Do This Every Day For A Calm Golden Retriever
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- Golden Retrievers are wonderful dogs, but they can have a ton of energy.
This can make like difficult for you as a Golden Retriever parent if they’re bouncing off the walls and always going crazy because they’re big athletic dogs.
Here are 7 things to do every day to have a calm Golden Retriever.
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How about you explain the difference between British and American golden. American more active and British mire calm
I used to walk mine twice a day. For 2 hours. Play dates. Went with me everywhere. By the end of the day she was more tired than I was. She's in heaven now. It was a blessing to know her.😢
(Points for myself)
1. Sniffing
2. Training
3. Puzzle toy
4. Exercise/ games
5. Rest and sleep
7. Chew toys
6. Be calm with them
7. Reward quiet time
I am introverted and have a Golden Retriever puppy. I like to be quiet to him and let him sleep for whatever moment he wants. Also I say no if people want to pet him. He is sooo relaxed and quiet now, i love it 🥰
The tip about making sure they get enough sleep REALLY resonates with me. Especially when my golden was a puppy, if he was over-tired and hyping himself up to stay awake, he would be an absolute terror. Biting, zoomies, ignoring commands, basically everything you associate with a badly behaved dog. While less of a problem now that he's an adult, just this past weekend we had it happen with him (he's 3 now) because he was so overstimulated from having company and food cooking all day. Enforced naps are the key when they get like this (or for a puppy, as a preventative.) Either crated when he was little, or now locked in the bedroom by himself, we use enforced nap time to mellow our guy out.
This is not something I had ever experienced with our lab. She has always just been high energy, but never a maniac terrorist. My golden though required regular enforced naps until he was nearly a year old, and still does every few months. Its almost like he has a serious case of FOMO and refuses to rest so he won't miss out on anything!
haha FOMO definitely sounds like a Golden thing!
We have a 1 year old golden retriever, your comment on sleep and especially FOMO in missing out anything is spot on! That is despite we have given her plenty of sniffing, exercise, commands learning, puzzle toys, tugs. She has always been desperate to meet EVERY dog and people during her daily walks. We have done training with her everyday since we got her from 3 months old. She has improved, but can’t resist to meet or run straight up to another dog to see if they want to play with her. She is just extremely sociable, but not every dog likes that. 😔😔 Any tips with yours would be much appreciated. ❤❤
Our Golden loves his scavenger hunt. He obediently waits outside the door while we hide his dog treats. We say ‘okay’ and he loves following the scents. Fun to watch.
Mine was trained to duck hunt. I once went to a neighbours forgetting they had a pet duck. My Golden promptly retrieved it and handed it over to me unhurt.
It’s important to be focused when you take your dog for a walk. Leave your phone at home. Pace is also critical. It doesn’t matter if it’s fast or slow, just be consistent. Don’t speed up and slow down frequently during the walk and don’t stroll. A slow lingering pace will cause them to become disinterested and start sniffing and doing other things to stimulate themselves. Try setting a goal for the walk. Concentrate on making it to the next street or other marker. This will help you to be less distracted and your dog will follow your lead. Remember a better paced walk will benefit you as well.
I have Remmington, he's Liver/Red Merle, 1/2 Retriever & 1/2 Australian shepherd, about a year old. I adopted him a few months ago. He'd been listed in a rehoming ad and 3 days later thrown out on a busy highway. Bless his heart, he was so terrified he hid in a huge culvert away from traffic (which saved his life). Upon seeing me he trusted me enough to come to me but when I reached down to touch him he YELPED in fear. (he'd been hit or beaten). We found each other!! I LOVE him dearly and he will NEVER be homeless again!! I'm SO GRATEFUL he's mine. (We are new here, I made our channel about a month ago. Please see his videos and our other pets. ) It still nearly breaks my heart how I found him... but we were meant to have each other.
We luckily have a park that borders our property. My Golden, Riley, stops and smells constantly and, I think, could name every animal if he could talk. He loves our walks and pouts on days too inclement to go outside. He’s my best buddy!
I don't have a golden retriever but two (high energy) Frenchie rescues, and almost everything you said here translates to that breed, and you've given me a couple of new ideas so thanks!
This is maybe the best such video I've ever seen.. sensible, do-able, and not just for golden retrievers either; any dog, puppy or adult, will respond well to most of these practices.
Loved this video ❤
Hi! 😃 Thank you for all these interesting and useful videos, they help a lot! We have a 1 year 1/2 golden who likes swimming a lot, so we try to take him out at least two times the week. If there isn’t much time during the week we always go for a longer walk during which he “analyses” and sniffs (and marks..) everywhere….😅 this takes him some energy and he’s tired back home…
This makes perfect sense.
Thanks you so much 💕🎉
Sleeping is soooo important for them, especially the puppies!
Wry good and from my experience accurate information. I am a first time golden parent and have found most of what you say true. I’m struggling with her mouthing every stick, rock, whatever she finds. I search ahead but my eyes are no comparison to her nose. Mostly she will sit and allow me to take it. Not always. I’ve had lots of expensive vet trips following a suspected ingested foreign body. Love her!
thank you sir
Helpful video
I'm so glad to hear that!
Thanks......... for this video..... I appreciate it!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
If you are getting a Golden know that they Shed a LOT, they are very messy drinkers and the dander is so bad you will think you like in the Sahara during a sandstorm. Other than that they are great.
Thank you for making this, we just got a semi rescue 6/7 month old golden and he's a bit more of a handful than we remember. I think it's a mix of the previous owner and not being used to even moderately busy roads but our dog refuses to go for a walk (likes running around our backyard though). Do you have any advice for getting him more interested in walks?
perfect opening sentence.
it's true!
Rule of thumb...don't offer your Golden a treat during training. They love to work with you without the reward. A pat and a "good boy/girl" is all they need. Funny, how that wagging tail is just at the right height to clean off the top of a coffee table. Goldens make you wonder why anyone would want a Pitbull Terrier as a pet.
My golden is more calm after a walk at her pace to allow for her investigating then a brisk walk for the same length. What works best is to bring the kong on a off the leash hike. Tossing the kong off trail about 20/30 feet somewhat forward works their sniffer, mind to navigate blow downs, etc. and gives them a good physical workout from the running and jumping around obstacles. You just need to be careful that you dont throw it off a ledge, into too thick off an area where they or you cant find it, or if you throw it down hill (especially a steep one) they can lose control and slam into a tree, etc.
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I didn't realize over excercising was a thing! Good to know because my puppy starts to get crazy at night after a long day. Crate them or how to calm them??
Timestamps:
0:23 Sniffing
1:53 Training
2:25 Puzzle Toys
3:03 Exercise
5:48 Enough Sleep
6:38 Toys to bite and chew
7:36 Reward Calm Behavior
I keep telling my husband Remmington, my dog, needs MORE sleep being with me... He counts on sleeping by my feet no matter where I am sitting... he will even sleep at my feet if I'm in the kitchen cooking...
Does this work for golden doodles?
When I had my dog it was a case of run down the park play then walk back. That way he was wiped out and just flopped on whoever was on the sofa.
Overly tired makes them act crazy. How true. I sit down in the evening after playing ball for 15 or 20 minutes and going for a 20-30 minute walk off leash so she can sniff and pick up sticks, and she goes freaking crazy... in my face up and down, chewing on fingers, shirt sleeves, pulling out trash - not a normal behavior for her. I leash he down to a hold down in the room and she goes off to sleep for an hour or more until she needs to go out for poopy time. She's then fine for the rest of the evening until our bedtime walk.
Hey, does this apply for lab retrievers?
Mine LOVES to chew! Stock up on Kong toys
My 10 week old golden puppy gets overly tired. He turns into a a crazy crazy dog and terror lol. How do I get him to take a nap? He sleeps about 8 hours at night and only about an hour during the day. May 3 power naps. Help!
Goldens are by far the calmest dogs.
My Golden Girl is so laid back.
What if you have a golden that stops and sniffs and has the capability of finding everything bad they shouldn’t eat and eating it 🤦🏻♀️
The same here... Plus people are pigs and throw out everything. I don't even see what's on the ground but my dog already has in its mouth :D.
Haha so true! I try to avoid that by constantly looking ahead to find out if there is anything remotely suspicious in their path ahead. And even if they do end up with something in their mouth, I just start running ahead and when my puppy follows me he drops it eventually when he drops his tongue out for breath! Still I do fail multiple times when he catches hold of something too small which he quickly swallows!! Its a battle everyday😂
@@leothegoldenboy4194 yes :D
I was walking my son's 7 month old Golden a few days ago, and while he's surprisingly good about dropping anything he manages to pick up before I stop him, on this day, he found an entire dead bird's wing. I have to imagine that if he was able to give Yelp reviews, rating everything he can find & pick up, a bird wing review would go something like "10/10, quite literally irresistible". Needless to say he was being very stubborn about giving it up, though he eventually did. In the future, I'm going to take the other poster's advice here & just start running until he has to start panting and drops it.
Same here.His foods I have to feed him he will wait till I feed but waste things he swallows beforeI catch him.The naughty way he manages to swallow before me catching 😅
Don’t feed them high protein food we changed our two Goldens raw food like flicking a switch calmer and more content , not sure what goes into all theses dry foods🤔 I’ve lost other Goldens early due to cancers my current 2 are 13 years old and still going strong 👏👏👏👍
I so want to let my Golden Retriever puppy to sniff but the problem with that is that he then gets grass, trash or anything else he finds into his mouth. I have been training leave it sing week 9 (he's 13 weeks now) and it's a struggle. We have slugs in the area so there's a risk of lungworm. I'm so scared that he could get it so every time he sniffs, I'm afraid he'll eat something because he's a baby and for now, he doesn't understand the concept of leave it..
If my behaviour reflects on my puppy, what about over praising them in a high pitched voice? Does this make them over excited too? I’m really thinking about getting myself a golden retriever puppy lately.
Do you think I’d be able to have a goldie in my 42 level one bedroom apartment without a balcony?? I am very close to many parks in the centre of the city and will be with them most of the day even during work! Thanks
The most important part of having a big dog is not about what size space they live in, but what space you actually provide for exercise. If you walk a golden daily and give them a chance to run around off-leash and really stretch their legs a few times a week, they'll be perfectly happy. As this video noted, you can absolutely exhaust a golden just by doing things indoors. A few solid brain-engaging 5 minute training sessions a day keeps mine happy and calm when its rainy outside and he can't play in our yard. In reality, having a yard is mostly a convenience for the owner more than the dog. The smells are mostly the same in their yard, so its really pretty boring for a lot of dogs (my lab has no interest in being in our yard other than to potty, and never has). They'd rather go for a walk or go to the park anyway. They need exercise to stay healthy of course, but most dogs aren't getting that in a boring suburban back yard, so its not necessary. Its mostly just nice to be able to let them out to potty quickly without you having to put on pants :)
My only caution for having a dog that will take quite a while to get to the outside (being on the 42nd floor), is if they get a tummy upset, seconds count or you've got a mess. It doesn't happen a lot for most dogs, but diarrhea inevitably happens with ALL dogs. Just something to be prepared for. If I were in your situation and had a balcony, I might consider training the dog to use a grass pad in preparation for these situations.
For all dogs, its not about what you can provide to them materially (whether toys, housing, etc), it's about how much time you can give them. An apartment golden that spends a couple 1 on 1 hours a day with their human will be MUCH happier than a golden with a giant house, a big back yard, and humans who never spend quality time with them or take them on walks. Just remember that while we have lives outside of our dogs, for them, we're often their whole world. All they really want is to do fun stuff with us, and a one bedroom apartment is no barrier to that!
It might be hard, but if you can get them enough exercise in the parks, then they should probably be fine. Goldens are a lot of work no matter where you live, but if you're a dog person, they're worth it!
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I just bought a golden pup he had a bone and my wife went to pet him while he was chewing and started growl should I be concerned about this or will he grow out of it as he gets use to the house hold?
That’s a red flag. He won’t grow out of it, and it will probably get worse. I highly recommend Caesar Milan vids for any training advice you need. TH-cam him right away.
We trained our Westie from a pup to not growl when he had food. What we did was give him just part of his food, then once he started eating, we'd reach into the bowl and ADD a little more. He came to associate our hand with a good thing!! In addition to that, I'd recommended giving him just a piece of kibble when he's chewing on his bone. Let him learn that you're not taking from him,but giving.
Work on that asap. There’s lots of info out there. You do not want that behavior. I can tell my dog to leave it and take his bone.
Why I prefer cats..."don't tell me what to do and we'll get along fine" 😅
I don't have the opinion that Golder Retriever's need to be calmed.
If you get your Golden from a professional breeder be sure to specify the energy level you want. Generally the three levels are low, medium and high. A medium energy Golden is easy to control, less dominant, can enjoy being a couch potato and take less time to exercise to the point where they’re tired and satisfied.
Exhausted listening to this
Being a golden breeder for the last 18 years, someone saying "too much excercise is not good" might be the most silly thing I've ever heard. Everything else is spot on.
Excercise your dog until THEY tell you they want to go home.
Yepp
Instructions unclear, i tried it on my spaniel, but she did not turn into a golden retriever
Our 9 month old golden boy can't even relax in the same room with us. If a human is in the room, he's too excited all the time and cannot show calm behavior to reward. It's a LOT
A frozen what?
Kibble is just mushy dog food they put in a Kong and freeze. A Kong is a treat dispenser that the dog has to really work at to get the treat out. I use peanut butter in mine and my dog brings it to me (far too often) when she wants it filled.
Ropes and raw hide dangerous.
NORMAL - TRAINED
As i say: sniffercise…
You should NEVER EVER "play" tug of war with a golden retriever! EVER!
The reason???