Those pups look so cute!!! I wish i could rare another 1 but parent wont allow since already haf 1 at home causing so much throuble

I can never train a dog

This post has been edited by SeeD: Apr 23 2008, 04:13 PM

Same here

hi guys, i wish can get some suggestion from u all. i'm planning to buy a Golden Retriever. this will be my second dog,
my first dog is a pincher but get stolen by others. i hv no experience with big size dog, anyone who hv golden can share me ur experience
and also wat things that i need to special care for golden ? thanks a lots for ur feedback.

first thing is to pick the right puppy.
FInd the right breeder..not the "Oh I have 2 goldens..lets let them breed!" kinda backyard breeder.
Important because this breed have a lot of Hip problems...the price u pay for a cheap pup..might cost a lot in the long term in the form of vet bills


Look at the parents..the puppies temperament depend alot on the parents..and don't buy a puppy where the breeder wants you to take it at 6 weeks..the extra time spent with the dam teaches the puppy bite inhibition among other stuff

Another thing Goldens...Dig...alot...
So prepare for holes in your garden =P

dudez....

help help... my daisy's nose turns into reddish colour... what happened eh??

Your Daisy is a Labrador ? If yes, that's normal .

My GR's nose turned red when she was pregnant.
Yes, only the b**** has red nose.

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Added on April 25, 2008, 6:06 pmThis is something new to me.
I wonder how the dam could teach the puppy the biting habit.
IMO, with or without dam, GR puppies like to bite and they like to eat and swallow ALL THINGs. That's the nature of GR.

3 years ago, I let my puppies stay with the dam until they were 8 weeks old.
Do you know what happened? These puppies bit the mom's tits until the fresh torn.
The wound was so deep and it took almost 2 months for full recovery.

GR puppies at the age of 6 weeks old have very sharp teeth.
It is not advisable to let the puppies stay with the dam when they have sharp teeth.
The mischievous GR puppies always like to bite their mom's tits.

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Added on April 25, 2008, 6:31 pmNo, I didn't apply the pedigree to MKA. It doesn't worth the effort & cost.
Please PM me for the price if you are interested in getting one.

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Added on April 25, 2008, 6:36 pmDid you send your mating certificate to MKA?

This post has been edited by ALeUNe: Apr 25 2008, 06:36 PM

Well..u learn something new every day =)..its not only the dam but the interaction with their littermates . Thats why most responsible breeders never let their puppies go to their homes before 8 weeks old.

http://www.pets.ca/pettips/tips-44.htm
http://www.angelfire.com/va/banburybedrock/biting.html
http://www.morrco.com/tebiin.html

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Added on April 25, 2008, 7:15 pmYou can read this post as well.
http://dogs.about.com/od/newdog/f/leave_litter.htm

http://stason.org/TULARC/animals/dogs/new-...rom-Litter.html

I think for your case your dam was a bit unlucky.

There are quite a of bit of material about this online..so you can probably research about it =)

BTW..i do think that all puppies like to eat ...regardless of breed


This post has been edited by TTY81: Apr 25 2008, 07:15 PM

The babies so cute ler, I always wanted to rear one cause I like their muscular legs, but too bad, Im staying in a condo right now...

Its nearly the same as most dogs, shampoo, food, cages, grooming kits, supplements and etc

Since its a large size dog and its a gundog, it needs plenty of exercise or at least a bigger space to run about else expect havoc
GRs are pretty much human oriented dogs, they need people around them, they need plenty of toys to chew on.
Go onto the internet and search for GR and read about their temperament.

Health wise GRs are prone to HD so please be aware that HD is mostly passed on through genetics, so choosing the right breeder helps.
Aleune is having some for sale, those are nice GRs perhaps arrange a time and date with him to assessed the puppies yourself.

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Added on April 26, 2008, 10:13 amHey Aleune, i wanted to know more info so that i could pass on to friends or family members who so happens to be looking for GRs
I already got one

This post has been edited by ^Hobbes^: Apr 26 2008, 10:14 AM

Yes.. it's a female lab

so it's normal? onli de female turns black nose to red?

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Added on April 27, 2008, 1:11 ambtw, de proformance i feed to my daisy.. doesn't work as good as i thought it would... de poo still very "wet" (not sure if i'm using de correct word to discrube )

This post has been edited by mattchin: Apr 27 2008, 01:11 AM

Nah .. not necessarily only the female lab nose turn red from black .. it's in the breed standard , google it

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Added on April 28, 2008, 8:52 amHave you tried some other brand beside Performance ?

This post has been edited by simchi: Apr 28 2008, 08:52 AM

It can be

1) Dudley nose / Liver nose (genetic)
or

2) Winter nose


source: http://www.akc.org/press_center/akc_syndic...sk_AKC/0108.cfm

Bring it out for more sunlight! .
Shushu experienced winter nose when he was down with pneumonia last time. Probably because of the cold and being coped up in the house.
However, his nose colour is returned to shiny black now!

Indeed, the puppies can learn from the interaction with their littermates (play and bite each other) and through obedience training.

Look at below link again, hungry puppies tend to behave.
http://www.pets.ca/pettips/tips-44.htm

For my case, the puppies are fed every 6 hours. 4 times a day.
They have never left hungry.
Besides, the mom has rather low milk supply to feed all 10 puppies.

This post has been edited by ALeUNe: Apr 28 2008, 12:44 PM

Lol
ok..

if you say that you are hand feeding the puppy away from the dam which is why the puppies doesnt learn..doesn't it proves my point exactly that you need to keep the puppies with the dam for them to learn bite inhibition early in their life??
You can still feed them extra if they are not adequately fed ....

Anyway just want to say thats how the dam teaches the puppies the bite inhibition since you were wondering earlier on

hie i would like to know if a new born pups will be able to find their mothers tits fast? coz my lab just gave birth to 5 pups and all of them is like struggling to find their mother's tits....im worry they wont be able to drink their milk.......

u gotta help them abit to locate their mouth to the mum's tits.

Show you the Curly-Coated Retriever from Penang. It from Australia.


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you will need to teach them to drink their mother's milk on the first two days until they managed to learn it.