Meet the Breeders
My name is Heather Barron and I want to welcome you to Barron’s Dan River Retrievers. We were blessed with our first female Golden Retriever in 2001. Bailey was a sweet girl who always wanted to be by your side. We fell in love with the few litters we had with her and have continued to share our love of Golden Retrievers with our puppy families.
We are located in Chatham, Virginia, just south of Smith Mountain Lake on 23 acres allowing our Retrievers to roam and swim in the river. In 2015, Charlie, a lovable Golden Retriever, came to us as a puppy. Charlie loved to greet you at the door with a present and was a joy in our home. This began our professional emphasis to raise family companions. From her first litter, until her last, she was a great mom. We love our puppy families and it brings us so much joy to see each family pick out their new family companion!
Our primary goal is to breed quality Golden Retriever puppies that are not only beautiful, but easy to train and well mannered. Our reputation is very important
to us, and we do everything we can to ensure happy, healthy, socialized, and well-rounded puppies. All of our dogs are family raised.
Raising Golden Retrievers has become my passion and focus. We focus on dogs that exhibit intelligence and confirmation to the breed standard. Each puppy is born and raised in our home and trained in the use of a litter box. Each day, our puppies are socialized with other dogs, cats, and adults. Our dogs have to pass my high standards for PennHip and OFA clearances for Hips, Elbows, Eyes, and Cardiac health. They are also DNA tested through Embark.
In 2019 I fell in love with a beautiful Maine Coon cat named Bristol. This started Heathbar's Maine Coon Cats. It is said that Maine Coons are the Golden Retrievers of the cat world and it is so true. They are a big beautiful cat that loves to play in the water and play fetch. They are playful and loyal. For pictures of my cats and kittens, check us out on Facebook at Heathbar's Maine Coon Cats.