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"......if it's "just" a dog they want, they'd be better off with a golden retriver."
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Kewtee --- I know what you mean, but let's hope that no one with a golden retriever reads that. My sister and her husband have a golden retriever, and, believe, me he is very much a part of their family. He is extremely intelligent and well trained, but is still the rotten spoiled, love of their lives. And, he knows it too. I think all dogs should be a member of the family.
I think your advise about training is great advise. I had never even considered it, but now that I think about it, it would probably be a good thing to do.
My advise would be to remember that all dogs need a healthy diet. I believe dogs can eat a variety of foods including a lot of healthy people food and leftovers. What they don't need are the foods that we know are dangerous or bad for them including the junk food that I often see people feeding their pets.
Carol Jean |