Allevamento curatissimo, dove il benessere dei cani viene al primo posto. Esemplari di grande bellezza, pluri premiati.

La dedizione, la professionalità, la passione e l'amore di Alessandra Zecchin sono unici. Si viene seguiti passo passo prima, durante e dopo aver preso un cucciolo.

Un'esperienza che consiglio vivamente a chiunque desideri un golden retriever come membro della famiglia.

Eravamo alla ricerca del nostro secondo golden retriever, avevamo selezionato alcuni allevamenti per una visita, Linwood è stato il primo che abbiamo visitato...e anche l'ultimo.

La competenza e la passione di Alessandra Zecchin ci hanno conquistati. Allevamento bellissimo e della giusta dimensione, cani curati e cresciuti con attenzione e amore. Esemplari accuratamente selezionati, bellissimi ed equilibrati.

Alessandra ci ha aggiornati costantemente sulla crescita della cucciolata con foto e video. Ha organizzato tre webinar pieni di informazioni utili per accogliere il cucciolo e rimane a disposizione per consigli anche dopo l'adozione. Il cucciolo arriva già con una prima educazione di base, abituato e pronto a entrare in confidenza con le persone.

In breve consigliamo caldamente questo allevamento.

Our journey to acquire a puppy was a long one. Being from Germany, after deciding on a breed, we checked out the websites of all Golden Retriever breeders in Germany, Austria and those north of Tuscany in Italy.
Of those, we talked to about 100 over the phone and decided to visit the 5 we thought were the best - Linwood Golden Retrievers being one of those 5.

From the very first call, Alessandra amazed us not only by her professionalism, but also by the passion with which she spoke about her dogs. So much in fact, that we drove 600km just to meet her and see her dogs personally.

Having bought 3 previous dogs from 3 different breeders in the past, we had a good idea of what the ideal environment looks like for the initial puppy raising stage - and Linwood Golden Retrievers did not only fulfil that, but surpassed it. The puppies are raised in the house - getting exposure to a variety of sounds and real-life situations from the very beginning. In addition, Alessandra does a lot to ensure that the puppies have the very best start into the new homes by ensuring that they have first positive exposures to many things.

To name a few: our puppy was completely housetrained when we picked her up, was confident in driving in the car without getting motion sickness, was completely relaxed during our first vet visit, was used to being washed, was confident around a hairdryer and was completely calm being handled by everyone, whether young or old. This to us shows that she not only was exposed to those things, but that the exposure was done in a way which ensured she had a positive memory of it.

Alessandra’s adult dogs are friendly and obedient - there were no dogs that had to be kept behind a fence or males kept separate from one another (like we saw in some other kennels). They have not only been tested for all necessary skin, eye, elbow or hip issues that affect Golden Retrievers, but they look and smell healthy - bright eyes, healthy skin, white teeth and good breath. It is especially noticeable if, like us, you check out different breeders and can compare about 100 Golden Retrievers from different breeders over a short space of time.

To add to all that, Alessandra was amazingly communicative and informative every step of the way, not pressuring us at any step to make a commitment, but rather ensuring that it was the best step for us. She always answered all of our questions extensively and gave us very clear ideas for puppy equipment we might need, which even as previous dog owners, we really appreciated.

This relationship has continued even past purchasing the puppy and I cannot put into words how relieving it feels to have an expert just a phone message away. In addition, Alessandra organised an amazing puppy class for us. Together with other puppy purchasers, we were able to sit down and go through the basic theory on puppy raising, on feeding and on education - invaluable information, which would have taken weeks, if not years, to gain otherwise. Even having had dogs previously, this class taught us many new things.

Having compared many breeders, both my partner and I were of the agreement that this was the best place (amongst the hundreds we looked at and the top five that we visited) to purchase a puppy from, so much so, that we decided to purposely wait half a year until a puppy became available. Since buying a puppy, our good choice has just been reconfirmed many times, especially as we have come in contact with puppies from other breeders that were of a similar age. The health, the balanced behaviour and the preparation of these puppies is unbeatable.

Can only recommend!