Marlee
Golden Retriever | Golden | Approx. 75 lbs | Retired 2025
Marlee was the beginning of Heartland for us.
When we moved to our acreage in 2019, it finally felt like the right time to bring home the Golden Retriever we'd talked about for years. Marlee was everything we'd pictured: beautiful, confident, easygoing and unmistakably Golden.
She is incredibly loyal, intelligent and playful, with a love for her frisbee, fetch and especially water. She is our water baby through and through.
Her confidence and easygoing nature made her an exceptional momma and helped shape so much of what Heartland became. After raising some beautiful litters, Marlee retired in 2025.
These days, it's all about frisbees, water and acreage adventures.
Halle
Golden Retriever | Red | Approx. 55 lbs | Retired 2024
When we went to meet Marlee in 2019, we also fell in love with her beautiful red-coated full sister. Somehow, by the time we left, one puppy had become two. Marlee and Halle have grown up side by side ever since: sisters, best friends, and even helping raise each other's babies.
Halle is our sensitive soul and little ball of energy. She's incredibly affectionate, gentle and soft-hearted, with a special love for children. At a park, she's often more interested in finding the little kids for some attention than running off with the other dogs.
She loves squirrels, her toys and especially her teddy bears, which she's been carrying around since she was a puppy.
Halle was an exceptional momma and retired in 2024. Today, she's still right where she belongs, alongside Marlee and the rest of our family.
Storie
English Cream Golden Retriever | Current Momma
Our Golden family grew again when Storie joined us in the spring of 2024.
Six years younger than Marlee and Halle, Storie is their half-sister and has grown up alongside them on our acreage. She’s confident yet soft, curious, gentle, playful and incredibly affectionate.
Storie’s beautiful English Cream coat is unbelievably soft, almost like a baby bunny, and she tends to get noticed wherever she goes. She loves adventure, her toys and her people, and is incredibly adaptable wherever she goes.
She took to motherhood beautifully with her first litter and was a gentle, attentive momma.
Storie is currently expecting her next litter, due around November 1, 2026.