Adopting A Dog

If you’re going to adopt a dog, read through our collection of articles and resources dog adoption. Information here includes: Where to adopt a dog from, how to select a breeder, how to choose the best dog available… and of course, what to do once you bring your new dog home.

Rottweiler rescue groups are non-profit adoption charities that cruise the local animal shelters, humane societies, and SPCAs looking for Rotties they can rescue and place in foster homes to rehabilitate. Or just to keep in a compassionate environment, until a more permanent home can be found.

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It probably comes as no surprise that the Golden Retriever is one of the most popular breeds in America. However, it may be a surprise for some to learn that these Golden beauties didn’t exist until fairly recently.
 
Since dogs first became domesticated, humans have learned that by breeding dogs with desirable traits, the likelihood of creating dogs with those traits is increased. By classical Roman time, dog breeding had reached the point that most of the modern dog families were clearly established. Retrievers, however, were not among the established families at that time.
The reason for not having Retrievers back then is easy to understand. As most people know, the trademark ability of the retriever is to bring back birds that hunters can’t easily reach. Until the introduction of guns, birds were usually caught by falcons or by throwing large nets over them. Only when hunters began shooting birds down with guns were they confronted with the problem of getting the birds, which may have fallen too far ahead or into deep water.
With the first muzzle-loading firearms, bird dogs that traditionally were used only to find and point out game also began to be trained to retrieve it. The breech-loading shotgun entered the scene in the mid-1800s, raising the requirements for retrieving. In the past, hunting with a muzzle-loader may have produced ten shot birds in a day.

The ease and accuracy of the newer guns made it simpler to shoot birds in flight, therefore making them more likely to fall in inaccessible places. Bird shooting soon became the new fashionable pastime of the rich.

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When the need for a supervisory organization to register dogs and set competition rules became obvious, the Kennel Club of England was founded in 1873. And coincidentally, the organization was founded by a retriever aficionado.

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Today, the Golden Retriever remains a force to be reckoned with in every competitive event in which they are involved. In addition to competing in events and being great household pets, Goldens have made a name for themselves when it comes to helping people in trouble. They have reinvented themselves as extraordinary service dogs.  In addition to winning the hearts of their families, Goldens have gone on to save countless lives, guide futures, and heal hearts.  

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Golden Retrievers look the way they do because they were built in a certain way to perform a certain job. Originally, the breed was created as a working breed, with function as its main priority. But the breed’s founders also combined other desirable ingredients to mold the dog into what it is today.

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It’s not hard to find a Golden Retriever, but if you want a good one that represents the breed at its best, you need to choose your source carefully. To do that, you need to be able to distinguish between good breeders and bad breeders.

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Most people looking for a new Golden Retriever don’t want a hunting dog or show dog, just a new best friend. The most common places they look are newspaper ads, friends, pet stores, hobby breeders, and rescue organizations. Out of these, the best choices for finding good dogs are hobby breeders and rescue groups.

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Although human groups are called families rather than packs, some experts feel that domestic dogs adapt very well to humans because we also live in groups. However, to compare our families to wolf packs isn’t a very accurate comparison. Our human lifestyle is far more complicated than that of the average wolf pack. As humans, we are extremely inconsistent with our social rules and rules for behavior. For example, we let the dog up on the couch when he’s clean but yell at him when he jumps up with muddy paws. To the dog, our communication skills are confusing. Our voices say one thing while our body language says another. To our dogs, people are very complex and confusing creatures. We can say that both dogs and humans live in social groups and we can use that comparison to understand our dogs a little better, however, we must also understand that our families are very different from a wolf pack.

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Your Golden Retriever’s performance, health, and longevity depend, in part on what you choose to feed him. Because most dogs are usually fed one type of food, choosing the best diet is an important and often daunting decision.

COMMERCIAL VS. HOME-PREPARED DIETS

A long standing debate has been whether dogs are better off being fed commercially prepared diets or home-prepared diets. Critics of commercial foods point out that these foods are highly processed, do not resemble a dog’s natural diet, are not fresh, and may use ingredients unfit for human consumption. On the other hand, supporters of commercial foods say that these diets have been constantly adjusted and tested on generations of dogs to provide optimal nutrition, and that they contain premium-grade foods which include human-quality ingredients.

Raw food diets have also gained a lot of attention and supporters. These diets advocate more natural feeding by giving dogs whole raw animal carcasses, particularly chicken, in which the dog eats bones and all. Supporters point out that such diets are more like the natural diet of ancestral dogs, and claim good health, clean teeth, and economical food bills. Critics point out that, while the raw diet may be closer to what wolves eat, dogs are no longer wolves and haven’t lived off the land for thousands of generations.

In addition, many people have oversimplified these diets and commonly feed an exclusive diet of chicken wings, which is neither natural nor balanced. Critics also worry that raw foods from processing plants may pose the threat of salmonella and

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There’s a beautiful and ancient fairy-tale that says that while God painted the sky blue, he was followed by a determined Chow Chow who licked up the drops that fell with his tongue.

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