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Goldens Born on October 2012

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Dog Dog breed Canidae Mammal Golden retriever


Born first week of October. Please excuse his eyes, I was trying to capture a good shot while he was in the middle of playing with his chew toy.

Hi! We are new to this forum. We just got this adorable pup today and look forward to many happy years together :)


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#347 ·
Just checking in! Monty will be 15 weeks this Sunday! I can't believe how fast it's going!! Potty training is close to perfect--only one pee-pee accident in the past 2 weeks. I can't even remember the last time he pooped in the house it's been so long. But he's not perfect! LOL! He found the garbages! OH NO!! And he found that he can reach the table and the counters when stading on his hind legs. The bathroom garbage is the worst! He is constantly coming out of the bathroom with kleenex in his mouth!! Dinner was almost snatched last night from the table while we were setting it. So, although he's still a good boy, I have to be more watchful of where he's at!!
 
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Autumn2011, glad to hear Dug's on the mend!

Nikki, I totally relate to the Kleenex (just posted a pic of Gretzky and toilet paper!) and the counter / table surfing. Seems like they learn something devious with every "good" command!!

Gretzky saw the opthamologist again on Saturday. He's doing well overall, although the left eye is just cyst and no actual eye tissue. We'll have to remove it, probably around 6 months. It doesn't bother him at all, sweet boy.


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#349 ·
so glad that Gretzky's eye is nothing terribly serious.

So Nikki I understand about all the naughtiness on top of the cuteness!~

Today was just a hard day for me. Does anyone ever have those days? The kind that wear you out and you just wish you could veg out without worrying about the dogs getting into something. Peaches was just into everything and had a pee pee accident so I was stressed out about that. It is like just when I let my guard down after she hasn't had an accident in forever she goes and pees by the door. So the rest of my day was micromanaging everything she did in order to catch her before she had an accident. It seems like she is way behind your pups in the housebreaking. She is going to the vet tomorrow for her third set of shots so I'll see if they can check her for a UTI or give me some advice. We do everything that is out there to do so I don't know if what she is doing is normal or if she really is behind. It sounds like all of your dogs are so far advanced on that.
Well, I'm completely exhausted mentally and physically. RAin sucks in puppy land that is for sure!
 
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You guys I just found this amazing video about teaching your pup impulse control. I just did one session with Libby for about 10 mins and WHOA what a difference. :D

I don't want this post to be too long winded, but I will give you a glimpse at why I wanted Libby to learn this. Whenever we do our training sessions and she does a command correctly I want to give her a treat, however as I am about to give it to her, she lunges towards my hand. It has gotten a lot better because I taught her "take it nice" and I wont let her have it unless she takes the treat without lunging or chomping on my hand. Well let me tell you, this new training technique works 100% better and she caught on SOOOOO quickly!!!!


I think this is such an important skill for our pups to know so that they dont jump on tables, counters, get into trash etc. Basically you rewarded them when they avoid the temptation. In this case its the treat in my hand.


Let me say I am going to start EVERY training session with this. Because never before has she looked into my eyes to see if I will give her the treat. Her focus has always been on my hand with the treats. After one session of doing this, she watches me, and waits. She doesn't lunge, she takes the treats so gently.
I really just cant say enough about this training technique.

So try it with your pups and see if it works. Libby didn't quite catch on as quickly as the pup in the video. But I still saw results VERY quickly.


Take care guys!
 
#351 ·
that is great! I've already taught Katniss to Leave it and I can place them on her paws and stuff. Peaches isn't a lunger for treats but she doesn't have much impulse control. I did this and she figured it out pretty quick and I started doing the floor with both of the dogs. I said Leave it. They were both laying there staring that food down with wagging tails. They I said OK to release them and they gobbled them up. It was too cute to see them both obeying with each other there to make it harder to control themselves!
 
#352 ·
That's just awesome! Thanks! We practiced it a bit this morning. She figured out she wasn't going to get it if she tried licking it, but let's just say, we are not QUITE at the level of the puppies in the video....

Shelby, I am so impressed you've already taught Peaches and Katniss so well! And I'm slightly jealous. :)
 
#353 ·
Thanks, LeighAnne! I'm trying so hard because I really want to get them into competitions and the trainers agree they are fit for it, I just have to be trained to train them! They have learned so much. I have Kat bringing in the mail now, lol!

I took Peaches to the vet today for her third vacs. She said there is no way Peaches has a UTI. She sleeps from 8 pm to 6 pm and doesn't need to go out. If she had a UTI she couldn't hold it like that. She said she was normal and I'm doing everything right, she just isn't there yet. I'm ok with that, I just wanted to make sure that was it and it wasn't something I was doing wrong.
I may be taking her out TOO much, though. I talked to my breeder today and I might not be allowing her to learn how to hold it by herself during the day. So maybe I can spread it out a bit further.

Oh and she weight 21.6 pounds!
 
#354 ·
What kind of competitions are you going to do? I think Thelma Lou would be great at agility. I do worry about her shoulders a little bit. We had to stop taking her to her favorite playground so often because she LOVES to run and leap over all the little walls and things. This forum has me scared that she is doing damage to her joints.

Does anyone else's puppy like to make piles of their toys? Thelma Lou will go all around the house, collecting up her toys and put them in one big pile. Then she chooses something out of the pile to play with. :)

Here she is today, at 13 weeks. Shots on Monday so we'll weigh in then!
 

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#355 ·
Look at Thelma! She is sure getting big and she has such a pretty face! I love her ears!
That is hilarious about her piling up her toys. I bet you could teach her to put them up since she is already carrying them around. I'm trying to teach mine that currently but it sounds like TL has a leg up since she is comfortable dragging them places.

We are looking at agility and competitive obedience. Currently I have Peaches in kindergarten but starting at the end of March she will begin her first real class in that direction. They have to get through obedience 101 before we can do anything else. Kat is in it right now and it is really great because the women that teach it are all in the competition circuits and have so much experience and information to share with me. One instructor's dog is a top ten nation wide obedience champ and another used to be a judge so I am in good hands! They are all very excited to get me going! WE have no idea what field the dogs will excel in but the instructors and my breeder feel that it will be my personal preference because the dogs are pretty good at everything.

If you are interested in agility then get her into obedience classes because you can't do agility until they are done with that. It is all off leash and you have to have obedience mastered to compete in agility. I have a LONGGG way for that, ha ha!

Meanwhile, I have them doing certain things to help them get used to agility. For example I started teaching jump. I love working on it all with them.
Our classes have agility equipment so after the 101 class they get to try on out. Last week it was the A frame. Kat did awesome so now I'm working on her contacts before class starts.
It is so much information and I feel completely overwhelmed at times because I've never heard of any of it but it is very rewarding for me. I love it and Matt is completely on board with me traveling around to competitions. In two weeks I'm going to a show in Atlanta and some agility trails mid February. I want to start watching them so I get an idea how it all works. Youtube just isn't enough, ha ha! It is about time I get a hobby for me instead of following him around and only focusing on him and the army. I'm so excited!
 
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I am a little late to this party because I just picked up my puppy last Friday. Hanna's birthday is October 30, 2012.
She was already sold to someone else but they weren't able to pick her up due to their schedule change so the breeder was holding her for them. When Hanna was almost 12 weeks old, the breeder convinced them to wait for another litter when they weren't traveling as much and they agreed. When I got the call that she was available, I went right away to check her out. (That is what I told my husband) He didn't realize that I took the checkbook and a blanket and crate with me. Anyway, we came home with her. She is a real sweetheart and gets along well with the other dogs. I am hoping that because she is 12 weeks old, she will be easier to housebreak. We shall see.
It will be fun watching other pups her age grow up on this forum.
We had our 12 week vet visit yesterday and she weighs 22 lb. I think most of that is hair. She is a big fluff ball.
 

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Hanna is so adorable! So now you have 3 goldens? What a happy place your house must be! :) I'd love to have another, but our lifestyle can only handle one....maybe one day....

And Autumn, we're still putting water in Thelma Lou's kibble. Not soaking it, just running it under the faucet for a sec before we give it to her. I think she'd be fine with dry food, but she likes this and slurps up the "gravy" it makes. Plus, I figure this way I know she's staying hydrated. :)
 
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Thanks. Your little girl is adorable too. I love seeing all the pictures of the pups born in the same month and following their progress.
I thought Hanna was a little big for 12 weeks but with some of the other pups being 19 lb. I guess she is not too far off.
 
#362 ·
We have exciting news! For a number of reasons, we are getting to have private training lessons in our home for six weeks beginning tomorrow! I am thrilled at the opportunity-I feel like Thelma Lou is going to do so well in our controlled environment. Also, the facility that we are using is building an agility training course (for FEMA-they mainly train rescue and forensic dogs) which she will have access to once it's finished and pretty much forever. :)
This works so well for our schedule-both boys can participate, perhaps even my husband since his work is less than a mile from our home. We won't have to worry about the Parvo risk (vet still doesn't want her in big classes because she's seen an even greater increase in parvo infections) and will continue socialization with some puppy friends we have. It's just an ideal situation. And one on one attention. So excited! :)

We will move to a group class after this six week period is done. She'll have a little maturity on her, she'll be completely vaccinated, and will have a head start on obedience.
 
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From what I have read on here, that's probably too much. I guess it would depend on what surface you were walking, too. Definitely no on pavement, but maybe not so bad on trails or grass?

I'm not much help. :)
 
#366 ·
I weighed Libby today at 4 months and one day old. She only weighed 30 pounds. Which is 5 more lbs than what she weighed at 3 months. That seems so low to me.... I cant feel her ribs that easily. I wonder if she will just be on the smaller size... She hasn't gotten much taller in the past couple weeks. What are your pups weighing in at?
 
#368 ·
Hi guys, we're still alive! Just super busy with work and wedding planning :) Charlie is doing AMAZINGLY. I think that's part of why I haven't been on here as much - really no issues to report! I can't remember the last time I cleaned up a potty mess in the house, which is great. Puppy class is going very well too. Charlie is almost always the "demo dog" because he learns the commands so quickly! Here's Charlie hanging out in the car:

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And enjoying his first snow last week!

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And playing with our friends' new puppy, Lola. Lola is an 8 week old American mastiff puppy; Charlie won't be bigger for long:

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Glad to see all the October babies are doing so well!


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