Puppy Care

Lots of people have known for a long time that particular crossbreeds of dogs are an improvement on each of the original breeds. The trick is finding the best crossable breeds. A few of these crossbreeds have become considered pure breeds themselves. One of the best crossbreeds in dogs is seen in the Labrador/Golden Retriever Puppy, known also as Golden Labrador Retrievers. As puppies they begin to show the best traits of their parents breeds.

The Best Dog?

Both Labrador and Golden Retrievers are dogs that love people and are looking to please. Note that not every one is alike, and bad Training will always make an unruly, fearful dog (regardless of breed), but on the whole, a Labrador/Golden Retriever Puppy is a born people lover. They are fascinated by people and seem to identify with them. They also have a lot of strength and stamina, which comes in handy for service and search and rescue dogs.

Great Dogs For Helping the Blind

According to service dog experts and charities that train seeing eye dogs in England, the best dog for the job is a Labrador/Golden retriever crossbred. There is a strict breeding program run in England by Guide Dogs to raise dogs to be seeing eye dogs. A Labrador/Golden Retriever Puppy is first tested at about eight weeks of age to see what his personality is like.

A seeing eye dogs Training is never really over. Many a Labrador/Golden Retriever Puppy fails the program and is put up for adoption as a pet. To take a Labrador/Golden Retriever Puppy and turn out a dependable life-saver costs an average of $70,000 (US). They work until old age or illness forces them to retire, and then they are placed in care homes for the rest of their lives.

Other Things to Know

Many information websites will tell you that a Golden Labrador will always be yellow, which is not always the case. Every now and then there is a black or chocolate Labrador/Golden Retriever Puppy born. You can register your Labrador/Golden Retriever Puppy with the American Canine Hybrid Club.

Every day, there is a newborn Golden / Labrador Retriever Puppy who makes that first step to being a drug sniffing dog, cancer sniffing dog, service dog or a search and rescue dog. They all can rescue us from ourselves and our selfishness and help give our souls back to ourselves.