- Choosing the Right Breeder
When you decide to get a new Golden Retriever puppy, the first choice you will face is where to get your puppy from. No matter how hard you try, it’s nearly impossible to know whether or not the puppy you are buying will grow up to be...
- Selecting Your Golden Puppy
Once you have decided on a breeder that you can trust, you’ll need to start thinking about what type of puppy you want. This decision could take you some time, as it can be quite a few weeks or even months before...
- Buying a Golden Puppy
Before you rush out and buy a Golden Retriever puppy, you should first take the time to learn a bit more about the breed. You can attend dog shows, meet with various owners of Golden Retrievers, and even...
- Adopting an Older Golden Retriever
Many times, breeders will have older dogs for sale. There are several reasons for this, which include show dogs that...
- Characteristics of the Golden Retriever
Almost all breeds of dogs are group oriented, as they need to interact with other species of their group to remain secure. Golden Retrievers, in particular, have been bred over the years to be...
- Bedding for Your Golden
Bedding for your Golden Retriever is very important, as this is where he will be spending quite a bit of time - especially at night. The ideal bedding for your Golden should be a natural...
- Grooming Your Golden Retriever
Grooming your Golden Retriever is a never ending process. The entire process should be done once or twice a week, and will take you around a ½ an hour of time. Brushing your dog while...
- Traveling with Your Golden Retriever
When you decide to take your Golden traveling for the first time, you should always give him food in small amounts throughout the day, while he adjusts to traveling. If you feed...
- Breeding Golden Retrievers
Breeding Golden Retrievers is a very serious hobby, one that should be left to those who know how to make the right choices. There is a certain amount of cost and care involved with breeding, especially if breeders are...
Training Golden Retrievers
Discover all you need to know about training Golden Retriever Dog!
- Tips for Training Your Golden
Golden puppies love to chew, and will chew anything they can get. Although chew toys are preferred, there is a way that you can help your Golden fulfill his natural instinct to chew, and help him to...
- Training Your Golden Retriever
Dogs aren’t like humans, so they need to learn in different ways. Dogs don’t have human responses, meaning that they don’t operate with the principle of right or wrong. Instead, they operate on a principle of response, guided by the actions you give them...
- Crate Training Your Golden
If you have a crate and leave it open, your Golden will start to go to it when he gets sleepy or when he gets confused. Although Golden’s tend to like crates, you shouldn’t overuse one by allowing him to...
- House Breaking Your Golden Retriever
To properly house train your Golden Retriever, you must stick to a routine regarding your crate, and ensure that he doesn’t spend additional time outside of his crate. When he is outside...
- Socializing Your Golden Retriever
Socializing your Golden Retriever is very important. As you may already know, all dog breeds behave different in front of strangers, with some dogs choosing to ignore people altogether. They may choose to glance at someone, then go on...
- Training for Your Golden Retriever
With the term training in mind, there are several different meanings involved. When you are looking to train your Golden Retriever, you have a few options available to you...
Health For Your Golden Retriever
Discover all you need to know to keep your Golden Retriever healthy!
- Keeping Your Golden Retriever Healthy
Once you have helped your Golden Retriever build up his immune system, he will be healthy and strong enough to fend off...
- Common Health Problems
There are many common health problems that your Golden Retriever will experience most of these ailments are nothing serious, providing you know how they should be treated...
- Eye and Heart Disease
Eye disease is very common with Golden Retrievers. Most Golden’s will generally have hereditary cataracts, which is a common eye problem. At an early age...
- Hip Dysplasia and Golden Retrievers
Hip dysplasia is a poor formation of the hip joints, which is a common growing disease with younger dogs of virtually every breed. With larger breeds, unsteady hip joints are common, although hip dysplasia can be a serious problem that...
- Medical Problems of Golden Retrievers
Even though medical problems are somewhat common with Golden Retrievers, you can help to prevent them by making sure your dog is...
Feeding Your Golden
Discover all you need to know about what to feed your Golden Retriever!
- Feeding Your Golden Retriever
All Golden Retriever puppies will nurture from their mother until they reach the age of seven weeks. Once they reach the age of three weeks, they should be fed with puppy food, which you should soak and mix into a...
- The Combination Approach to Feeding
Most commercial foods will offer your Golden great sources of protein and vitamins, although fresh food contains far more essential sources. Chicken and meat for instance...
- Human Food for Your Golden
A lot of people wonder what type of human food they should feed their Golden. Even though many prefer to stick with dog food and only dog food, there are certain types of human food that...
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