PROFESSIONAL HANDLER, AND A BUSINESS WOMEN.
SHE NOW LIVES WITH TOM HER HUSBAND OF 34+ YEARS AND TOGETHER THEY OWN AND RUN A BOARDING KENNEL IN
MIDDLETOWN, OH
LAURELL STRIVES ON PRODUCING HEALTHY, LOVING, SHOW AND COMPANION PUPPIES. THE PARENTS ARE OFA EYES, HEART, ELBOW, AND HIP FREE OF DISEASE.
