I adopted a golden retreiver 8 months for few day. He very active, the below is the behaviour:-
1)He will dig hole at night (a big hole, maybe dig for diamond ? hehe)
2)He jump here and there when i lossen the chain after back from walk.
3)He like to bite me and my Gf even though is not painfull.
4)He dont like to drink water itself and wait for me to feed him.
So just wanna ask are this consider normal or it hyper active ... need some guidance how to control him and train him. I am new to golden retriever dog but i am dog Lover :p
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Hi john, i'm not sure about the digging-hole part but perhaps you should unleash him at home and only leash him when you're out with him. I had a dog that my grandma used to put a chain on him and he gets uncontrollable when we untie him. Also about the biting part, i think he's just being playful (GR is the most playful dog) and try to get him some toy and put it between his mouth whenever he tries to bite you or your gf. That will teach him something. Thats what we did to out GR as well. About the drinking water, i think its better to let him drink by himself so he won't always rely on you. As for my GR whenever he doesn't wanna eat his food during his meal time, we always put his food away and only give it to him later. This is to teach him that 'its up to him to eat..if he doesn't want it then he won't have it until next time'. and eventually he knows that he has to eat when the time comes
(This post was edited by julie83 on May 19, 2006, 10:27 AM)
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and eventually he knows that he has to eat when the time comes 