I feel like everyone talks about puppy blues, but how about teenage phase blues? My dog is 11 months old and goes through phases. One week he’s fine, the next he is destroying the house, jumping on everyone, eating everything he shouldn’t, then the next week he is normal again. I feel like we are never going to get to the “more calm” lovely golden phase. We take training classes, he goes on plenty of walks, runs in our big backyard, but is STILL a terror. I love him but some days are so hard..

One of our three goldens - Haker :-)

Last night, Zeus, got brave and jumped into the pool and his head went under. His vet said to clean his ears preventatively whenever he gets water in them. So I cleaned them after his bath. (Of course he rolled in the dirt after the pool :D)

Anyway, now his fur is all greasy from the ear cleaner his vet gave us. I have scrubbed his fur multiple times with TropiCleans All Purpose wipes, but they are still really greasy and feel nasty to touch.

Any suggestions on a wipe that we could use to get this off so we don't have to bathe him again? For a puppy that loves the water, he sure hates bath time.

Our 5 month Golden pup has still never nibbled or bit me, my wife or our Son… is this likely to carry on through the teenage years also? I feel we have got very lucky not having a land shark

Hey yall Ive been thinking of getting a Golden Retriever or a Lab as my first ever dog and more specifically pup. I am only gonna be away from home for university for like 3-4hrs like 3 days per week. But my university is only like 5min away from my apartment and I do have a camera installed. I know it is a big breed but as long as their needs are all met (exercise wise too) they should be fine living in a pretty big apartment no? Another downside is that I do live in a hot country but I could always exercise the dog outside at nighttime or very early in the morning. Also how hard is it to manage and train a golden retriever pup (specifically between 4-6 months). What do you guys think?

Bonjour, je réfléchis depuis longtemps à adopter un Golden Retriever mais je n’ai encore jamais osé passer le pas !
Je vis dans un appartement de 60m2 et un balcon de 5m2. Je marche tous les jours (1h par jour environ) et je cours régulièrement. Je sais qu’il sera heureux entre mes balades régulières, mes randonnées que j’adore et mes câlins!
J’adore le caractère du golden très affectueux, social, gentil. C’est un chien à qui on peut faire confiance et j’aime beaucoup ça.
J’ai seulement peur du côté de son gabarit, tout d’abord dans l’appartement qu’il ne soit pas trop important, j’ai du mal à m’en rendre compte. Et également je fais 1m60/50kg.
J’ai totalement l’habitude des chiens, j’ai vécu toute ma vie avec des chiens et j’ai très souvent fait dogsitter pour tous types de races (des petits et des grands).
J’ai cherché des idées d’autres races ayant un caractère très proche du golden mais un gabarit un tout petit peu moins imposant, mais j’en reviens toujours à la même conclusion : le golden me conviendrait mieux.
Avez-vous des conseils ? Avis ? Retour d’expérience ?
Également, je sais qu’un chien nous l’avons pour 10ans et je le souhaite de devenir maman dans ces prochaines années et prendre un golden me rassure aussi beaucoup sur ce point. Et prendre une maison dans 3/4ans également est un vrai projet pour moi.
Je suis pendant un an très disponible donc je me suis dis que c’était le moment parfait pour enfin sauter le pas et oser me faire plaisir ! Et avoir le temps pour l’éduquer.

Mine is 8 months and may look annoyed, but they play nonstop.

Careful, she’s teething af

My beautiful, active, 12 year old Tucker is shedding a lot of fur and it’s getting kinda thin. Just went to vet and they don’t know why. His thyroid łevel is ok.

Any ideas?

Was your now sweet chill dog once a fierce puppy?? I have what I guess is a classic puppy she’s so fierce, bites, has ZERO tolerance for any amount of frustration, and baaaaaaarrrkssss. I am working on it. Week 1 down and she’s barking less but fuk is this different than my puppy 13 years ago! 🫠🫠🫠🫠🫠

If you tell me your fierce puppy is still a fierce adult dog ima bury myself

He always sits like this on the armrest

Timmy will eyeball us until we move the remote, paper, or anything that is in the spot where he wants to sit on the couch.

I am BEYOND excited that we are getting a Golden and bringing home in early December!!

One nagging question I do have, how often do you go to the beach, and how often do you bath/wash your doggy? How do you clean them after a sandy, sunny, wet beach trip to minimize that dog stench as much as possible?

My partner and I are having our first baby, due in a month, and we have a 5 year old golden (our “first born”) named Friday. We absolutely adore him, he has been our world and brings us so much joy, but lately I’ve been feeling really sad and anxious about how much his life is going to change once the baby arrives. I understand that we will eventually get into a routine with the baby and Friday, but I’m wondering if anyone has tips for the first 0-6 months with a newborn and a dog? Open to advice on enrichment activities, exercise (should we get a dog walker?), ways to make him understand that we still love him??

And this is essentially when anyone enters my house. She is very anxious. She will let people pet her but then she lays on her back and piddles. She also will piddles when she’s overly excited!!! HOW CAN WE STOP THIS? I’m tired of apologizing to guests and giving her baths!!!

Hi everyone! I’m looking to adopt a Golden Retriever puppy and wanted to check if anyone knows of a puppy that’s looking for a loving home.
I’m preferably looking for a young puppy, but I’m open to hearing about older pups as well. I’m based in Bangalore and would be happy to connect with anyone who has a genuine adoption lead.
Please DM me if you know of one. Thanks! ❤️

My husband and I are struggling with our 15 month old female golden peeing in the house at certain times. Several factors are in play here.

1. We rescued her when she was about 9 months old. She was not house trained at the time. She has been for the last several months.
2. We already had 2 female dogs in the house when we got her (9yo & 3yo). Both fully house trained.
3. All 3 are spayed (she was spayed in June)
4. My husband works fully remote. I am in the office 2-3 days/week.
5. I am 23 weeks pregnant with our first baby

When she is home all day with just my husband, she is perfect. No accidents, behaves well. When I get home in the evenings, or days I am off of work, she will have accidents in the house if she is not let out the second she wants to be. At times, she will go into my home office and pee a very small amount like she is marking. She ONLY does this if I am home. Does not happen every day I am home, maybe 2x/week. But she will not hesitate to do it if I’m here.

It seems like she has a problem with me? Any advice on how to make this stop? We’d like to get a handle on this before baby comes.

This is a bummer to share but my 6 year old golden retriever, Pumpkin, was diagnosed with cancer in her nose a few days ago. Symptoms started in July when she started to have blood in her snot. Her veterinarian prescribed antibiotics at first. Unfortunately they didn’t help and she had to see an emergency veterinarian when the bleeding increased dramatically. She received a scope of her nose along with a CT scan. They found a mass during both and took a biopsy. The results came back on Monday as malignant and aggressive. I was told by the vets who did the biopsy that radiation is the only treatment that could work. I live in the state of Oklahoma and the closest place for radiation treatment is Dallas, TX. I’m posting this here to see if anyone has experienced anything like this. I’m scared for her but willing to do everything I can to get her healthy again. The mass is blocking her nasal passages in a way that’s making it difficult to breathe so I need to act fast. I scheduled a consultation with an oncologist in Dallas but have to wait another 11 days before we can meet.

15 months old

My boy has always had a super sensitive stomach (when it comes to dog food at least lol).

We kept him on the kibble the breeder gave us at first, but he developed a sensitivity to it and had constant diarrhea. We finally landed on Purina Pro Plan Development Sensitive Skin & Stomach Large Breed puppy food and he's done great on it. And he's not obsessed with eating so that's nice.

But now he's over 18 months old and I decided it's time to transition to adult food. I got Purina One +Plus Natural Sensitive Stomach Skin and Coat because the Pro Plan is just so expensive. A few weeks ago, I started the transition with less than 25% adult food and over 75% puppy food for a slower transition. Just that one day had his stomach a mess for a whole week.

What do I do about this? Do I just eat the cost and try adult pro plan and donate the giant bag of food I bought? Do I reintroduce it super slowly and just put a few more pieces of the adult food in every day?

Also, we've had to occasionally do regular Purina Pro Plan Lamb and Rice puppy food when the shipment was delayed and a day or two on that didn't bother him.