{"id":25579,"date":"2017-10-28T15:13:37","date_gmt":"2017-10-28T23:13:37","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/puppyintraining.com\/?p=25579"},"modified":"2022-06-13T20:38:38","modified_gmt":"2022-06-14T04:38:38","slug":"our-litter-of-golden-retriever-pups-week-6","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/puppyintraining.com\/our-litter-of-golden-retriever-pups-week-6\/","title":{"rendered":"Our Litter Of Golden Retriever Pups – Week 6"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Golden Retriever puppies week 6<\/figcaption><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n

Welcome to week 6 with our litter of Golden Retriever pups<\/a>!<\/p>\n\n\n\n

We’re getting close to the end of our journey with our little, furry, fuzz balls.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Our original plan was to keep half the litter to train as service dog puppies.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

At 6 weeks old these little pups start showing enough personality to start thinking about who we would keep to raise as service dogs and who would become loving pets.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

This week was also the first time we gave a few mock tests to see which of our pups had the moxie to be a service dog.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

So, what are some of the traits we are looking for in a future service dog puppy at this young age?<\/p>\n\n\n\n

  1. A confident puppy.<\/li>
  2. A puppy that is willing to work for his partner.<\/li>
  3. A puppy with a calm temperament.<\/li><\/ol>\n\n\n\n

    *In week 8 we put the puppies through a full-scale temperament test.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

    As you will see some were better suited than others as candidates to become service dog puppies in training.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

    QUICK RECOMMENDATION:<\/strong> If you’re thinking about bringing home a puppy we recommend picking up a copy of Puppies for Dummies<\/a>. Not only is it a great book on how to raise and train a puppy, but there’s also a section in the book on how to choose a puppy from a litter.<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

    Golden Retriever Pups – Week 6<\/h2>\n\n\n\n
    Puppy<\/strong><\/td>Shave Mark<\/strong><\/td>Color<\/strong><\/td>Weight (Day 36)<\/strong><\/td><\/tr>
    Liberty (Berlin)<\/td>Right Back Leg<\/td>Green<\/td>6 lb 15 oz<\/td><\/tr>
    Tank (Bear)<\/td>Left Back Leg<\/td>Black<\/td>7 lb 5 oz<\/td><\/tr>
    Trooper (Buster)<\/td>Right Shoulder<\/td>Red<\/td>6 lb 9 oz<\/td><\/tr>
    Patriot<\/td>Left Shoulder<\/td>Blue<\/td>7 lb 12 oz<\/td><\/tr>
    Spirit<\/td>Lower Back<\/td>Pink<\/td>7 lb 0 oz<\/td><\/tr>
    Gunner<\/td>Upper Back<\/td>Brown<\/td>7 lb 1.5 oz<\/td><\/tr><\/tbody><\/table><\/figure>\n\n\n\n

    These little pups are starting to get some girth, especially Patriot who was pushing 8 lbs at only 36 days old!<\/p>\n\n\n\n

    The size gap between our smallest and largest puppy keeps getting bigger as Patriot is well over a pound heavier than Trooper.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

    Golden Puppies Week #6 Highlights<\/h2>\n\n\n\n

    Day #36 – Archer loves puppies!<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

    Archer was very curious since day 1, but even though he and Raven were best pals she still was protective of her puppies.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

    Since the beginning we allowed supervised interaction and Archer loved the little guys and just wanted to play…albeit sometimes a little too rough…<\/p>\n\n\n

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    Archer vs Six week old Golden Retriever puppy<\/figcaption><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n

    Day #37 – Kids and Puppies<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

    We continued to socialize our Golden pups with people young and old.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

    Some of our favorite puppy raiser friends stopped by and brought over their grandchildren to play with the pups.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

    At this age the puppies like running around and act like hams.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

    Long gone are the days of the docile, sleepy puppies.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

    Welcome to the wonderful world of running wild Golden pups!<\/p>\n\n\n\n

    Day #40 – Our Little Golden Explorers!<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

    As time moved on these guys became more and more mobile and less easy to contain in small environments.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

    A few weeks earlier they started climbing out of the short wall in the whelping box.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

    As the below picture illustrates this little one enjoyed climbing onto this shelf making it his own doggy bed.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

    *By week 8 a couple of these little guys became quite the escape artists and learned to scale the side of the whelping box!<\/p>\n\n\n

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    Our little Golden puppy in hiding.<\/figcaption><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n

    In case you missed our other posts about our litter of Golden Retriever pups take a look back at past weeks:<\/p>\n\n\n\n