I love golden retrievers, especially when they are puppies! They are so darn cute!
Golden Retriever
The Golden Retriever is a large-sized gun dog that retrieve shot waterfowl, such as ducks and upland game birds, during hunting and shooting parties. They were named 'retriever' because of their ability to retrieve shot game undamaged due to their soft mouth. Golden retrievers have an instinctive love of water, and are easy to train to basic or advanced obedience standards. They are a long-coated breed, with a dense inner coat that provides them with adequate warmth in the outdoors, and an outer
dogs as well as specialized skills for whatever type of facility the dog will be working in to be integrated into therapies.
Breeding and raising.
Canine Companions employs a breeding program to supply their dogs. They use Golden Retrievers and Labrador Retrievers or crosses of the two breeds.
Puppies are raised by volunteers who commit to keeping the dogs for 18 months, until it is time for them to enter the training program .
Training.
The four- to nine-month professional training begins when the dog is returned