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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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great idea - I'm going to do that now. You know this is a great forum for Golden owners! I love this place there is such a wealth of information here that I cannot go more than a day without checking in - even if I don't post I skim for information that I can use for training Bailey!
 
#432 ·
Well no interest in the water bowl with ice cubes - Bailey prefers the ice cubes on the kitchen floor :)

On a really REALLY positive note - Bailey has NOT had an potty accident at all today - she has walked to the door and stood there and waited for me to open the door. Just like Allie does. I like that - she doesn't move and just waits patiently. I'm always around and pay attention to my pups so they don't go unattended and they know I'll be there. Bailey's bladder is getting stronger! I'm so relieved.
My DH fishes crab in AK and I KNOW his patience level is not the same as mine - you know moms and dads can be different - good thing I have a carpet shampooer! So, I'll clean the carpet before he gets home later this month.
Whew! Now to get to day two and so on and so on! I hope this is the beginning of a long run!
 
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Hmm - I just noticed that October and other months are really active in posting versus other months - they shall remain "monthless' HAHA!
I wonder why that is? I guess some puppy mommas and daddys are really busy, eh?

I gain so much insight that I have been going to other puppy months to see what I'm gonna be in for :)
 
#435 ·
Since Allie doesn't have a sense of play - I'm seeing this in Bailey -

Are all Golden's this smart - example - we are playing fetch with the tennis ball(which Bailey is getting very well) then Bailey takes the ball and kinda stops the game and plays on her own. You know, pushes the ball with her feet and it gets away from her and it goes under the couch and she can't get to it.
So, she has figured out that she has to go behind the couch next to the wall to get the ball - mind you we just started playing with the ball a couple of days ago.
Kind of irritating though when the ball is in sight, and she can reach it - she barks at it! She wants me to get it for her when she could easily reach it - but when she can't get it she doesn't bark at all - she tries squeezing her body under the couch.
Oh the life of a puppy's mama!
 
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Hi all-loving all the updates on the October pups! I am hoping to have some new pics of Thelma Lou (T-Lou is her name "on the block", my boys told me ;) ) because my son finally was able to purchase his new camera. :)

We are back from a two-day trip we had to make for an appointment. We left the pup with dad. So we will now spend the weekend retraining. ;)

Things are actually going pretty well, training-wise. She hasn't had an accident in the house in a while. We are working on greeting guests politely-it's a long process. And we are concentrating this week on recall. She is still SOOOOO fascinated by everything in sight that recall outside is very hit and miss. We are going to get a long rope today and take her out to the DZ and work on it there.

One thing that's slowed down our training is that she has had tummy problems back to back and we haven't been able to give her tasty treats because of it. She is VERY food-motivated so its not as fun for her to obey and then just get praise.

She is definitely a momma's girl. She obeys me the best and knows ahead of time what's expected. Next best is the 18 year old. She pretty much thinks the 9yo is her equal and blows him off, and Dad is a softie, which she pegged early and takes full advantage of. The hardest times with her are when the little boy's friends are in and out of the house, noisy and fast and full of energy. We've pretty much decided she needs to be in her crate around 4 each day just so she can try to stay calm. Otherwise she wants to run and jump on the boys and gets all worked up.

She loves ice cubes, too. Sits so nice and straight when anyone opens up the freezer. :) I don't even try to push the ice button anymore-I just get a handful out of the container because I know she'll be showing up for some in half a second.

Have a great weekend-hope those of you up north are finally getting a taste of spring!
 
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Here is Allie and Bailey - the new girl - Bailey is 4 1/2 months old (a couple of days over) resting after a long day.
However, Allie is still kind of recovering from her splenectomy and has been a little lethargic and doesn't want to play with Bailey.
That makes me sad that Allie is tired...
Bailey just hopped up there to snuggle with Allie - I thought it was sweet!
 

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Hi October Pups!

Hi all October puppy families! I keep meaning to introduce myself and post on her and I have finally gotten the chance to do so. I have an October puppy too. Her name is Juniper but we call her Juno and she was born on the 27th. We got her on Christmas Eve at 8 weeks. We did not try for a "Christmas puppy" but it was just how it worked out. We had an 11 year old golden named Mayflower and she passed away last July from cancer. After a few months without a dog, we were ready to try and fill that void.

Juno is doing great with her training. She is mostly house trained, with an occasional accident (down to about once a week) and graduated from puppy Kindergarten class last week. She knows a lot of different basic commands and we are working on loose leash walking and not jumping up on people or the kitchen counter. We also have some issues with her treating our 3.5 year old like a littermate, play biting and trying to wrestle with him. She sleeps in her kennel in our room at night and we put her in there whenever we leave the house. Currently I am a stay at home mom to my son which makes training a young puppy a little easier.

Juno is fairly petite and lean. She weighed 23 pounds at her last appointment about 4 weeks ago so probably is closer to 28 now I would guess. I do not have any new photos of her on my computer right now, but will try to transfer them and post one soon. Here is a photo of Juno at about 16 weeks. She is much more grown-up looking now!
 

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Hi all - my puppy Bailey was looking for me yesterday morning - I had my 5 year old grand-daughter spend the night and I was just heading out of the bathroom. I had already let Bailey and Allie out for their morning constitutional.
Bailey ran into the bedroom - then scampered out and with 10 seconds - Allie had come running in wagging her tail - mind you they ran into the bedroom and didn't recognize who was in the bed and Bailey must of told Allie that -
Allie and Bailey started looking for me - I know that there was no verbal communication between the two dogs - but they KNEW it wasn't me in the bed. The way Allie came running into the bedroom and Bailey had gone to tell Allie that someone else was in the bed and WHERE IS OUR MOMMA!
It was so cute and how relieved the both of them were to find me. It was cute!
 
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Hey everyone-for those of you who remember the tooth drama with Thelma Lou, big news!!! The great Tooth Watch has begun! One of her bottom (double or split, remains to be seen) canines is VERY loose and we expect she'll lose it in the next day. I'll post a picture and then we'll be watching to see what the big girl tooth looks like! Cross your fingers for only one!!!
 
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Leigh Ann I was wondering about TL and her teeth. Last week, Peaches had two canine teeth on both sides. Her baby teeth didn't fall out but her adult teeth came out. I was worried because they were out pretty far and her baby teeth weren't loose. I thought I might have to go to the vet to get them removed. Luckily she was playing fetch and got all crazy on one of the toys and ended up ripping out the baby teeth. whew!
 
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The Infamous Tooth!

Well, it's out! Here it is (the first of two) in all its glory. And I am p,eased to announce that the big girl tooth coming in underneath it appears to be a run-of-the-mill single tooth SO FAR.
The other canine isn't all that loose yet, but I can see the tip of the new one pushing in behind it so I guess it'll come out soon, too. The tooth fairly is hopefully bringing is no extra dental costs!!!
 

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Milla has been loosing her teeth. We did find 2 last week. The only real reason we even noticed is because DH had blood on his arm and it wasn't his. So he checked her mouth and sure enough there was a tooth that had just came out.
She can also jump up on our bed now without help. We allow her on sometimes while we are watching TV. However she doesn't sleep in our room, she sleeps downstairs so I dont have to worry about her jumping on me while I sleep.
 
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Shelby, I'm glad they're coming in singular, too! After the brownie incident, eye problem, 3 rounds of antibiotics and diarrhea, I'm ready to take a vet-bill break for a bit, until spaying. That's actually only one tooth-I just took pics from both sides. The other one isn't out yet but maybe in the next day or two. I'm not one for keeping teeth (eww) but I have to save these for the doctor to see.
I love her adult teeth-they are so pretty and white. :)
Any idea on how big Peaches is? My boy looked at your signature pic and said, "Look how much Peaches has grown!"
 
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Just weighed Thelma Lou on our scale-33 lbs. That's small, I suppose, but she seems enormous to me! Maybe I should put her next to one of your big pups to out it in perspective. :)
We are going to be starting some group training sessions soon and I am looking forward to it. The private lessons have been great, but she really needs more exposure to other dogs. She acts like a maniac when we see other dogs-alternately trying to get to them and shrinking away from them, even our next door neighbor's boxer, who is the best behaved dog I've seen in a long time. That field training sounds like so much fun!


My 16 week old golden, Asher, has a misaligned tooth. Anyone been down this road? What did you do about it? We're going to bring it up to the vet at our next appt.
I haven't seen teeth like that but I would definitely bring it up to the vet! Are those Asher's puppy teeth? Maybe when his adult teeth come in they will align right?
 
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that tooth is just so crazy looking. I would keep them in a plastic bag, I'm nuts like that. I kept her colored ribbon from when she was a baby too.
Wow, TL has definitely had her share of vet visits! Here I thought Peaches was mangy lol, we had to get a cut from a fence glued shut on her muzzle at the vet and that was no biggie compared to TL.
I weighed her a few days ago and she was close to 37 pounds. She is still smaller than her litter mates but she is all muscle and getting so very strong.
I have to post some new photos of her in her field training. She finally is loving the bird!
 
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Took Hanna to the vet today and she was 34.4 lb. She is the first pup whose tooth I found. She was chewing on something and I heard it as it hit the floor and picked it up. I have never found a tooth before. They would be there one day and gone the next. I think they swallow them. So far, I have only found one but I know what you mean about the bloody toys. She has been chewing on her antlers a whole lot lately. She goes for her rabies shot in a couple of weeks and that should be it for vet visits for a while.
 
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Peaches and Hanna seem to be following similar growth patterns, Peaches was 34 pounds at 20 weeks also. Milla is the same size as the rest of Peaches' litter mates, they are all in the 40's.
TL will love the group training and so will you! I've made some great friends from the training stuff. Peaches is driving me crazy with other dogs, too, she is around other dogs all day long but she still runs after them and won't obey me when they are around.
I start her beginning obedience at the end of March and I'm so looking forward to it!
 
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Thought I'd upload some new photos of peaches and katniss.
Here is katniss on her first day. She wouldn't take a bird but would take it if it was in a panty hose.
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Peaches waiting her turn. Once she got up there though she wouldn't take the bird at all in any form.
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Nice shot of her body
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Peaches out swimming. She is in love now! So cute she goes out pretty far and rides the current in. I watch her relax and float, ha ha
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Katniss goes WAY out.
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Peaches loves the beach!
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Peaches and her full brother. He is in the mid 40's but he isn't that much bigger than Peaches. peaches is the in front one.
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Katniss finally started taking a real bird. This was her first time.
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And Peaches, whoa! She didn't even enjoy retrieving and only did it to please me and now that she's got her mouth on a bird and holy cow! She is a retrieving fool!
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