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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Golden. Well, most goldens except around food. Some tend to be food reactive.
If you and your DH are not into some power dominance crap, goldens are the best dogs ever.[/quote]

Thanks. What do you mean about me and DH and being into power dominance? We aren't but I'm confused [/quote]
Goldens are high strung as puppies. My Dh had dogs and liked to "wrestle" with the puppy! Moron. So, the puppy would start growling, and DH would try to "dominate" him. That is a separate issue from the food reactivity issue, which can be worked on early.
Anyway, the puppy would get all snarly with DH, and then DH would get all aggressive(not physically) with the puppy! I realized that my DH is a moron who had dogs but knew nothing about training and behaving around the dog. It is true that owners are always to blame. It took me a while to get rid of this habit that he created in an otherwise wonderful dog.
Guess what pack animals do? Assert their dominance, no? All that was needed was turning my back on the dog and not giving him a time of the day. Not that any of it would have happened in the first place if I didn't marry a person who is an idiot around dogs.[/quote]

This is weird and your DH messed up the dog. I have had 4 different goldens over my 43 years of life and never had that occur ever. Even when our final golden was overruled buy our snippy cocker spaniel. Does your DH try to annoy and provoke negative reactions from your DCs as well?[/quote]
No, DH is awesome with the kids. In fact, so calm and goes with the flow even when they were difficult teens. They are in college now. I am more "high-strung" with the kids. I realized that for DH and his family of origin owning a dog meant not doing anything with dogs other than that "fighting playfully" behavior. So, in fact, they never did anything with dogs at all other than that.
I am from Europe and I was like, what the heck are you doing? He was, I know dogs, this is how you make the dog behave...er, no. that is how you get a dog that is nuts.
The dog behaves perfectly now but is still an anxious dog. If we ever get another dog, DH will be absent from any engagement with the dog for the first year or so.[/quote]

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