A Family-Owned Organic Farm in Vermont.

Dewey patiently waiting to grab a Bellcate School Dog Treat.
Good Treats That Do Good!

September 09, 2023 7 Comments

Bellcate School Dog Treats not only fill the bellies of your pups with goodness, but the program fills the students and their families with hope and enthusiasm as they see and feel the impact of this far-reaching program

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The Bees Will Get A Charge Out of This!
The Bees Will Get A Charge Out of This!

April 13, 2023 5 Comments

As a bee flies through the air, the extreme rapid flapping of her wings builds up a positive static electric charge. The pollen grains of a flower hold a negative charge and when a bee lands on that flower, that fine pollen gets shaken loose from that flowers anther. It's attracted to the positively charged hairs on the bees body, so it just leaps onto the bee without her having to touch it!

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The Story Behind National Pancake Day!
The Story Behind National Pancake Day!

February 20, 2023 5 Comments

I've always been a curious sort, so when I went to put together a National Pancake Day promotion this week for Golden Dog Farm Maple Syrup, I was inclined to dig a bit to find out why Shrove Tuesday, or the Tuesday before Ash Wednesday is also known as National Pancake Day. 

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Divine Provenance: Single-Tree Maple Syrup
Divine Provenance: Single-Tree Maple Syrup

December 08, 2021 6 Comments

At the end of this maple syrup "provenance-focused positioning exercise," I wondered if we could get even more granular? Could we make and market a maple syrup from a single tree?

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Frequently Asked Questions

In terms of places to stay, we work with Spruce Peak Lodge and Talta Lodge on the Stowe side of the Mountain. 

https://www.sprucepeak.com

https://www.bluebirdhotels.com/hotels/talta-lodge

On the Smuggler's Notch side of the mountain, we recommend the following options.

https://www.smuggs.com - a resort that is less than 10 minutes away.

https://www.sterlingridgeresort.com
- Cabins that are also close.

https://notchlodges.com
  5 different (mostly chalet type) lodges for rental located between here and Smugger’s Notch.

While we would love to include everyone’s dogs, we aren’t able to accommodate dogs at the Golden Retriever Experience other than the Butternut Goldens or Golden Dog Farm pups.

Goldens (and other dogs) are welcome to join us for the Golden Dog Farm General Tour (Bees and Maple Trees). They’ll also be joining one or both of the resident Goldens here who accompany the tours.

The Golden Retriever Experience is basically an hour long play date with a dozen or so adult Golden Retrievers in a magnificent setting.

The majority of the Goldens arrive from Butternut Goldens. Everyone has a chance to meet and hang out with the dogs before they are let out of the truck. And then they run and want to play ball. After the dogs burn off some energy, we head into the barn and surround ourselves with the happy of goldens. If the weather dictates, we will move the experience fully inside to one of our barns with a woodburning stove. 

In terms of giving it as a gift, we have an option for that. The gift certificate package which is $99 includes a stuffed golden retriever wearing a Golden Dog Farm bandana to give you something tangible to gift with the certificate (you can add additional gift certificates for other attendees for $75). In addition, Gift certificate holders will have priority spots set aside until two weeks before each event to ensure that there will be availability for them to redeem for future dates.

https://goldendogfarm.com/collections/experiences/products/golden-retriever-experience-gift-package (https://goldendogfarm.com/collections/experiences/products/golden-retriever-experience-gift-package)

All tours or experiences are booked through our website.

There is an Experiences Button on the Menu Bar - if you hover over it, a drop down menu will show you the General Farm Tour, Bee Experience and Golden Retriever Experience beneath it.

The booking details are at the bottom of the page below the reviews. You first have to click on select a time, then you can check on available dates and complete your booking. If when you select a time, it says "No Time Slots Available" that means we are sold out.

We are not breeders but our partners in the Golden Retriever Experience are. They are Butternut Goldens.

butternutgoldens.com

We are located in Jeffersonville, VT just over "The Notch" from Stowe and 7 minutes away from Smugglers' Notch Ski Resort.

Burlington and Burlington Airport (the nearest airport to us) is 45 minutes away.

Some people choose to fly into Boston, rent a car and drive here. (Boston is 3.5 hours away.) Or they fly to Montreal, rent a car and drive here (Montreal is 2 hours away).

The farm is a working farm, so we don't have regular business hours - and there is not an option for walk-ins or drop-in visits.

There are basically two ways to visit the farm - reserve and attend one of our tours/experiences (dates available are on the booking calendars associated with each event on the website), or to make an appointment to visit the farm store if we can find a mutually convenient time.

https://goldendogfarm.com/collections/experiences

We realize that this doesn't make it particularly easy to visit the farm, and we apologize, but we are busy running the farm most of the time and we've found this is the only way we can manage everything.

Hope we see you at one of our tours or experiences soon.

If you do want to make an appointment to visit the farm store, you should be aware that the large group of Butternut Goldens in the Golden Retriever Experience do not live here on Golden Dog Farm. They are only here for the experience.

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