Please, when you are looking for a puppy, only visit reputable websites that ask for full health test results for both parents before they will allow the advertisement to be published.   i.e., I would recommend Champdogs.co.uk.

 

Before deciding on getting a puppy please consider that golden retrievers need a lot of training and need to be taught “the boundaries” from the very start of their life with you.  They grow up to be big dogs so manners and socialising are important, a good dog training club will help you with this, I personally recommend clubs that are affiliated to the Kennel Club’s Good Citizen Scheme where they teach you, the handler, to train your puppy to become a well behaved member of your family and a pleasure to take anywhere with you.

 

Please dont over exercise your puppy once it is allowed out in the big wide world.  A very short walk of about 10 minutes is plenty to start with once you have taught your puppy to walk nicely on a collar and lead.  I dont recommend harnesses with young puppies as they can put pressure on their joints.  Persevere with a collar and lead and teach your puppy to walk nicely beside you, a tasty treat is all that is needed to keep your puppy’s attention and reward for walking nicely beside you without pulling on the lead.

 

Also before considering getting a puppy – do you have the time to devote to the training and potty training?  Golden Retrievers do not like being left alone in the house for a long time,  they love to be with their owners and don’t always do well left  alone for long periods.  If you work from home all the better but you still need to allow time with your puppy as it will need a lot of attention. Potty training can be tedious, take puppy outside and wait out there with them until they have done their business and then lots of praise, they will soon learn that is where you want them to do their business.  Shutting them outside in the garden isn’t going to help with the training as they wont be rewarded when they actually do anything.  Be prepared to stand out in the rain and the cold weather but once they catch on you will be rewarded with a house trained puppy.

 

They are a lovely breed and you can have lots of fun with them especially if you like active hobbies.  They enjoy their obedience, agility (when they are over a year old) gundog training and some of them just love to help you out around the house and the garden.  They also enjoy their walks but you have to keep this to a minimum until they are approximately a year old with no strenuous exercise or rough play with other dogs, they can easily get injured .

Have a look at the X ray of a two week old puppy, the bones have not fused together and this takes time.

 

 

CORONAVIRUS

There seems to be a massive shortage of puppies at the moment and you should also be warned that you should NOT give anyone a deposit without first having proof that there is definitely a puppy to purchase, in the recent pandemic it seems that people are cashing in on this scam, please be careful.

I would also urge you to consider your current position, with many people at home now with the coronavirus.  Is this the right time for you to be bringing a puppy into your household.  You and your family may be around all the time at the moment, but what happens when you all go back to work/school. The puppy will be left for long hours and may not adjust to this lifestyle very easily and dogs should not be left for long hours in the first place, if you work full time it is not the time to bring a dog into your life.

Something else that needs to be considered very carefully before bringing a puppy into your home is that a puppy needs socialising and to attend puppy classes.  There are no training classes available at the moment due to the “lockdown” and I feel that it will be some time before we are going to be able to provide training classes for people with their young puppies/dogs.  Whilst you are walking your puppy, because of the  “Social Distancing” regulation, you may also find it difficult to socialise your puppy with other puppies and dogs.  Whilst puppy is young it is a very impressionable time for them and what they learn in the first six months of their lives may mould their temperaments for life, I.e., they may be wary of lots of people in public places, children and other dogs etc.

Feel free to email me at www.p.todd4@btinternet.com if you would like any advice/information .

We will update our site as and when we have any news of puppies on the way either from one of our girls or possibly that one of our boys have sired.  We do occasionally have bitches visit for a mating and once we have confirmation that a bitch is in whelp we will put details on this website of both Sire and Dam.

 

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