Knowing the gold collector

Written by Rodrigo Trigosso
Monday, August 25, 2008

The conductors golds, or golden retriever, dogs are among the best known and loved around the world. The popularity of these hunting dogs is not just for its beauty but for its ease to be trained and their good character.

The collector is a golden dog medium to large, with hanging ears and a beautiful coat that can be plain or hilly. The expression of this dog is kind and gentle, and invites caressing.

The retriever is named after its ability to recover (bring back) dams injured or killed, and his beautiful golden coat. The color of this dog can go from gold to the cream, but did not admit extremes tones such as red or white.

The coat is typical of the breed and has two cloaks. The internal mantle is dense and impermeable, to help the dog to swim. The outer mantle is firm and falls glued to the body. The neck, tail and thighs have abundant fringes of hair.

Personality

Are conductors gilding the dogs are very active, sociable and intelligent. They usually get along with other dogs and be very friendly people, so they're excellent pets.

Not tend to be aggressive, so they are not ideal as a dog for protection, but they can raise the alarm by barking if a stranger comes into the house.

Sociable by nature, these dogs require a lot of affection and companionship, plus a training without ill-treatment.

Moreover, his vast intelligence allows them to highlight different activities such as search and rescue, will assist the disabled, animal assisted therapy, canine obedience, the Agility dogs and other sports. The only activities in which these dogs do not stand out, are those related to the dogs for protection and defense.

Care

It is necessary to allow sufficient time to pass the bill collector with gold, since their need to have a lot of affection and companionship. In addition, it is necessary to provide enough exercise to remove the excess energy. If you are not providing enough company, affection and exercise, the collector will turn golden problematic and destructive.

It is preferable that the dog lives indoors, where you can share with their human family, but has a large garden to exercise. Furthermore, it is necessary to ride out often to socialize and not be bored.

The collector loses golden hair regularly throughout the year and lose hair in large numbers once a year. Therefore, it is not a good pet for people who do not have enough time to brush on a daily basis, or can not accept some dog hair on the furniture and clothes.

But it was originally designed as a rugged hunting dog, the great popularity of the golden collector has promoted the irresponsible and indiscriminate breeding, which has damaged the race. Thus, the debt collector gold is prone to some hereditary diseases to be taken into account. These diseases are: hip dysplasia, elbow dysplasia, progressive retinal atrophy, cataracts, skin allergies, heart disease and obesity.

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Personality

The collector's labrador tends to be very friendly and active. While it is easy to train a race, and usually obedient, you have so much energy that it can be difficult for some people.

Often a very affectionate animal with dogs and people, allowing it to be an excellent pet. However, his strong need for affection coupled with its large amount of energy, these dogs can get in big trouble. It is not uncommon to break things, jump over people or make it fall to children without realizing its great strength.

Despite being so active, a collector of well-educated farmer is one of the most wonderful dogs that may exist.

However, these dogs are not very good protectors of their families, as they tend to be friendly with everyone. Although they may serve as guard dogs (giving the alarm when approaching a stranger), are generally not good dogs for protection. Of course, there are always exceptions to the rule, but if you're looking for a dog looking for better protection of another race.

Care

The collector labrador does not require special care, but it's good to take into account certain things. First of all, is a dog that needs plenty of exercise and affection. Therefore, it is necessary to do enough exercise every day and receive the attention it deserves. Although you can adjust to living in an apartment, it's better if you have a medium or large garden to exercise it.

Even taking a garden, you should take your dog for a walk every day to socialize with other dogs and people. Also, if you have a garden, it is preferable that your labrador alive inside the house to take the company requires, and exercising outdoors.

The fur of these dogs does not require particular care beyond the regular brushing. You must bear in mind that collectors labrador lose hair regularly, so you can smudge the mubles, clothing and carpets.

While this race is not very prone to inherited diseases, their farming to meet market demand, has caused some problems to be fixed in the genetic race. Thus, the collectors labrador may be prone to hip dysplasia, elbow dysplasia and eye problems, besides obesity.

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Knowing the collector labrador

Written by Rodrigo Trigosso
Monday, August 25, 2008

The collector labrador, also known as a labrador retriever, was developed by British cinófilos. The name of the race refers to the province of Newfoundland and Labrador in Canada, because then came the dogs that were used to give rise to the collector labrador.

The labrador collectors are hunting dogs whose particular skill is the recovery, hence its name. The collection is the task of bringing the piece hunted (prey dead or injured) to where he is the hunter. English is known to the dogs recovered by the generic retriever, which means recovery.

The collector is a labrador dog of average size, lightweight, strong and resilient, which can be presented in three colors: yellow, black or chocolate (dark brown). Their ears and their eyes hanging candy, in addition to having punched his face, give them a friendly expression.

The use given to this race has helped establish some of their physical characteristics, such as the hairy tail that serves as a rudder or waterproof coat, which helps a lot when the dog has to collect water. The psychological characteristics of these dogs have also been selected for animals and obedient workers.

The great qualities of this race have catapulted as one of the breeds of dogs most versatile and useful of all time. Today it is used to collectors labrador for many tasks in addition to hunting. Tasks such as search and rescue people lost, the animal-assisted therapy, assisting people with special needs, the powers of canine obedience, the Agility, and so on.

Of course, the tenants have also achieved a privileged position among pet dogs.