reposting from the other dog forum:
Originally Posted by
mysticbrews
hey guilliam, just read this thread... congrats on your new pup Blaster!! He's really handsome!
More than anything, I'm glad you made your gf VERY happy! What a nice gift to give her. Dogs are the best gifts hehe! I got my Cocker spaniel, Suki as a birthday gift from my hubby...and my husky, a surprise valentine's gift from him too.
You guys will really cherish having a golden, as they are the one of the sweetest and smartest breed. I'm sure Blaster will make the two of you even closer to each other. (murag naay bag-ong baby, conjugal hehe). I'm glad you changed your mind about having a golden-- cos initially you weren't interested in that breed.
congrats again!
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Stormwind Kennel
thank you
yes she(my betterhalf) is very happy on her birthday this year. last year she had a Shih-Tzu, Last 3 years ago she had a White GSD for her Graduation gift, and this year Blaster(a Golden Ret for her bday). i hope next year we'll have time and space for an Alaskan Malamute for her
good thing wala pa siya nakit-an Alaskan Malamute in person; tingali mahimo na sad ning DOG-NAPPER sa Alaskan Mal. karon dili na ni siya hinoon mo DOG-NAP ug Golden Ret, kay naa naman siya'y Blaster. ehehhehe
about changing minds; nah when it comes to dogs; for me "dogs are dogs, no matter what"; just that im biased siguro on a specific breed which is GSD na mao ako gyud breed of personal preference.
im now switching to "motivational training method" with Blaster compared to my GSD's that "kohler's method" is more effective.
so far being a "7 days" GR owner; when it comes to trainability of GR's; i found Blaster to be easy to train with same as GSDs.
last night; introduced Blaster in fetching/retrieving and stones and having his focus on the stone im holding and fetching. he is doing very good.
next would train Blaster for BH or "companion dog". i havent seen GR's which are BH trained. however; i see Blaster's high potential to be BH certified.
- g