goldens
Kulare, I am very interested in learning anything that will help our golden become worthy of being a therapy dog, reading dog, whatever good there is out there for him to do. Everyone who has contact with him (doggy day care, groomer, etc.) calls him the "calm one," and yet we have to leash him when someone comes to the door. Not because he's mean, but because he's over-exuberant. He's been through two training classes, a "pawsitive" one and a yank-the-chain one. We sort of use something in between. I had him mostly trained to sit when someone came in. Lately, since he's four, we've slacked off, but I've thought we should go at it again. I'm trying to strike a balance between good behavior and not squashing his happy, friendly demeanor. I really don't want to change his attitude. And I don't want a totally submissive, overly trained dog.
I would also be very interested in a golden club. Ours has been socialized since four months old. Count me in on that
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