corgichick
Posted : 6/25/2007 10:59:14 AM
Goldens are great dogs, we have one right now. But when she was a puppy, she did all the things that puppies do, pee on the floor (ugghh, I remember stepping in it =P), poo on the floor, cry in her crate until 3AM, eat chair legs, get into everything you dont want them to get into, and she even managed to some how rip all our wall paper off of the wall.
When she was going through her adolesence stage, I got so frustrated and wanted to give up. She was the worst I had seen when going through that stage. She wouldnt listen to you AT ALL! She would do what she wanted when she wanted. But now that she is 3 years old she has settled down, not much but she is not as bad as she was when she was a pup. She was alot of fun to train though, she gave me something to do when I was bored, I taught her 4 tricks in one day. She learned REALLY fast. I taught her how to bow, cover her nose, play dead, roll over, high five, patty cake, and she is really good at agility. When I was training a service dog, Claire (my golden) caught on to all the commands I taught Therese (the golden that I was training as a service dog). I never taught Claire "take it" but she knows how, she knows how to walk right by your side on a loose leash and sit when you stop, and I never really taught her that. She always keeps you on your toes, and still has a lil puppyness to her, she is a big clown. Some days you will come home to ripped apart stuffed animals, shredder tissues, and the whole garbage can knocked over and garbage scattered everywhere. She is a good dog though, she loves to play fetch and loves learning new things. During the day when my mom is gone, she usually sleeps on the top step where she can see out the window with my other dog next to her. They bark at everything that passes the house, and dont stop until you look out the window and see what it is and tell them it is okay. She also picks up socks, towels, rags, stuffed animals, EVERYTHING and brings it to you....right now I have a huge pile at the computer desk full of socks, towels, stuffed animals, and even markers and pens. Oh and you cant forget, you have to brush them pretty often to prevent or get out mats that form around their ears, on their butt, and on the feathering of their legs and tail, not that much work, we brush Claire 3-4 times a week and she doesnt really get many mats.
She is a GREAT dog and I'm glad I got her.
Let us know what breed you choose for sure, and when you get your dog/puppy make sure to post picturessss
Here are a few pics just for the fun of it.
Sleeping on the top step
my lil goof ball
giving me the puppy eyes...she knows she did something bad
Sorry, I love posting pictures :]