How to raise a Golden Retriever, and after how many months does it start to recognize its owner?
Among home-raised pet dogs, the Golden Retriever is deeply loved by people for its “loyalty”, “gentleness” and “friendliness”, but if you want to raise a Golden Retriever well, having a heart full of love is far from enough, you also need breeding skills to raise it healthy and strong. So how do you raise a Golden Retriever? After how many months does it start to recognize its owner?
1. After how many months does a Golden Retriever start to recognize its owner?
The Golden Retriever is a dog that is relatively easy to get close to people. If the owner takes care of it very attentively and lets it feel enough love and care, generally after being raised for 2-3 months some dogs will be able to recognize their owner.
However, quite a few Golden Retriever owners also say that their Golden Retrievers still do not recognize their owner even after being raised for two or three years. Therefore, when it comes to “recognizing the owner”, there are also differences between individual Golden Retrievers. The owner must have enough patience to care for these little ones, and must not abandon them just because they do not recognize their owner for a long time.
2. How do you raise a Golden Retriever?
Raising a Golden Retriever is actually not difficult; the key is to be attentive.
1. Diet management for the Golden Retriever
The Golden Retriever should be fed at the same place in the home and at fixed times, which can help it develop good eating habits.
For food, specially formulated high-quality dog food should be chosen; both dry food and canned food are fine, rather than sharing the same food as people.
The feeding amount is determined by body size. Generally, newborn Golden Retriever puppies are best given their mother's milk, eating 6-8 times a day. After they grow teeth they can be weaned, and fed some puppy dry food mixed into a paste, fed 3-4 times a day, after which it can gradually be reduced to 1-2 times.
This is only an average reference for feeding frequency; the specifics still have to be based on your own Golden Retriever's growth and development.
In addition, it is not recommended to feed raw meat to a Golden Retriever. Although the Golden Retriever is gentle, it may also bite people when it is very hungry, so do not let the Golden Retriever develop the habit of eating raw meat.
2. Excretion management for the Golden Retriever
Training the Golden Retriever to excrete in a fixed place should begin while it is still young. After about 2 weeks of training, a clever little Golden Retriever will be able to know where to excrete.
Note that when a Golden Retriever suddenly barks urgently or sniffs the ground, it means they want to excrete, so hurry and take them to the designated place to relieve themselves.
3. Exercise management for the Golden Retriever
Usually you can take the Golden Retriever for a walk near the home on a leash and wearing a muzzle, and if conditions allow, take it outdoors to play, preferably bringing along some companions and toys for them.
4. Health management for the Golden Retriever
(1) Weight reference for the Golden Retriever
(2) Quarantine on time
Take the Golden Retriever for an annual health checkup every year and vaccinate it with the relevant vaccines. This is both for the Golden Retriever's health and for the health and safety of the owner and the people around them.
Usually puppies receive core vaccines at 14-16 weeks, and receive a core vaccine booster again after 12 months. As for non-core vaccines, these are mainly leptospirosis vaccine and kennel cough vaccine, and these vaccines are generally only administered when there is an obvious disease present.