Many friends want to raise a Golden Retriever, but don’t know where is better to buy one; even if you find places selling Golden Retriever puppies, when seeing a group of puppies, sometimes you don’t know which Golden Retriever puppy to choose. Hehe, don’t rush. Here are some simple methods recommended for everyone, hoping to help you:

Golden Retriever (Detailed Introduction)

1. Where is good to choose a Golden Retriever?

If you want to buy a Golden Retriever puppy, the editor of “Find Pet Pet Website” recommends you to buy from private individuals or reputable kennels, try to avoid pet markets as much as possible. Because there are many unimaginable scams there, of course, it’s best if you have dog-savvy friends. (Here it means truly knowledgeable, not just someone who has raised a dog. Knowing dogs and raising dogs are two different things). If you have such friends, then you don’t have to worry about where to buy.

Another better way is to buy from acquaintances or friends as much as possible, dogs bought this way are generally safer.

Of course, many dogs are sold online nowadays, such as on Taobao. But there are many unreliable sources online. Even though some online dog sellers have high ratings, you should carefully check their sales records. If many purchases come from the same account, it is very likely to be fake!

2. Two things to pay attention to when buying Golden Retriever dogs:

1. Be very careful when buying dogs. If you buy from a dog market, it’s better to buy at stalls with official booths, not from individual street vendors. When choosing a dog, never believe someone who pulls out a very good adult dog and then points at a bunch of puppies saying they are born from that adult dog. Because a real parent adult dog would absolutely not allow strangers to touch or take its pups.

2. When picking a dog, don’t listen to anyone’s words, just trust your own eyes. Healthy puppies have bright eyes with no yellow or green eye discharge, slight blackish-brown hard eye discharge is normal. The nose is moist and cool without nasal mucus. Ears respond sensitively to sounds with no unpleasant smell. Mouth should have a full set of teeth, white, hard, without bad breath. Limbs are flexible. The whole coat is intact with no bald spots and no excessive dandruff. The anus area is clean. Energetic, willing to interact with people, and likes playing with companions.

Also, it is best to choose puppies with a big head, thick thighs, large paws, and a thick tail root. The skin on the back is loose and can be pulled quite long when grabbed upward. Such Golden Retrievers usually grow tall and large. (Related article recommendation: How to choose a Golden Retriever?)

3. Two additional points:

1. After buying a Golden Retriever puppy, avoid frequent climbing of stairs. Here it refers to frequent climbing of high apartment stairs, your home stairs are okay.

2. It is recommended to raise male dogs. Males are larger and brave, and can better show the characteristics of Golden Retrievers. Female dogs are gentle and attached to their owners but smaller, and females will bleed when in heat every year, which is troublesome.