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From: daj@allegra.UUCP (Debbie Johnson)
Newsgroups: net.pets
Subject: RE: golden retrievers as pets?
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Date: Tue, 28-May-85 09:29:08 EDT
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Posted: Tue May 28 09:29:08 1985
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Please ignore the two messages I sent prior to this. I am not used
to posting to the net, and boy did I mess up! 
Anyway, my Husband and I currently have an 8 month old golden retriever
pup. When we were living in our apartment, she was very good. She was 
paper trained in two days, she never barked, she didn't chew up the 
furniture, she was GREAT! Now that we are living with my parents, (until
we can move into our own house), we have to keep here in the laundrey 
room because my parents have a HUGE german shepherd. Actually, the two
get along quite well, but they play too rough to leave them in the house
alone together. 
As far as intelligence goes, she has plenty of it. She is a fast learner,
easy to train, and alot of fun. She doesn't drool alot, except after she
takes a drink of water. (She's alittle sloppy in that area! No manners!)
She chewed a little bit in the begining, as most puppies do, but she did
no serious damage. 
As I said before, she doesn't bark much at all. The only time she barks is 
when my parents dog barks. She actually sits and waits to see what the other
dog will do, and then she imitates her. It's so cute! She never really knows
WHY she is barking, but she figures if Penny does it, it must be right!
She is also great with children. The worse she'll do to them is lick them
all over their faces until someone says for her to stop.
All in all, Golden Retrievers are a very mellow breed. They have wonderful
dispositions, and everyone who meets Galadriel comments on how friendly 
she is.
I highly recommend them as pets!
Deb Johnson