The Adventure Of Living With Golden Retrievers
There’s a very popular YouTube video featuring a Golden Retriever that’s made a big hit all over the world. The video was taken during the relatively new sport of canine freestyle dancing. The dog danced John Travolta’s part very convincingly to the song “You’re The One That I Want” with the owner, dressed as Olivia Newton-John. This shows you what a Golden Retriever ? show quality or pet quality ? is capable of.
This shows the big contrast between Golden Retriever temperaments and the temperaments of most other dog breeds. Although every dog is an individual, for the most part Golden Retrievers are calm, trainable and submissive. However, they need proper nutrition, grooming and exercise to get this good-natured and stay this good-natured. Golden Retrievers aren’t the perfect dogs, but for many they are worth their weight in gold for their personalities. If you are ever saddled with a Golden Retriever, you could do a lot worse.
Golden Retriever puppies are a bit notorious for being hyperactive and destructive. This breed does settle down, but usually not until they are at least two years old. If you are not used to puppies, then you might find Golden Retriever puppies exasperating. However, you can usually find trained, sensible and healthy adult Golden Retrievers from animal rescue centers. You need to give them exercise every day to keep them sane.
It has been said they have more of a doggy odor than other breeds. They also were bred to be Retrievers (hence the name), which means they have a compulsion to pick things up in their mouths and carry them to your home. This can mean they find a big dead rat and carry in into your living room, fully expecting to be showered with praise.
Although following the Golden Retriever information and advice on websites and dog training books can often cure both of these problems, don’t be afraid to get professional help. These are big, strong dogs who can know you over.
You can also help sweeten a Golden Retriever’s naturally sweet disposition by getting your dog spayed or neutered. This helps reduce your dog’s chances of getting in fights, wandering off to find a mate or getting cancers of the reproductive organs. Golden Retrievers also become more interested in paying attention to you instead of their hormones. Still, even a mature Golden Retriever usually does not make a good guard dog, as they want to make friends with everyone.
If you look in the media or in advertising, a lot of times when a dog is needed to play a part, that part is played by a Golden Retriever. This shows you what these dogs are capable of.
Golden Retrievers tend to even like their vets and do not stress out as much as other breeds at the thought of going to the vet’s or a groomer. They also are very good about taking pills, because they love food. Just slip the pill in food.
