All in around 2.6k AUD
Yea..in malaysia most goldens locally bred are golden in colour

But main reason why i got it from aust is because at least i am sure that they are bred properly with hip scores taken into consideration.
Malaysia have too many BYB and puppy farms..

Yeah you are correct, 90% of the breeders here are BYB, puppy mills, i had a hard time looking for a decent breeder. Even if you manage to find a good breeder they'll still over charge you.
I finally gave in and sad/shame to admit got mine from a pet shop. Its been 3 months + looking for a good breeder, i gave up finnaly and admit that its near to impossible to locate those kind of breeders i initally wanted to.

2.6k inclusive of shipping, custom clearance and etc?

What are you feeding him btw?

Yea...inclusive of all that is actually 2.7....
I also went around searching for petshops that do imports..but couldnt find any..found one in singapore..but they wanted to charge me 4-4.5k SGD ..so sourced for breeders myself online..


He hasnt arrived yet..going to be here only 2 weeks later as puppies have to be 3 months before being exported...

Coz the average breeder here in malaysia doesnt care about hip/elbow scores at all before breeding and where their pups go

The australian breeders on the other hand are super serious abt where they place their pups..and health tests( Got a email with 12 questions for me to answer from one breeder, had to call another breeder in australia through the phone)

If anyone is interested can go to dolforums.com.au
see their threads...very interesting for dog lovers

Thats what i call profesional breeders, real dog lovers, who not only care about their dogs health but whom the dogs went to.
And at least they are doing their part in preventing abandoned/ill treated dogs.
My parents GR was a rescued dog, when we brought him home he cant even walk properly his hind legs were wobbling teribbly, it took us near to 6 months so that he could walk properly and now he can stand on his hind legs for 10 secs or so

Btw congratulations on your purchase

This post has been edited by ^Hobbes^: Mar 27 2008, 12:11 PM

No really all golden colour - surprising the ones i see in Ipoh are mostly light beige. Mine is consider darker colour than most of them and he is actually light gold only. I prefer darker colour.


I do agree with you that the breeders here don't care about hip/elbow scores at all. Most of them are just breeding them to get quick profit. They don't care about quality at all. You can see that a lot of the GR here always has/suffer from HD problems. Some doesn't even look like GR at all.

In fact, some of the "owners" has started asking about my shushu for potential stud.
When i rejected them and told them that GR should ideally be breed only when they are about 3 years old and that if i ever breed my shushu, i need to check to make sure he is not suffering from HD, they just laugh at me and said "no lar, >1 year can already. the younger you breed is better". Yah, right! I am also sure they don't know anything about HD.
Really frustrating.

Btw, congrats on your purchase - the puppy looks beautiful.
Do share more photos when he arrives.


Prince pappy,
Have a safe trip and I am sure prince will miss u alot. Give him lots of TLC before you leave!

>1 year can already ?
Most of them i spoke too also said the same thing, they say human young make baby better or old grandpa better? I was like WTF ???

And its good that you are one of the responsible GR owners

Are this people just random pet owners or puppy mill owners?
Yea must be super aggravating to see these people

I see a lot of GR puppies in pet shops in JB (where i stay) which..are really low quality...and are so tiny

They are random pet owners. I meet them at the weekly training class.
Based on the conversation, most of them always think of breeding their furkids for money.
I guess the training place is a good place to scout/meet "potential" pairing for their dogs.
Sometimes, i am a bit annoyed by the attitude, i don't feel like attending the training anymore.

I saw GR puppies available most of the time in ipoh petshops - there is a lot of supply here.
The price is cheap too, but the quality........

no lah just wanted to create some surprise atmosphere here.
i've given myself 2 years to observe & a surprise to me what it has became & everyday i'll tell myself it'll change it will change now already 2 years guess nothing will change anymore.
behold........

hmm... seem this thread back to alive..

erm.. post more picture??


sleepy la.. dun disturb me la..


come on.. get over liou la..


still come?? dun choi you wan ar!


i just love to smell the grass.....


and dustbins..

When shushu was between 4 months old to 7 months (ugly stage), I was quite worried too.
He look no different from a mongrel. His fur keep shedding until become short short, he was thin and scrawny looking - his body proportion was all out.

My dad was complaining why i spend all the $$ to buy him when he look just like the "wong choi" next door. (Though he complain but he really sayang shushu also. )
I have to keep showing them the GR pictures saying that shushu will grow to be just like that. Luckily he did....hehe



Kokifung,
I like goldie sleeping picture!

u all so good la..
can see how they grow??
i hope i can see Goldie puppy picture..

haha, i just came back from work, split shift.. around 3.00pm
she sure sleep like a pig..
so i go in house she havent wake up..
so when i go down from car only start notice me..
she dun even bother me..
so i go take her picture lor..
haha..

emmm......i think all the lab sleeping style almost to same with each others.......

yes, I think so too.... roast pig style!
I didn't realise the difference until i got my cavalier, Kero. Kero sleeps very differently from shushu. He likes to sleep upside down

hahaha.......but did u see the lab DREAMING with little sound.......

my home got 1.........

My GR do dream and the sound they make sounds like a grumpy old man

LoL......
but the gr i didn;t face it, maybe he too active and i seldom see him slept........

mine make sound like ur phone vibrating wan la...
actually was snoring..
1st time i hear i tot my phone vibrating..
but no call wor.. ask sister no wor..
then we listen properly..
is Goldie snoring!

Mine sleep like a pig la esp after his walks and also in the car
The sound he makes aso like kokifung says something like vibration