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Buying a Pet Identification Tag for The Golden Retriever

How to Pick an ID Tag for Your Golden RetrieverBuying a pet identification tag for your Golden Retriever is like buying insurance – you do it with the devout wish that you’ll never need it. The “possible price” of not having a pet ID tag is more costly than the “real price” of buying the pet tag itself.

The type of pet ID tag that you buy is crucial, so take 5 minutes or so to consider it. Impulsively choosing a collar tag because it’s cheap or cute usually ends up being unwise, down the road.

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How to Train a Golden Retriever in 5 Simple Steps

Five Tips to Train Your Golden RetrieverTraining the Golden Retriever is not a hard task. Just have a little dedication, patience as well as these five easy to learn tactics and you’ll break them in successfully.

Below we share five Top Techniques on how you can break in your Golden Retriever with fantastic results:

1. In order to avoid the Golden Retriever from getting confused and so that they can understand commands readily just one person should train a Golden Retriever at first. In instances where too many folks try to train your Golden Retriever at the same time this will stop progress.

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How to Build Your Golden Retriever a Dog House

Build a House for Your Golden RetrieverOver 50% of the population allows their Golden Retrievers to stay indoors and sleep on the couch or in the bed. For those of you who are wanting to know how to build a dog house for your Golden Retriever, below are some simple rules to follow when considering what type of house you want to provide for your Golden Retriever.

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Teaching a Golden Retriever Jumping for Agility

Teach Your Golden Retriever to Jump for AgilityThis post is concerning teaching a Golden Retriever jumping for agility. We are often asked, “What number of jumps should I begin with?” You can never have too many single jumps to learn agility. One good starting point is four jumps. This is the minimum count of jumps that we recommend.

Teaching the Golden Retriever to jump: Start with Four

You can teach a Golden Retriever many exercises, drills, and skills with 4 jumps. 4 jumps will let you work on a short jump chute or jump grid. You can practice on a “box” with your jumps and practice handling, collection, and 270 degree jumps. You can teach your Golden Retriever jumping right and left. You could be outside the box and send your Golden Retriever or you can handle from within the box. Your jumps can be setup in a horizontal row, so that you could practice serpentines and threadles.

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Is The Golden Retriever Puppy Right For Your Family?

Should you get a Golden Retriever puppy?Sooner or later, every parent is likely to be asked: “Mommy, may I have that Golden Retriever puppy?”

Rather than dodge the question, parents are advised to think about whether or not their clan is ready for a dog, especially a Golden Retriever, according to Sharon Bergen, senior vice president of education and training for Knowledge Learning Corporation, the country’s foremost provider of early childcare.

While pondering “should we get the Golden Retriever” Bergen advises parents evaluate the plusses and minuses of adding the Golden Retriever to the family prior to agreeing to a child’s wishes. “The Golden Retriever can teach our children responsibility and become a fantastic addition to the family-or it can become a chore,” she says. Bergen recommends you think about the following before committing:

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Tips For Taking Care Of The Golden Retriever

golden retriever care tipsOwning dogs, especially providing care for the golden retriever, is a specialty of humans. Some experts theorize dogs were domesticated between 12,000 and 25,000 years ago—and that all dogs evolved from wolves. Since those days, humans have selectively bred more than four hundred breeds, varying in size from four-pound teacup poodles all the way up to Irish wolfhounds, whose 3-foot stature has earned them the title of tallest pooch. However, the most popular canines are non-pedigree dogs—the one-of-a-kind dogs known as mutts. The golden retriever is another favorite choice among canine owners. Some owners are unaware, however, of some important golden retriever care tips.