Find yourself a positive reinforcement trainer, it is easier on both you and your dog to train this way. Of course goldens are hard pressed to hurt anything. Long walks before training will make training easier and a word of note, the best thing you can spend on your pup is time. Birds are so delicate that even if the dog were to gently play they could injure or even give the bird a heart attack. I look it also at this from the birds point of view.
Birds are afraid of dogs.
BUT she stuck her nose in the cage of the nasty tempered bird, and got bit pretty well. NEedles to say, she is slightly afraid of the birds. BUT I must emphasize that we still grab her. She hasn't yet tried to get the bird, but we don't want to take a chance. All four of my dogs are very curious about my Senegal parrot, Boo.