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The Golden Retriever And Your Family

Golden Retrievers in the United Sates are the iconic family pet. They are so well known as gentle, loving family members that there have been many Goldens cast in movies to portray the quintessential family dog. They have been featured in several movies and are all over TV. The Golden Retriever very well may be America's dog.

Golden Retrievers are extremely patient and gentle with children, specifically young children, who may not yet comprehend that the dog is a living thing that must be handled gently. While young children should always be supervised when playing with any dog, the Golden Retriever is remarkably accepting of children's sudden and often random movements or behaviors. They are comfortable with the abuse young children may inflict, tugging of the ears and pulling of the tail. The breed is not prone to fear-based aggression and will even learn to love and protect the most rambunctious of children, though children in a family with a new pet must be taught responsible and respectful ways to care for and play with their new friend.

The Golden Retriever thrives best with an active family. Your Golden will have a ball playing fetch and running around the park with your children. In fact, having children in the home often helps give the Golden Retriever the exercise her or she so desperately needs and might not otherwise get. They are a very active and athletic breed that needs frequent and regular stimulation. The Golden Retriever has a lot of energy to burn!

Golden Retrievers do well in families primarily because they are so easy to train. Their intelligence and endless desire to please their owners makes learning basic obedience, and even a big battery of tricks a snap. This breed is so easily trainable that they are frequently used as service dogs, helping the elderly and disabled in their day-to-day tasks. Obedience training and trick training can be fantastic activities for the whole family to participate in, and can be a great way to bond with a new pet.

Goldens aren't an aggressive breed by nature, but they can certainly become protective of any member of your family. They are not born to be guard dogs or aggressive protectors by any means, but you can rest assured that this loyal pet will keep an eye out for strangers or any impending danger, even if their only attack is a warning bark to alert the family of something suspicious.

The Golden Retriever has an endless number of positive attributes when being considered as a family pet. Goldens are quick to bond and adapt to their new home, and will treat each member of your family as their own family. They can become very lonely if left alone for extended periods of time, and have been known to suffer from separation anxiety. A Golden Retriever will do best in a family environment where there is lots of regular stimulation, both physical and intellectual, and of course, lots and lots of love and affection.

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Why is my Golden Retreiver puppy suddenly aggressive sometimes when she is picked up?

Otherwise, she is incredibly sweet and gentle. I have 3 young children and I am very careful about monitoring their interactions with her. She is really tolerant and sweet about their handling. My five year old picked her up (while we were at a neighbor's home) while she was snacking on their dog food, and the puppy growled and reached around to snap at her. It was quite frightening for her and myself. When I stepped over to pick up the puppy, she was still very angry and growled at me. I had to hold her tightly to calm her down! It's really confusing because she comes from very well bred parents and has the sweetest most gentle temperment 99% of the time. She has been aggressive with me twice when I scooped her up from behind. (She had been playing and being crazy at those two particular times.) Are we ruining her sweet disposition somehow?

She has boundary issues.. She needs some obedience training.. You can try to train her yourself by showing your dominance over her.. Constantly give her commands and use good training methods to teach her sit, stay, lay down, speak and come.. Utilizing her intelligence, keeping her mind occupied and exercise is the best way to get an obedient dog..

The aggression issues are important to deal with for the safety of your children.. Do some training with her one-on-one at first.. As you're feeding her, take her food away from her and if she growls, scold her.. Do this repeatedly while she eats.. Use this same training method with her toys.. Also, while she's laying in a doorway or on the floor, intentionally walk "through" her.. Force her to move out of your way, for fear of getting stepped on.. You can even mock stumbling over her to teach her the same thing.. If she growls or snaps, scold her IMMEDIATELY.. Teach her that if she doesn't WATCH WHERE YOU ARE she could get stepped on..

I know it sounds mean and your puppy is so cute that you'd never want to "hurt her feelings" or make her scared of you, but to have a safe home for your children you have to practice "tough love" with your dog. YOU ARE THE BOSS. If you dog wants to do something IT BETTER BE OKAY WITH YOU. If you have to be a DRILL SARGENT for a few months to be able to train your puppy then you can reap the benefits down the road of having a obedient,gentle and intelligent pet for your children..

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