About us

Let us present ourselves, we are Katia Rizzo and Gennaro Rivetti. We live in Coriano, a small town on the Riminese hills.

Our passion for Goldens stretches back to the late 80’s when during a holiday, Gennaro noticed a big, friendly dog playing on a beach on the Isle of Elba. When he returned home, he started to search for this wonderful dog belonging to a breed he had never seen before.

It was a Golden Retriever.

Gennaro introduced me to this wonder a few years later. Immediately after our wedding in 1994 our first Golden entered our new family, ‘Jamboree Questions’ or Jimmy for friends.

As we had waited many years it didn’t seem true to us that we were finally living with our first Golden Retriever.Jimmy had all the characteristics of the breed that had fascinated us. 18 months later, we decided to buy him a friend and the sweetest ‘Francis Moonlight Serenade’ arrived. It was with Francis that we decided to start showing, even though as a game. Francis gained excellent results right from the beginning and we therefore decided to continue. Two years later during the European Championship show, we met the French breeder Marie-Noelle Terlinden and thus the arrival of Oriel of Glen Sheallag, daughter of Mrs. Terlinden’s famous pluri champion Scrabble of Glen Sheallag.

In the meantime, we have always tried to select to the best. In only two litters, Francis became Champion …….., we chose from her litter a young San Marino Champion and we hope not to stop here but to continue in our steps knowing that we will surely encounter difficulties on our way.