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A Golden in a Cat Family
I have two 5 year old cats. Just adopted a one year old male neutered golden retriever. He does not have a lot of training, so I see that I have to train ...
Goldens and Cancer
Hello my name is Jill. I have a nine year old female Teva. She has lost weight not eating as much. She has got hot spots she has never had one in her ...
Chronic Diarrhea in Golden Puppy
My 3 month old male pup has had diarrhea since we picked him up a month ago. He has been to the vet and had all the tests and all have come back negative....
Urination in Goldens
Our 7 year old Golden barely EVER has the urgency to go out and pee. He may pee two - three times per day.
My concern is two-fold...First, is that ...
Going in Circles
Hello,
We recently adopted a 5 year old golden retriever form a local rescue group. They didn't have much info on Emmitt. He hadn't even been neutered....
Golden Retriever Referrals
I have loved 4 very different Golden Retrievers for over 50 years. (My friends think I am part golden!) In the last two years I have lost two goldens. Calla ...
No one But Me Will Do
My almost 2 yr-old golden retriever suddenly won't walk with anyone but me. I have always walked him in the morning, my daughter in the afternoon and my ...
Refusing to Go Further
My 11 month old Golden apparently does not like going for walks. He stops before we even get down the driveway. I just stay in the lead, look straight ...
Avoidance of Climbing or Jumping
My Golden Retriever is 2 years old, and suddenly will not climb stairs or jump up on beds. Any thoughts?
Response from Golden Retriever Magic:
This ...
Urination
I have a 7 1/2 year female golden. She holds her urine so long - will this hurt her?
Response from Golden Retriever Magic:
Although Golden ...
Tumors and Goldens
We just lost our best friend and family member Chance who we had for 10years. He had tumors in his abdomen including 1 attached to his liver. He started ...
When to Train?
HI,
My 3 months old Golden Retriever male puppy(BRUNO) is very naughty and hyper too. But he is very intelligent and has made my family complete. But ...
Laryngeal Paralysis
My 13 year old golden Brandy has laryngeal paralysis and just had the surgery to tie back one of the vocal cords. I was told that he now may get aspiration ...
Dog Food
We have a 8 mo old female golden and we feed her Iams Eukenuba dry puppy food which she has eaten with no problem. We also have an older Sheltie which ...
Eating
Cara from the United Kingdom writes: I have taken in an 18 month old Golden Retriever and despite keeping her to the same routine as her previous owners ...
Training My Puppy
I started puppy k-garten today. This is a very smart puppy but I am in trouble with her and frankly I do not know where it will lead. I will let you know ...
When Should The First Walk Be
My new Golden Retriever puppy is home. She's so much work! I forgot how much--so I am totally exhausted.
I have a question for you. While we had snow ...
Who to Feed First
My adult dog Max has been so sick. He has aspiration pneumonia in both lungs. It's a long story but the most important thing is he's getting better. I'...
Terrorizing Chickens
We just aquired a 2 1/2 yr old male whom we named Boomer. He has discovered the chickens in my coupe and now he will go out there and do circles around ...
Getting a New Puppy
I have a 10 year old male golden. He is my companion. I have MS. He is my life and my best friend. It will take me two years to train a puppy before a ...
Skin Sores
Sores at various parts of the body, I removed the hair around the sores. Most are usually on the underside of all four legs, He was on antibiotics, they ...
Dog Food
I currently have my Golden puppy on large breed puppy formula and will be switching her in a few weeks (she'll be 8 months) to adult formula. Should she ...
Trainability
Are Goldens easy to train or do they require a lot of work to get them to understand what you want?
Response from Golden-Retriever-Magic:
Thanks ...
Helping Others?
How have Golden Retrievers helped others? What have they done to help others?
Response from Golden-Retriever-Magic:
What an excellent question!...
Golden Paws
Does anyone know the reason why Goldies love to put their paws on you? I don't mean that they stand up, but they just come over and put a paw on you, as ...
Bored or Being Naughty?
I HAVE TWO DOGS!!! and they are being very naughty. (Lola and Lilly). When I leave the house they chew stuff up and when I come back all I see is messed ...
Worming Prevention
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Hi,
I was just wanting some opinions of other Golden owners.
I am currently using Programme as a method of worming prevention as prescribed by our ...
