TOP GUN GOLDEN RETRIEVERS
Where Ethical Breeding Meets Expert Training.
Pricing & Training Tier Options
Choose the Training Time That Fits Your Family
Every family needs something different. Some want to bring their puppy home young and continue the early training themselves. Others want more time, development, and professional training before homecoming.
Our pricing increases with age because each additional week includes continued training, puppy development, real-world experiences, and individualized support.
The ages below are simply our most popular training tiers. Families may choose another go-home age beginning at eight weeks, and I’m happy to help you decide how much additional training makes sense for your family.
Why Did We Update Our Training Ages?
We recently adjusted our featured training tiers to align with our updated vaccination schedule. Puppies now receive their first vaccines at 7 weeks, with all vaccinations administered at Queen Creek Vet.
The new tiers also allow us to make better use of those additional weeks. More time with us means more opportunities to strengthen potty-training habits, build confidence on leash, practice longer and more comfortable stretches in the crate, develop house manners, and experience new people, places, sounds, and environments.
Your puppy will still need continued practice and guidance once they come home. Our goal isn't to send home a “finished” puppy. It's to give you a stronger foundation to build from.
More time with us means more preparation for life with you. ♥️
9-Week Puppy
9-Week Foundation Program Our starting tier option is designed for families who want to experience every stage of puppyhood while continuing the early training themselves. Before homecoming, puppies begin learning crate routines, potty habits, handling, engagement, confidence, leash foundations, and appropriate household manners. At seven weeks, they also begin attending our therapy-focused training and socialization program three times each week. (If they meet the requirements before we begin therapy exposure training. Puppies cannot put their teeth on human skin. Puppies must be calm, quiet, gentle, and ready for therapy exposure. If we do not feel our puppies are ready we hold off on starting therapy training until the puppies are ready.) We now keep our youngest puppies until nine weeks because we have consistently seen that one additional week helps them transition into their new homes more comfortably. During that time, we continue strengthening dog-door potty habits, practicing walking forward on a leash, and gradually building longer, comfortable stretches in the crate. A nine-week-old puppy is still very much a baby, and these skills will require continued practice after homecoming. This option is ideal for families who want an active role in their puppy’s development while starting with a thoughtful foundation already in place. That additional week of care and training is included at no additional cost. It is our way of giving every puppy a stronger start and thanking the families who trust us to raise their newest family member. ♥️
13-Week Puppy
Our Adventure option gives puppies even more time to build on their early training while experiencing the world outside of their normal routine. Puppies continue practicing obedience, leash foundations, crate and potty routines, settling, household manners, confidence, and appropriate independence. They also continue therapy-focused training three times each week.By thirteen weeks, they have had several weeks of repeated experiences with new people, sounds, surfaces, environments, and everyday equipment. This tier is a great fit for families who want a young puppy but would like more of the early foundation already underway before homecoming.
15-Week Puppy
Our 15-week program includes seven weeks of therapy-focused training and socialization, beginning at seven weeks old and continuing three times each week through fifteen weeks. During those visits, puppies are given repeated opportunities to practice calm behavior around people, experience unfamiliar sights and sounds, work around mobility equipment and everyday distractions, and learn how to settle and engage with their handler in new environments. Alongside those experiences, we continue obedience, leash work, crate and potty training, household manners, handling, confidence-building, and settling. Our goal is to evaluate our puppies in real time in real scenarios. We are watching how each individual puppy responds, what support they need, how quickly they recover from something unfamiliar, and how they develop over time. We also learn if the puppy is forgiving or if they hold a grudge. We find out if they are brave and confident or if they are reserved, shy, and need more time to build confidence. This program can provide an excellent foundation for families interested in future therapy or service work, but it does not make a 15-week-old puppy a finished or certified working dog. Continued training and evaluation are still required.
17-Week Puppy
Our Top Gun Graduate program builds on everything puppies experience during their first fifteen weeks and then spends the final two weeks taking their training into more challenging real-world environments. From seven through fifteen weeks, puppies attend therapy-focused training and socialization three times per week while continuing their obedience, household routines, confidence work, crate training, potty training, leash foundations, and settling. Then the focus changes. From fifteen to seventeen weeks, I spend those final two weeks concentrating heavily on public-access training, public socialization, and working around real-world distractions. Puppies practice moving through public environments, walking appropriately on leash, settling around activity, navigating unfamiliar spaces, remaining engaged with their handler, and learning how to behave when the world around them gets busy. At seventeen weeks, these puppies have had substantially more repetition and life experience than an nine-week-old puppy, but they are still puppies. Their training must continue after homecoming as they mature and adjust to their new family. For families who want our strongest standard training foundation before bringing their puppy home, the Top Gun Graduate program provides the most extensive development within our 9–17 week program.
6-Month Puppy
6-Month Advanced Training Program Our six-month program is designed for families who want the joy of raising a young Golden Retriever without beginning at the most demanding stage of puppyhood. By six months old, your puppy has spent months building real-life skills through repetition, structure, and carefully chosen experiences. We continue developing crate and potty routines, obedience, leash manners, settling, household boundaries, appropriate social behavior, confidence, and engagement with their handler. Puppies also gain experience in public environments, around everyday distractions, during car rides, professional grooming, and in situations they are likely to encounter after homecoming. The greatest advantage is not only how much training your puppy has received. It is how well we know that puppy. Over six months, we have had time to evaluate their energy level, learning style, confidence, sociability, recovery, independence, sensitivities, strengths, and individual needs. We are no longer trying to predict who an eight-week-old puppy may become. We can give your family a much clearer picture of the young dog standing in front of us and make a more informed match based on your household, lifestyle, and goals. This program can be an excellent fit for busy professionals, families with children, first-time puppy owners, older adults, or anyone who wants to skip much of the sleepless, sharp-toothed baby stage. Instead of beginning with a puppy who has only just left their litter, you begin with a more mature puppy who already understands routines, has practiced living in the real world, and has a significantly stronger training foundation. A six-month-old puppy is not a finished dog. They are still growing, learning, and entering adolescence, so continued structure and practice at home remain essential. However, you are not starting from the beginning. You are starting with six months of intentional development, professional training, real-world experience, and individualized support already behind you. This is more than an older puppy. It is our most thoughtfully developed option for families who want a smoother transition, a clearer match, and the strongest possible start with their new dog.
Price
More Training. More Support. More Included.
Families who choose our 15-week, 17-week, or six-month training options also receive:
• Delivery at no additional cost
• Complimentary weeks of professional training built into the program price
• Additional real-world experience, training, observation, and evaluation
Our professional training rate is $500 per week. However, families who choose one of our advanced puppy options do not pay the full weekly training rate for every additional week their puppy remains with us.
15-Week Puppy
Your puppy receives six additional weeks of development and training beyond our nine-week Foundation tier. At our regular training rate, those six weeks would cost $3,000. Your program price includes one week of professional training at no additional cost, plus complimentary delivery, Arizona boarding benefits, and lifetime training support.
17-Week Puppy
Your puppy receives eight additional weeks of development and training beyond our nine-week Foundation tier. At our regular training rate, those eight weeks would cost $4,000. Your program price includes one week of professional training at no additional cost, plus complimentary delivery, Arizona boarding benefits, and lifetime training support.
6-Month Puppy
Our six-month option provides approximately 17 additional weeks of professional training and development beyond our nine-week Foundation tier. At our regular training rate, that training alone would cost approximately $8,500.
The program price includes approximately seven weeks of professional training at no additional cost, creating an estimated training savings of $3,500. Families also receive complimentary delivery, Arizona boarding benefits, and lifetime training support.
The older your puppy is at homecoming, the more time we have to train, observe, evaluate, and prepare them for life with your family.
9-Week Puppy
$4,000
$4,000.00
17-Week Puppy
$7,500
$7,500.00
13-Week Puppy
$5,500
$5,500.00
15-Week Puppy
$6,500
$6,500.00
6-Month Puppy
$9,000