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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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Thanks for the messages!! Molson did great- was a little groggy but still wanted to play when we got home. He grabbed his rope as soon as we walked in the door- and eventually fell asleep but didn't let go of his rope haha. He got out of the cone within seconds- but I got this pillow that looks like the airplane neck pillows to keep from licking. My problem is he's acting like nothing happened and I'm so worried that he'll end up opening the wound :( I walked out of the room for a minute and he snuck on the couch- he doesn't seem phased that he just had surgery... any other Golden babies do the same thing? And the bump on his hip-they said to monitor it for a month or two and if it gets bigger to come back in.
 

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I haven't posted in a long time but have been reading everyone's posts and catching up. Like many of the pups, we too just recently had Juno spayed. It has almost been 3 weeks and everything went well. She spent the night at the vet office after the surgery (their protocol) and it was strange to not have her there. We missed her! It was a little difficult keeping her calm and from jumping and running after the surgery because she wanted to do all of her usual things and acted as if she didn't just have surgery. She has since been cleared for all physical activity which both she and our family is very happy about!

Like a couple of the other October baby females, Juno is on the smaller side. She weighed 44 pounds when we took her in to be spayed. The vet says she is a good size though and is a healthy weight. She is very dainty and petite. I don't mind her being small so long as she is healthy! It is just very different from our previous female Golden we had who weighed 80 pounds.

Here is a recent picture of Juno. I hope all of the other October pups and families are doing well!
 

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Hi all,

I really should get on here more often because when I do, I smile big at all the adorable pictures of your Golden's. I'm so glad to see that Dug's brother Gretzky is doing well after his surgery, yes, they are brothers! I love that I found someone on here with a puppy from the same litter....small world after all. Our sweet Golden boy is doing really great and he just amazes me with his intelligence. Dug is my first Golden, he's the smartest, happiest, goofiest, sweetest, friendliest and most fun dog I have ever had the pleasure of living with, my boyfriend and I have been smitten with him since day one. I work at a local rescue and we just got a Golden in, I might foster him for a little while......and who knows, maybe we will end up with two Goldens, heeheehee! ;) That decision would be up to my boyfriend though, and I'm not so sure he would be on-board for that, we have a lot going on right now with a big move across the country coming up, a lot of life changing events. Dug is about 74 lbs now, and although he is short, he is very strong.

One thing......Dug submissive pee's. He only does this when I come home and we greet each other big and he whines with a toy in his mouth, then he pee's a little dribble. I've only ever experienced this in small dogs. It's not a big issue to me, just surprised me. Do any of your Golden's submissive/excite pee? Dug will not be neutered until October or November. Does being unneutered have anything to do with it, maybe?

One of the pictures below is of when we stopped at a red light at an Invisible Fence van was beside us. Dug was barking and growling at the giant picture of a Golden at the side of the van. We were laughing so hard! What a goofball!

Life is golden! :)
 

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Haha- it was super creepy especially since he's normally out the window... I looked back and started laughing it was like he knew what was going to happen.

Dug is super cute- love the picture of him barking at the dog on the Invisible fence van. Molson pees sometimes when he gets really excited to see someone but not really any other time.

His thing all of a sudden is if he wants my attention and I'm doing something else- he grabs my clothes. Sometimes he tugs on them if I continue to ignore him but most times he grabs the bottom of my shirt or the arm if I have long sleeves on and just looks at me. Anyone else have this happen? He gets PLENTY of attention and we go on walks daily but when he wants to play- he wants to play... I always say he's super impatient. Haha.

One last thing- any one start agility with their puppies yet? I was going to put Molson in a class because a few people said he would be good at it but I didn't know if he was too young? If it's harmful to start at this age or to wait until they are done growing?
 
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Had to come on to post a little success story after a difficult few weeks!
On our walk this morning, Thelma Lou and I met Mia Bella, an 8-month old black lab. Thelma Lou was SO well-behaved! Bella wriggled and jumped and whined and acted exactly like TL usually does. She, on the other hand, sniffed a little, then sat politely next to me watching what was going on. I think she was thinking, "Hmph. How immature." ;) One of the little girls asked if she could pet TL and she just leaned her head affectionately against the girl's legs. They kept saying how sweet and well-behaved she was. If I could have kept a straight face, I would have totally taken credit for that. :-D

This comes on the heels of a very extended activity restriction for her after her spay, due to the fact that she never actually DID restrict her activities. We did not take her on the family run at my husband's unit this morning because we thought she would have been too excited by all the people and other dogs, but maybe we underestimated her!
 
#542 ·
I've just rehomed a 9 month old pup, who was born in October 2012. I have called her Daisy (she had been named Katie, which didn't work for me for various reasons).

She is a delight. Had a few 'resource guarding' issues today but the change from her town house and small garden, no other animals, to my farm with two other dogs, has got to be massive.

Today we've walked on a lead for the first time (!), met sheep, played in water for the first time......I'm hoping she is so tired she wants to sleep before 3am, unlike last night!

Apparently she hasn't had a season yet. What age did all yours have their first seasons and did you wait for them to have one before you had them spayed?
 
#544 ·
I'm not spaying Peaches any time soon. She was born on October 18th and has not gone in season yet. I'm actually stressed she'll go right as we start the fall season hunt tests in Sept. My older girl, Kat, turned 1 on March 20th and started bleeding the first week of April. It was a little annoying cleaning up a few drops every now and then, and she pee'd in the house twice when she is completely potty trained, but other than that it was way easier than everyone made it out to be. All she wanted to do was lay on the couch. She didn't want to go out and look for boys and she never lost her training focus (got her CGC end of March and I never had a clue she was just about to start bleeding.) Now I know what to do when Peaches goes...
 
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Thank you - I might have some time to go then.

I've got an entire dog in the house, so that's going to be interesting, but hey, the vet said she's better off having one season so I will have to manage somehow.

I'm thinking of taking her to work with me sometimes, so maybe I need a crate for my office anyway. So that might help too.
 
#547 ·
Hi everyone!

I wanted to share some picture of Dug and a little update. I brought home a foster dogs for a few days, thankfully she was adopted yesterday and hopefully she will go on to be as loved and spoiled as our Goldens are. I could tell that Dug enjoyed having her here, his own little pup to play with, she was just four months old and the sweetest little thing! I brought home a male foster dog a couple of months ago and Dug (who has been fully potty trained from very early on) urinated twice on the floor, then the foster dog urinated and it just wasn't going great......neither dog was submissive to the other, so the dog left to go to another foster after just a day! Dug won't start anything, but he won't back down either. So given this past experience I was a little anxious to bring another foster home, but I thought if I got a girl it may make a difference. The first evening that she was here, Dug urinated on the floor, then the following day he lifted his leg (for the first time) and urinated on the puppy pen I had her in, I took him outside and he relived himself out there too, came back inside and he marked on a blanket inside the puppy pen (it was open). After all that, everything was fine, no more marking or peeing, thank God. I wonder if he will be like this with every new dog that enters our home. Up until the first foster dog, no other dog had ever been in our house since we got Dug. Also, surprisingly he was not destructive as a puppy, but in the last few weeks he has destroyed some small items. In one day he chewed up a pen, the overhead fan remote, a bobbin of thread, a travel size bottle of shower gel, which he climbed inside the tub to get when I was upstairs. The overhead fan remote still worked although it looked dreadful, we were using it until we went out to get another, and he took it and finished it off about a week later. Today he chewed up two more travel size toiletry bottles, leaving shampoo and conditioner on the rug. Have any of you guys had any similar issues? I'm not too concerned about his destroying the small items, but the marking does bother me. I figured that because it's his "den" that he would not mark. His submissive peeing when we return home has stopped, but we also don't greet him excitedly now, we just give him a less enthusiastic greeting, initially. Even with his recent antics, he is still adored and very much appreciated........he's our pride and joy! How much do your Goldens weigh now? Dug is 82 lbs! He is scheduled to be neutered at the beginning of November.
 

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#548 ·
oh wow Dug is so beautiful!! As far as the chewing I know that my girls will eventually get into stuff if they aren't not mentally worked so perhaps Dug is a little bored? Just a thought. The peeing. I don't know. It could be his way of getting your attention by peeing since the new dog came in? Or telling you that he is annoyed? I used to think goldens couldn't have a manipulative bone in their bodies and now I think they are masters at it!

Peaches is just about in season or she may already be and weighs 53 pounds a few days ago.
 
#549 ·
So great to see Dug!! He's so handsome.

Gretzky also has chewed up a remote :( but otherwise he just likes to grab things, not chew them. We're always asking him to drop our clothes, shoes and pieces of paper. Luckily he's good with drop :)

I'm not sure what to say about the peeing. It sounds like marking?

Gretzky currently has a mild ear infection although it hasn't slowed him down one bit. He has enough energy for a pack of dogs! He's also learned to use his weight (73lbs) to try and get his way. We're using a prong collar during training sessions to help control him.

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#552 ·
I have a cutie pie golden girl who was born in October of last year, and would love to post pics of her, but apparently I'm not able to figure out how to do that! lol. You'd think I don't actually know how to do an insane amount of things on the internet...but clearly I'm missing something.

She is a dark red head and is as sweet as sugar. Her only area of desired improvement is her snuggleability! My last boy was practically an extra appendage and gave good indication that he considered himself a shoulder dog. Hazel, however, while the snugglinest puppy for the first 5 or 6 months, has decided that she would like to be more aloof like her big sister (who is a border collie). She'll crawl up in my lap for a good 2 minute love fest, and then off she goes.

Here's hoping she rediscovers her love of long snuggles! Maybe some day I can post photos of her from the past 8 months (or 10, including her time with her mommy). She is a pretty, pretty girl! I have LOVED seeing all of your photos over the months and they all look so amazing. I have to say, Doug may win my heart for his apparent love of hugs and snuggles. He looks like a big teddy bear! Sending some puppy love his way! ;)
 
#553 ·
Hazel the wonder dog

I figured it out. I guess I'm just going to have to catch you all up a little. :) Here is a little glance into our baby girls past 8 months with us. :) She is the sweetest little thing.

The last one is of our two beloved dogs that have gone on before us. Moose was our first experience owning goldens on any level and was a mix with collie and possibly german shepherd. Bella was a border collie/beagle mix. Best dogs ever...well, mostly. ;)

Hazel has come to fill in the holes in our heart from the loss of these two precious souls, and to help us plod through some of the toughest few years on record.

She's Hazel the Wonderdog to the rescue. ;D
 

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#555 ·
Thanks! I had so much fun reliving her past 8 months TWICE last night- when I read all of these posts from you guys over the months and again picking some of my fab shots of Hazel to share. So fun.

I look forward to seeing future updates from all of the other pups here that share her birth month. So great to see all these girls and boys grow up!
 
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Haven't been on in awhile- loved seeing the latest pics (Dug, Gretzky and Hazel). I was looking back at pictures of Molson as a puppy... then I realized he's only a bit over a month away from being 1!!:--sad: Where did my puppy go!? I attached a picture I call "small,medium,large" haha. I need to find a pupcake recipe to celly his birthday with! Anyone find any recipes for their soon to be 1 year olds?
 

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These are great updates! Bailey is maturing - kinda! She is still quite the rascal and chews on anything that interests her - however, she is getting more discerning about my shoes :) HAHA!
Bailey will be 11 months old on the 20OCT and loves fetch/chuck-it. Loves a walk and is hungry all the time. I'll ask her if she's hungry and she goes to the pantry door where her food is and follows me all the way to her bowl.
She also loves, loves my tomatoes - picks them off the plant. It's pretty cute!
We got her out for swimming this summer and she was great at it. Tried to 'herd' the grand-daughters in from going too far out!
Other than that - she is doing well and is loving our Pacific NW summer!
Today is going to be hot, than hotter on Wednesday so I'm going to take her back to the lake for more swimming!
 
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