--- title: "Gold Star for Golden Retriever" id: "369614" type: "post" slug: "gold-star-for-golden-retriever" published_at: "2018-05-14T16:00:40+00:00" modified_at: "2022-09-09T21:16:28+00:00" url: "https://petlandkennesaw.com/gold-star-for-golden-retriever/" markdown_url: "https://petlandkennesaw.com/gold-star-for-golden-retriever.md" excerpt: "Nearly everyone loves the Golden Retriever! Glowing Love As puppies, they’re adorable and they grow into being everyone’s friend. They are goofy, gentle, and playful. They’re extremely intelligent and eager to please, as they crave human interaction. Golden Retriever Care..." taxonomy_category: - "Spotlight On: Puppies" - "Tips & Tricks" taxonomy_post_tag: - "breed" - "facts" - "golden retriever" - "golden retriever for sale" - "golden retriever petland Kennesaw" - "golden retriever puppies for sale" - "golden retrievers for sale" - "puppies" - "puppy" --- ![Gold Star for Golden Retriever](https://petlandkennesaw.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/09/golden-retriever-petland-Kennesaw.jpg)[Home](https://petlandkennesaw.com/) / [Blog](https://petlandkennesaw.com/blog/) / [Dogs](https://petlandkennesaw.com/category/uncategorized/) / **Gold Star for Golden Retriever** [Spotlight On: Puppies](https://petlandkennesaw.com/category/puppy-spotlight/) · [Tips & Tricks](https://petlandkennesaw.com/category/blog/) # Gold Star for Golden Retriever May 14, 2018 · 2 min read · [cosmick](https://petlandkennesaw.com/author/cosmick/) ## **Nearly everyone loves the Golden Retriever!** ![golden retriever petland Kennesaw](https://petlandkennesaw.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/09/golden-retriever-petland-Kennesaw-300x225.jpg) ### **Glowing Love** As puppies, they’re adorable and they grow into being everyone’s friend. They are goofy, gentle, and playful. They’re extremely intelligent and eager to please, as they crave human interaction. ### **Golden Retriever Care** The Golden Retriever that you’ve joyfully added to your home will need daily exercise to burn off their energy. Challenging obedience lessons and active games are great entertaining exercises for them. They enjoy games that involve retrieving and love to carry items in their mouths. ### **Golden Retriever Dog Health** - Major risks: CHD, elbow dysplasia, cataract - Minor risks: entropion, distichiasis, trichiasis, cataract, pyotraumaticdermatitis, subvalvular aortic stenosis, OCD, allergies, vWD, cardiomyopathy - Occasionally risks: gastric torsion, epilepsy, CPRA, osteosarcoma - Life span: 10 to13 years ### **Fun Facts** - These pups mature very slowly. They are well known to retain the characteristics of a puppy personality until they are 3 to 4 years old. - You shouldn’t ever shave your Golden Retriever puppy. 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