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"Foofa the Golden Retriever puppy at 3 months old has a very high ball drive and food drive. She is also actually an escape artist. She loves riding in the car, and love's to feel the breeze outside the car window."
This is Maxi, my 3 year old Golden Retriever. Allow me some time to illustrate our background to your loyal readers and fellow dog lovers. I'd like to share our story about how a breed has nothing to do with dog aggression or dominant issues. We had dogs all our lives and I grew up with German Shepard mixes and mongrel Rotties but we never had any trouble with unbalanced dogs. However, that was a different time and we had more then one pack leader in the family when all 5 families had lived under one roof (we were poor and it's Asian culture to live together as a family unit). Our environment became better and one by one, we moved out of my grandparent's house and everybody now has their own house. When we got Maxi, dad was the only alpha and the only person with calm-assertive energy in the household. The rest of us... not really. As children i was probably the only one old enough to remember an ounce of dog leadership sense. Dog training and fancy smancy dog luxuries were unheard of until these few years. Suddenly the era of the pure breed exploded and everyone and their grandmother has one poodle or husky. Dad went to visit his friend one day and his goldie just had a litter of puppies. Maxi, even as a puppy was resilient and strong willed, that's how he stood out among the puppies and dad, captivated by his "leadership", took him home as soon as he was ready to wean from his mother. Little did we know we chose the naturally dominant one thinking that a Golden Retriever was a calm, playful dog and not a guard dog and would never ever fight. Oh how wrong we were. Looking at the photos of how well-trained he is, you'd never have guessed he was an insecure dominant dog. Eventually I took up the responsibility of walking him daily because no one else bothered and dad is always working late. In the first two years of his life, I let him walk everywhere he pleased, because I didn't believe in "breaking his spirit". We had the usual disciplines like no going into the house without invite and never eat from the table, so he was extremely well behave in the house, but a different case outside of the house. As usual, he liked pulling and rushing out of the house but he would always wait for us to catch up and then continue his walk. Looking back, we were in the follower position and we just thought "awe, how sweet, he waited for us!" Now in Malaysia, its common for dogs to walk themselves and a lot of dogs in the neighborhood are extremely unbalanced and Maxi got attacked a few times. This, in turn, developed further his dominance issue and soon he learn to "attack first before being attacked". After the program "Dog Whisperer" came to Malaysia, it made a lot of sense and my childhood memory came flooding back, no dogs have ever acted like how Maxi did and we began training him to walk beside us. I've even taken him to dog obedience class and he graduated with no problem at all. Now when I see dogs in the neighborhood I've trained him to ignore them. If a dog approaches us in a tensed way I just "tsst" and it'll go away. Energy is important and i believed it whole heartily now.
Maxi the Golden Retriever with his Canine Sports Club Good Citizens vest on.
Maxi the Golden Retriever showing great discipline by waiting to eat the treats that are placed on his paw.
Maxi the Golden Retriever showing great discipline by waiting to eat the treats that are placed on his paw.
Maxi the Golden Retriever showing great discipline by waiting to eat the treats that are placed on both of his paws. Good boy Maxi. This is an excellent way to exercise a dogs mind. ________________________________
Hillary, the Golden Retriever at 10 years old. ________________________________
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This is Sallie, a happy Golden!
Sallie looking pretty! ________________________________
Meet Rufis!
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Eric, the Golden Retriever. He loved to swim in the water and dig in the sand at the beach. ________________________________
Scout, the Golden Retriever puppy at 8 weeks old.
Scout, the Golden Retriever puppy at 9 weeks old, enjoying the Melbourne, Australia sun.
Scout, the Golden Retriever puppy at 6 months old. ________________________________
This little mud lover is named Bailey, a Golden Retriever puppy at 6 months old.
"Hi! My name is Ellie Mae. I'm a purebred Golden Retriever. Here I am at about 10 weeks of age. My owners built me a fence around my property to keep me safe, and a beautiful 12 X 12 kennel for me to sleep in. Next thing you know I'll have central air! I love to hunt grouse and pheasants. I don't really like geese. They are just a little to big for me, but swimming is to die for. My owners bought me in Spooner, Wisconsin--so I guess I'm a transplanted cheesehead that resides in Minnesota. Gooo Vikings!!!!!!!!"
 
Max, the Golden Retriever at 1 year old.
Golden Retriever Dogs: Collectable Vintage Figurines
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