Hello! We added a golden retriever pup to the fam a little over a week ago. When we first met/picked him out, he was fine. a week later we picked him up and he had a circular scab on his snout next to his nose. The breeder said it was just a nip from his litter mates. We took him to the vet to...

So I was being a spaz and singing "everything is awesome" from Lego movie and thrashing around on my bed but my dog jumped up and when I was kicking my leg down I heeled him in the head! It hurt ME extremely bad. I checked him and he seems fine, no dilated pupils, seems to be acting normal, I'm...

Hi! My four month on puppy will not stop eating leaves. We take her outside on a leash so we can control her and say leave it and move her away from the leaves but it just wont work. Its been 2 months and nothing has helped stop her from eating everything in the yard. When we take her on walks...

Hi all! My puppy is 10 weeks old and starting to show some aggression. When we pick her up to take her away from something bad she is doing (eating sticks/leaves/etc) she growls at us and sometimes tries to bite us. How do we stop this now while she is a puppy so it doesnt get worse when she...

Hi friends! I am new to this forum. My name is Divya and my fur baby is Oscar, a golden retriever (little over 3 years). After a lot of arguments my husband and I decided to get Oscar neutered(hubby never wanted it). Last Friday we got him neuter and he came home fine. He was always with the...

We purchased a golden retriever from Smucker’s Goldens and our poor dog needs so many things. the owner Kathy sounded nice enough to take him back for a few weeks to work with him and she didn’t she made him worse. She didn’t even have anyone evaluate him like she promised she would. Instead we...

Hello fellow golden owners , long story short my boy is 1 year and pushing 3 months old now , and keep in mind i dont have access to his vet till 2 days from now , what happened what , absolutely out of nowhere he lost a finger tip or two worth of hair on both his back legs ankles almost...

Hey, all! This is going to be a long post so I thank anyone in advanced for reading, I very much appreciate it. We have had our GR for about 6 months now, and he just turned 1 year old in September! We found him on a Craigslist posting, and the previous owners unfortunately did not take care of...

Hi Everyone, Our sweet boy had to have emergency surgery a little over a week ago to remove a corn cob from his small intensities. He seems to be on the mend, but today we noticed some dry blood on the seam of his incision. Can anyone tell us if this is a normal part of the healing process...

We put a deposit down on a golden retriever puppy weeks ago. We just received these pictures today that this is our puppy at 7 weeks old. Is this what they are supposed to look like at 7 weeks? When does their hair start to grow?o_O

Yesterday my golden retriever boy who is 1 year 10 months bit my little brother who is 12. My brother hit him randomly and he bit him on his face. the cut wasn’t that deep and he didn’t need stitches thankfully. my brother normally annoys him and irritates him and hits him and our dog duke will...

Hello there! I'm new here and I'm new at having a dog though I'm doing my best with reading everything about retrievers. I got golden retriever Nebula (originally in my language it's Ūkas :giggle:) just 4 days ago. He is 2 months old and looks really scared/agressive/passive all the time 😕 All...

Hi everyone! I am looking for any thoughts on an ontario breeder called “Grayvalley Goldens” in Ontario. She claims she is the best breeder in Canada with certified health on five generations. She is asking for 2500$. I cannot find any reviews and I certainly cannot find an article claiming...

Hi there, I have a golden retriever who is 8 years old named Lee. He has a thyroid issue which we just diagnosed a couple of days back. While the issue is not life threatening, he does have an underperforming thyroid which is extremely low. The vet has prescribed him thyroxin tablets (100...

Hi All, So i have 3 golden females Poppins who is 8 years old Peaches who is 8 years old Pepper who is 3 years old Over the past few weeks Pepper has started showing a lot of aggression towards Poppins to the extent that she has bit her quite a few times. We have always managed to intervene...

Hello, my name is Olivia. My family and I are currently looking to get a female puppy preferably a lighter golden color. We may also go the service dog route so we want to make sure we are getting her from a reputable breeder with history of good temperaments, etc. We live around the Poconos...

Hello all! Our golden girl, Harley, just turned 6 months and weighs 35 lbs. We had her on Whole Hearted by Petco which she was doing fine on but someone recommended Merrick’s because it was a more nutritious food. She lasted 2 days and then suddenly, again, she got diarrhea. I took her in...

My 5-month-old has 5 red spots near his pee pee that don't seem to hurt him when we touch them and he doesn't itch at them or anything. He doesn't have fleas so could I be looking at allergies or stress spots or what?