Well, I’m having trouble domesticating my Golden Retriever puppy and he’s almost a year old now. We’ve been kicked out of dog training, and he still dumps and bites at me. He behaves better for my husband, but he definitely wants to be boss dog.
That should have said JUMPS, but the alternative is accurate too!
Well, he’s just going to take a dump, it’s the placement and timing that matters. Nipping is puppy behavior for some but I’d not typically associate it with Goldens. Keep working with him, he’ll settle down. I had a Chocolate Lab that took the better part of three years to get him calmed down and he was a wonderful dog, loved him dearly. Puppy from hell, though.