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Your Puppy Month by Month
Your Golden Retriever Puppy Month By Month
Your Golden Retriever Puppy Month by Month provides new pet owners with everything you need to know and do at each stage of development to make sure your playful, energetic puppy grows into a happy, healthy, and well-adjusted companion. A veterinarian, a trainer, and a breeder team up to cover all the questions new owners tend to have, and many they don’t think to ask,
* What to ask the breeder before bringing your puppy home.
* Which vaccinations your puppy needs and when to get them.
* How to make potty training as smooth (and quick) as possible.
* What to do when your puppy cries at night.
* Why and how to crate train your puppy.
* When socialization should happen and how to make sure it does.
* When your puppy is ready to learn basic commands—like Sit, Stay, and Come—and the best way to teach them.
* When and how to go about leash training.
* How much exercise your puppy needs to stay physically and mentally healthy.
* What, how much, and when to feed your puppy to give him the nutrition he needs without the extra weight he doesn’t.
* When your puppy is ready for obedience training and how to make sure it works.
* How and how often to bathe your puppy, brush his coat, clip his nails, and brush his teeth.
* How to know when a trip to the vet is needed.
* What causes problem behaviors, when to expect them, and how to correct them.
* What to ask the breeder before bringing your puppy home.
* Which vaccinations your puppy needs and when to get them.
* How to make potty training as smooth (and quick) as possible.
* What to do when your puppy cries at night.
* Why and how to crate train your puppy.
* When socialization should happen and how to make sure it does.
* When your puppy is ready to learn basic commands—like Sit, Stay, and Come—and the best way to teach them.
* When and how to go about leash training.
* How much exercise your puppy needs to stay physically and mentally healthy.
* What, how much, and when to feed your puppy to give him the nutrition he needs without the extra weight he doesn’t.
* When your puppy is ready for obedience training and how to make sure it works.
* How and how often to bathe your puppy, brush his coat, clip his nails, and brush his teeth.
* How to know when a trip to the vet is needed.
* What causes problem behaviors, when to expect them, and how to correct them.
- GenresNonfictionDogsReference
368 pages, Paperback
First published January 5, 2016
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November 24, 2017
Detailed month by month introduction to bringing up a Golden Retriever puppy through its first year.
Highly readable and instructive - although ask me again in a year's time if its advice proved worthwhile.
Highly readable and instructive - although ask me again in a year's time if its advice proved worthwhile.
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October 10, 2021super helpful resource for the first year with a golden!
December 21, 2022
A great resource! The monthly descriptions of golden retriever behavior were spot on. Did I follow everything this books says, no but it still has a lot of great information and insight into puppy growth, health, and behavior.
September 1, 2023
Amazingly helpful! I'm adopting an 8 year old dog, and I'm still finding all the training and other info so educational.
April 2, 2019
A complete and easy guide for Golden Retriever owners (or to be owners)
This book covers every step an owner should take during the first 12 months of his Golden Retriever puppy. It’s so comprehensive and easy to understand that you wish it continued to up to 24 months of age (or more). I’m thankful for having read this book as it turned our home into a place of complete joy with our lovely Skye. I recommend this book to all people who are currently considering bringing this amazing breed home soon or have her already blessing their home with her fun, friendly, and energetic spirit!
This book covers every step an owner should take during the first 12 months of his Golden Retriever puppy. It’s so comprehensive and easy to understand that you wish it continued to up to 24 months of age (or more). I’m thankful for having read this book as it turned our home into a place of complete joy with our lovely Skye. I recommend this book to all people who are currently considering bringing this amazing breed home soon or have her already blessing their home with her fun, friendly, and energetic spirit!
May 29, 2021
This book has been a very helpful reference for me to be able to open up every now and then as I raise my first Golden Retriever ever. Everything is explained well, it's easy to read, and it gives me a lot of peace of mind and answers questions I didn't even know I had.
December 28, 2019
Love it.
June 8, 2022
Good info, but the order of info is kind of disjointed
January 4, 2023
I didnt read the whole thing i only read the parts that were inportant to me but it was a very informational book.
March 22, 2023
Detailed month bu month and helped me leading up to getting my pup and training once I had her!
December 17, 2023
Great month by month book for goldens. So much good information.
March 10, 2024
American based so a lot of stuff wasn't relevant due to me being in UK. However there is some really good advice and I'd still recommend a GR owner to read it.
June 1, 2025
Some repetitive parts, but lots of helpful month-by-month info for a golden’s first year of life!
August 6, 2026
Learned a lot, thank you!
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