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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Well, my young golden is chill but we do walk him 2-3 hours per day.  
OP, I was concerned about your first breeder with the Ukrainian golden parents….and now I’m concerned about this breeder who does not have clearances and is apparently telling you there is some distinction between “American” goldens and other goldens that relate to barking and tail wagging?  This sounds insane.
I’ve had two goldens who didn’t bark.  But it was basically random and unpredictable.  I’ve never heard of a golden that doesn’t say it’s tail.  We love the tail wagging—we can tell exactly what he’s thinking by the height, velocity and range of his tail.  (Right now, relaxed and down as he is contemplating a nap.  Update—he decided on the nap and is curled up on his pillow.)
It just feels like this breeder is feeding you a line of bullsh-t.  I don’t know.  
One of my siblings got an Amish farm golden and I was really negative about it (behind their back) but the dog has actually been great.  So you can definitely get lucky even with weird breeders.
I think given the age of your kids and your anxiety, the older dog is better.  For others, I advise the puppy for bonding purposes—-our golden totally thinks he is a human child and we are his parents. That might be good or bad depending on your perspective.  
I put no weight in the cream versus red distinction for temperament—I recognize some breeders do, though.  I’m suspicious of any breeder that focuses excessively on color or size, though.[/quote]

Thanks so much.  How old is your golden? Who was the breeder with the Ukranian? I'm into older trained dog but my daughter heart set on puppy. Which who cares but I will be so mad if she's not excited. Also I wonder if me not being a dog person would bond more w a puppy.  [/quote]

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