bigben.........how many year for ur's gr????

I've posted some pictures a while back. I'm a big fan of golden retrievers. Here are mine (refer to first picture) - from left, Hunter the gentleman (6 yrs +), Muffin the princess (3 yrs +) and Sheriff the brat (2 yrs +). My friends say it's crazy to tell them apart, but I'm sure the retriever lovers here can easily tell who's who from the picture!

Sure miss them a lot since I left Malaysia.

PS: Muffin is a retriever mix.

ok ben, the signature pic is bigben???LOL.......just curious........

wah wah wah......there's a nice pet......

Thanks, actually I think Sheriff's it's a mix between UK and US type. He is from a show line. Dad is dark brown and his mom is light brown. I was hoping him to turn mahogany brown or close to his dad's colour, but it turned out lighter. He is heavier, has a more bigger built and has a broader head than Hunter, albeit being slightly shorter than Hunter when standing side by side (short legs).

Love him a lot, very sweet natured and cute! We used to call him the flower horn 



Bigben is a very handsome dog - love his body structure. Is he from show line?

Thanks for taking the time to reply, i'm sorry if its too much questions to ask

I do understand the undercoat term, but i was told that some GRs got no undercoat?
Altho Hunter isnt bred for show, he still looks handsome to me

So you mean a GR's puppy ear color wont change like his furs do?

I attached some of Barney's pic below, can you help me identify his type e.g. US/UK ?



Thanks for the lengthy reply once again

Thanks, Sheriff is a sweet dog. Naughty, but sweet.

Did you get Bigben from a local breeder? He looks really good. Any plans to enter him for conformation shows? How is his temperament like?

Wow nice pics you have got there
I guess its safe to say that GRs are realy easier to train?

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Added on March 31, 2008, 5:07 pm

Err mind to tell me which local breeder you got it from ?
I had a hard time looking for local breeders, i should have consulted this thread

I heard nowadays people kidnap dogs around KL area, i have seen a fair few people distributing pamphlets looking for missing dogs
And looking at those photographs those dogs are nice dogs, perhaps its a dognappin ring?

Better take good care of your bigben, since he so handsome

Yea, GRs are always crowd stoppers indeed. You are right, do be careful because a good dog like him fetch a high price for dognappers! Now is the best time for obedience training (through classes or by yourself) so if you have time do start training him the basics like sit, stand, stay, come, heel etc..

Rolling on the floor is easy, it's better to do it on a softer surface like grass. When he's relaxed in a lying down position, just help him roll over and tell him the command. Be careful not to scare him though - do it slowly.

The sit-up command should be ok for GRs to perform, but you need to teach him to balance on his hind legs first. Start off by slowly lifting his paws up and give him the command. Help him bit by bit and with plenty of practice he should be able to perform it himself.

The sit-up is Hunter's favourite move. He does it when we tell him "sit up!". Whenever he did something wrong, he's impatient (waiting for treats) or when he's confused (asking him to do a command that he doesn't know), he does this as well. 



Yea GRs love the attention and they love being talked to. Hunter does the hand thing too when he does something wrong! Is that a gr thing? 

My dogs are all trained. Sheriff still needs some work as I wasn't consistent in training him when I was in Malaysia. Hunter has the most experience in obedience competitions, Muffin is quite okay but gets distracted when other dogs are around.

Shushu unfortunately is one of the spoilt GRs. 
I am still having trouble with him despite attending the lessons for quite some time now. He basically knows all the command well, but whether he will execute it depends on his mood. I am having major trouble looking for the things that would motivate him during training class. Though he is generally greedy for food, when at training class - he doesn't eat at all, and he doesn't respond to his favourite toys too. He is too busy "kepoh-ing" other people dogs, trying to get them to play with him which is disturbing the class.
However, our head trainer actually quote the quote in GRHunter signature. He said shushu is well trained already, it is the handler that is not well trained....   Which might be true, he perform all the command beautifully when being handled by him. 

I entered Sheriff for like 4 shows, won nothing except some silly red and blue ribbons.  , hence I'm no expert in conformation shows!

IMO Conformation shows is an expensive sport, it takes a lot of time, a lot of energy. I'd really rather join obedience competitions - it's fun, bonds you with your dog and satisfying!

ya wor...i oso not really know y the dog like to dig a hole at garden there?
last time my puppy somore dig on my cushion!
y ar?

Try Orijen ?
Or innova evo ?


I think most will not recommend eukanuba
Pro pac not really sure tho

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Added on April 10, 2008, 11:42 am

Wow, at least he is tolerant, but Barney isnt tolerant with other dogs he gets hyper when other dogs sniffed him
But he do share his food with others which is consider quite good edi

Yeah i stil love the GR despite  its size and cost of maintenance, their temperament makes people fall in love with them.

ohh...but i din scold him la...oni wonder y he do tat ler...
but its ok for me!he jus dig a hole n not unplanted ler...hehe!!

Yeah work sux commitments sux we all feels like a slave
I heard plenty of story about eukanuba and science diet, i guess if its aint broken dont fix it ?
Contninue with royal canine its definitely a good food unless of coz you want to go really high end like inova evo.

Barney is on Nutram Large Breed because i wanted him to have Glucosamine and Chondroitin for his bones as GR's are prone to HD
Yeah i have to control him, else he'll think he is the top dog and he'd rule over me, he'd get hyper when he sees me and also when other dog go kepoh sniff him 
What other dogs you have?
Only a GR?

Yeap he likes it
So far so good, i'm contemplating giving him supplements like steam fish and etc, dunno if its a good idea or not

He'd pull on the leash and i'd say NO and Sit, so now adays he pulled less, he just stand there and look
Unless the dog comes and sniff him or disturb him
One thing is he'll go crazy when he sees children and he still does
That is why i named him Barney

Yeah they dont have any food aggresiveness which is good, heck i havent seen Barney being aggresive, only once, while he was tugging on a piece of cloth i pulled on it and he gave me that aggresive growl
He got a slap for growling
Stopped ever since and he knows i dont tolerate any violence in my house and he is not getting away with the slighthest aggresive growl or behaviour.

I saw some JRT at MV agility trial, they were awesome, planning to do agility trial with your JRT ?

Photo of my puppy....
=)

hello..just back from pd beach

here are some pictures

Queen carry Abu on his leash back to shore 


swimming~


play kejar kejar...


resting


best picture of all... tho the image is noisy 

Ben so adorable ler...3months only,so small!
where u bought him?how much ya?