donandsharon

We have a Golden Retriever who is almost 5 months old now and we trained her in the soft crate. We have never had a problem with her chewing on it and its very easy to move around the house. We got ours on Ebay for 1/2 the price of the pet shops. My advice is get the biggest one you can, because they look huge at first but they soon grow in to it.

what size do you recommend for a golden retriever, medium or large?

Hi guys, She is 8.5 weeks, so has not had her shots that allow us to go walking. This morning we had breaky (Nutro Large Breed Puppy). We had a 30 minute play in the yard with a Wubba Konguntil Maggie slowed down. She had toileted both ones and twos. She took a sleep inside whilst I had Breaky. 45 minutes. We then went outside for another run around. When she started to get bored with me running around, she decides that the grass and Chip Bark is more fun. She is chewing bark every time I turn around. I thought that the frozen kong with some chicken neck and kibble is a great distraction. Nope. She came back inside and has been locked in her laundry area with a filled kong and water and other smaller toys. Straight to sleep. Now yesterday she went and had a sleep in the laundry. 1.5 hours whilst i worked. As i am returning to work on Wednesday next week I think that the more time she spends in there the better, but she wakes and pees. Which on one hand is great as that what we have shown her is a good thing, but on the other when i go to work she will wake and pee and then be in there for 4 hours before mum gets home. Its been a tough week for us and I am into my third day at home with no leaving the block..I sympathize with the mums out there with small children. We are looking forward to walking as that will be very interesting for the three of us. Thanks for all the replies FTPO and ERNY and LAFFI! Daddy Don

I am going to freeze some now and see how she goes tomorrow! Thanks

She has a great range of Kongs filled with all different types of kibble, chews and treats. She just appears to be bored and normally its before she goes to sleep. I will keep an eye on it as we do not want any compulsive issues. Thanks for your help, Don

Hi Guys yes same dog eating grass!! We have noticed she likes to chase her tail heaps. Is this normal and do other dogs frequent this activity? Don

Hi, we are the very proud Mum and Dad of an 8 week old Golden Retriever. Besides trying to get our puppy toilet trained, she will happily go outside, but has an affection for eating grass! Or bark chips. Is this normal and have other puppy owners found they eat grass? We have Kongs and treats galore, but she seems to think eating grass is better! Why does she do this and what can we do to either avoid it or stop it.