Golden Retrievers
Golden Retrievers - Tips Before You Buy
By Ari Rusmiland
Golden Retrievers
It is important to choose the right golden retrievers that suitable with your family. By doing some tips below, you can test and measure the temperament just before your buy golden retriever puppy.
This examination applied for golden retrievers puppy age above six week only.
- Interest Test: This is to examine golden retrievers’ responds. Put the puppy on floor, and then walk about three meters far. Squat facing the puppy, do not say word, and clap your hand once or twice.
- Stroke Test: Touch the Golden Retriever Puppies, stroke the puppy for about 30 seconds.
- Tote test: tote your dog with the inverted position with the above hind legs for about 20 - 30 seconds
- Follow test: Put the puppy on the follow, and then leave the puppy.
Category One - Excellent
Golden retrievers will quickly come to you directly, he lick you but not bite. In Stroke test, the puppy will jump with happy without bite and growl. Golden Retriever Puppies will a little bit rebel, and then wag his tail set when you tote him. In follow test, the puppy will follow wherever you go.
Conclusion: This is the best candidate golden retrievers. You can easily train him to become a family dog
Category Two - Good
In Interest test, puppy will come to you slowly. And when you stroke, the dog wag his tail and lick your hand. Respond will be the same as category one when you conduct tote and follow test. But here, Golden retrievers respond just a little bit slow.
Conclusion: you can still consider this type as your family dog. This type is much suitable for family that never had dog as their pet before
Category Three - Not Bad
Dog will come such hurry-scurry. In some case, found that the puppy will not come and just sit down and watch. If you do stroke test, puppy is put to the body upside down on the back and supine. In follow test, the Golden Retriever Puppies are just sit down and watches you.
Conclusion: This type of dog bit coward and probably not too easy to socialize, require special handling and patient, it needs a long time to increase his self-confidence. Type like this may not be suitable for young children and difficult for beginners
Category Four - Don’t Buy
Dog will not respond at all, the golden retrievers will seem unhappy not even wag hit tail set. Do not hope he follow you when you do follow test. If you do tote test the golden retrievers will angry
Conclusion: do not choose this type. This type will easily angry when he stress.
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