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Golden Retriever Health

Golden Retrievers were bred to be resilient hunting animals. Goldens are able to withstand cold, wet weather and long periods of vigorous outdoor exercise, and to flush and fetch game and love it. Although Goldens are naturally energetic and strong, that doesn’t mean they aren’t prone to health issues and problems unique to their breed. [...]

Golden Retriever Tips

Golden Retrievers have a way of becoming more like members of the family than dogs, and for good reason. Fast learners who adore people and have boundless energy, Golden Retrievers are the fourth most popular of all dogs in the United States. They are also beautiful, loyal, and long-lived dogs with sparking personalities. The average [...]

Golden Retriever Mix

Purebred Golden Retrievers are famous for their people-loving personalities and their eagerness to please and to learn. In recent years, mixing breeds with popular traits has become more fashionable. Dogs that are not breeds in their own right but nonetheless have distinct and unique traits have become nearly as popular as purebred dogs, for example [...]

Training Golden Retriever Puppies

Training for Golden Retriever puppies starts the minute you bring your puppy into your home. Ideally, Golden Retriever puppy training starts even earlier than that—with a reputable breeder who socializes the puppy to be comfortable around human beings within minutes after it is first born. Good Golden Retriever breeders handle very small puppies often, and [...]

Golden Retriever Puppy Training

Puppies are adorable, but large untrained dogs with poor boundaries, bad manners, and no formal training are not. As tempting as it may be to bring your Golden Retriever puppy home and immediately start spoiling and indulging its every whim, a much better idea is to start gently training your pet in good household manners [...]

Golden Retriever Puppies Adoption

Finding a Golden Retriever puppy to adopt is easy, but finding the right Golden Retriever puppy for your home and your personality takes a little bit more time and work. A quick Google search for Golden Retriever puppies yields tens of thousands of links, and most of these websites offer to deliver a Golden Retriever [...]

Golden Labrador Retriever

A Golden Labrador Retriever is a mix of a Labrador Retriever and a Golden Retriever. Sometimes called Goldradors or Goldrador Retrievers, these gentle dogs possess all the best traits of both breeds, and have become very popular in recent years. The standard AKC term for the mix is ‘Golden Labrador’, although technically the Golden Labrador [...]

Dark Golden Retriever

Golden Retrievers rank fourth in popularity in the United States and it is very easy to understand why. Goldens are friendly and energetic, quick learners, loyal, and they have the sweetest personalities of almost any dog around. What many people do not realize, however, is that not all Golden Retrievers are golden. A Golden Retriever [...]

Black Golden Retriever

Purebred Black Golden Retrievers do occur naturally, but they do not meet the AKC standard for the breed. In other words, a black Golden Retriever or even a very dark mahogany or red Golden will not be considered for AKC papers or be eligible to participate in a dog show. A Black Golden Retriever can [...]