I have a Golden Retriever too! Her name is Poppy, but unlike your pup, she is a complete wuss!
Thing is, I like her that way, I have two small children and her temperament is just fantastic with the kids! She is almost 3 years old now, but this is what she looked like as a pup..... http://www.deviantart.com/deviation/6235
Retrievers Rule!!

yeah they do, Boomer is my second, the first was stolen by a friend fomr someone who was trying to make a guard dog for construction sites out of him. Sam, I had him for 13 year and he was fantastic with kids for sure, he would ruff and roll in the dirt with me one moment and then lay down and my son would crawl over and bite his nose and pull his ears.

even after everything he had gone through in the first year of his life he was fantastic.

Boomer was one of the last in his litter because he was so in control of the play pen
He is so freaking smart, and yet stubon as can be, almost like he has a rock between his ears

Poppy's a sweetie

I've got my network all stripped down and office turned inside out still, but will have to get boomers pic online soon " I am going to put his fathers pic for my desktop screen shot for the time being though, he is going to look exactly like him

Oh I forget, that's a cute dog you got there BoXXi.

Golden and Labrador retrievers are very good with children and other animals. Good family dogs.

Pic comin soon.

is there a vertain size I should make the screen shot for uploading?

just use a standard size.... like 1024x768.

I need to clean that up in photoshop thats a direct scan into ACDSee. Mytech scanner, does a clean job but I need to clean the background out so you can see his face.

Here's a couple of pics of my Lab the first day I got her alittle over 2 weeks ago. She got her mouth on everything


http://www.imagestation.com/picture/sraid49/p6bd15cb9b36d27e5f637b796b2af516d/fcafd612.jpg

http://www.imagestation.com/picture/sraid49/p867574a97545b652ae7e0afa59bfeebe/fcafd611.jpg


She has gotten alot bigger.

IPlural, about this comment:

"They pretty much stay pups in the head up until around 3 years of age of a little after and then calm a bit, well some"



I was really afraid to hear that. I've heard that from quite a few people. She's starting to calm down but this dog is filled with so much energy. Like I said I've only had Rotts and am not used to this. I mean it's all good but SIT DOWN sometimes !

there it is

that Butt in the Air nawing on "fill in the blank" is classic

Then they stop and don't move, and you look and they are looking right at you in the eyes, and you can see the thoughts form as they look away and then kind of drift over and let you know "HEY lets play"

That would be really cool for her and you and your family really Her disposition will be a factor in the Rott's mental development socially and there will also be the natural protective nature there also

bye the way she is a sweetie too like poggy

*deleted five pages explaining the nature of animals and growth partners including the human animal as a comparison"

I think to much and read way to much...


Two dogs are fantastic really

Very true JamMeister.

And IPlural, it's not fantastic in the beginning .

BoXXi, I just looked up Your profile over at da. I noticed we have the same 'Favorite cartoon character' !