From: tittle@ics.uci.edu (Cindy Tittle Moore)
Subject: Re: GOLDEN RETRIEVERS
Newsgroups: rec.pets.dogs
Reply-To: tittle@ics.uci.edu (Cindy Tittle Moore)
Organization: ICS Dept., UC Irvine
Date: 9 Jan 93 01:51:44 GMT

In <3830.248.uupcb@nitelog.com> james.cromarty@nitelog.com (James Cromarty)  writes:

>We are now the owners of a 9 week old female golden retriever. More
>my wifes' dog than mine.<g> This will be a house dog. Right now it
>is relatively well paper trained (thank goodness). We have finally
>gotten her settled down in the evening so that she doesn't cry very
>long. We get woken up about 5 am by her barking and whining. I hope
>that changes soon.

probably by 12 weeks or so...you just need patience.

>1. As far as disciplining a dog. After you tell it "no" and it
>still persists in doing something wrong. What is the proper<?> way
>to strike the dog. With a newspaper/hand/?. I am of the view that
>dog should not be struck with the same hand that pets/praises it.
>But I am not sure about the newspaper. Any opinions?

Hm, with a puppy this young, don't worry as much about discipline
as about praising for good things.  You shouldn't stint on positive
reinforcement.

Here's an example that often occurs. Let's say your puppy starts biting.
Immediately say no and withdraw your hand.  After a minute resume play.
if she bites again, do the same thing, but also stand up.  resume after
a few minutes.  if she does it again, walk away.  when she stops, play
like crazy.  message: it's fun to play, but biting is not fun because
the play stops.

>2. With a pup, how old should it be before you take it on a 1-2
>mile run? I understand working up to that just like a human.

Wait until your pup is a year old.  It's still growing out all those
ligametns.  you can do some light running between 8/9 mos to a year
old, but save the repeated long distance jogging until after a year.

>3. Is there anything special when it comes to goldens. This dog
>seems to have a good personality and always likes to be near my
>wife and I. She has a fondness for slippers/shoes. Not chewing but
>sticking her head in them. The dog must have a foot fetish.

Sounds like a normal one!

>4. Is it normal for the dog to spend a lot of time sleeping?

Yes!  Expect her to sleep about 2/3 the time.  It's very necessary.
Around 8/9 months, the sleeping will go down a bit.

You may want to look through the FAQ's for this group, especially the
one for new owners/puppies (new).

The ten parts of the FAQ are all archived at pit-manager.mit.edu
(18.172.1.27) in the directory /pub/usenet/news.answers/dogs-faq.  The
files are: introduction, new, health-care, medical-info, training,
working, AKC-titles, misc1, misc2, and references.  To obtain the
files, first try ftp to pit-manager.mit.edu and look under that
directory.  If ftp does not work from your site, then try the mail
server: send email to mail-server@pit-manager.mit.edu with

send usenet/news.answers/dogs-faq/introduction
send usenet/news.answers/dogs-faq/new
send usenet/news.answers/dogs-faq/health-care
send usenet/news.answers/dogs-faq/medical-info
send usenet/news.answers/dogs-faq/training
send usenet/news.answers/dogs-faq/working
send usenet/news.answers/dogs-faq/AKC-titles
send usenet/news.answers/dogs-faq/misc1
send usenet/news.answers/dogs-faq/misc2
send usenet/news.answers/dogs-faq/references

in the body of the message (leave the subject line empty).  If you
don't want all of them, include only the lines of the ones you want.
You do have to repeat the path information for each file.

Also, there are some breed specific faqs kept in the same dogs-faq
directory.  Just as with the files above, you can ftp and look for
bloodhounds, chessies, collies, greyhounds, huskies, labradors, or
malamutes (no other breeds are covered), or send email to the mail
server with any combination of

send usenet/news.answers/dogs-faq/bloodhounds          [Bloodhounds]
send usenet/news.answers/dogs-faq/chessies             [Chesapeake Bay Retr.]
send usenet/news.answers/dogs-faq/collies              [Collies (rough/smooth)]
send usenet/news.answers/dogs-faq/greyhounds           [Greyhounds]
send usenet/news.answers/dogs-faq/huskies              [Siberian Huskies]
send usenet/news.answers/dogs-faq/labradors            [Labrador Retr.]
send usenet/news.answers/dogs-faq/malamutes            [Alaskan Malamutes]

(of course, don't include the []'d portion, that's for informational
purposes only).

Hope that helps,
--Cindy
(ignore my .sig, since the above is the response I give to such queries)
--
Cindy Tittle Moore

Terrell's Chocolate Deduction--Hershe (Labrador Retriever)

The rec.pets.dogs FAQ -- all ten parts -- is available via ftp to
pit-manager.mit.edu under pub/usenet/news.answers/dogs-faq/*.  There
is a mail server, email me for details.

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