Our Situation Writing this is incredibly hard. I have raised her since she was a tiny
puppy and have even back-tracked on selling her a couple of times because of how much I love her. Raising a puppy is tough, and I’ve invested over £250 in professional training to give her the best start. However, she has no spatial awareness around babies. Recently, my baby’s head was bumped because of her clumsy puppy excitement, and for my baby’s safety, I’ve had to make the heartbreaking choice to find her a new family. The Brilliant Bits (Her Strengths) Walking: She walks beautifully on the lead. Commands: She sits perfectly on command. She knows "drop" and "leave"—she is excellent at this usually, though she can get distracted or if she’s caught something high reward (food)! House Training: She is fully house-trained during the day. Health: Up to date on all vaccinations and currently insured. The Work in Progress (Honest Puppy Quirks) I want to be 100% transparent so she finds her forever home and never has to be moved again. She is a young adolescent dog with typical puppy traits: Separation & Boredom: She doesn't like being left alone in another room during the day. With the recent hot weather restricting her daytime walks, she gets bored quickly and will let you know. She needs mental stimulation when kept inside. Crate Training: She used to love her crate but is a bit hesitant now. She will go in at bedtime and might whinge for about 5 minutes before settling down. In the morning, she will whinge to let you know she’s awake and needs a wee. Nighttime: While potty-trained by day, she does still have the occasional overnight accident. She does not mouth anymore but has a serious chewing habit. She will chew shoes, plastics and silicones if left out. Redirecting her with her toys works and prevention is best. She will reach onto the sides to get anything to chew (maybe eat if food is left out!) but will get down if you say her name / ‘No’ / see her. On the occasion she will resource guard, not to my partner but to me. I’m worried this may be because I’ve flinched before and she thinks it’s worked out etc and I’m not sure if this will carryover towards children. Her temperament otherwise is very loving as per photos. Meet & Greet Required: We will not just hand her over. You must be willing to come view her, spend some time getting to know her, and ensure you are the right fit for each other. She is a golden retriever, her nature is to retrieve and so when she greets she will bring you something/livestock if out and about without being on lead (happened almost once with a chicken but didn’t catch the chicken). I have not left her off lead only long line lead for recall which is
working well. She comes with crate, about a months vet insurance, toys. I think it’d be appropriate that we stay as secondary microchip contacts (do google it, we have no control over your ownership but we can see if she’s safe / transferred again etc). With this, The price will lower if you’re happy with that and that we write a contract that says she will not be bought to be bred & will be spay, rehomed to another person BEFORE contacting us to have her back & a secondary microchip contact.