And another thing while I'm on a rant tonight. I own a golden retriever and have owned three and I would be thoroughly pissed off if they get one. Firstly, they need proper exercise, not just an open door and told to go potty. They need at least 30 minutes twice a day or about an hour a day on average. And the hair. Has he even thought about the hair. It gets into everything and I mean everything. They need lots of grooming, at least once or twice a week and in molting seasons even every two days. And the hair still gets everywhere. You can vac the entire house and the next day there are spools of hair under chairs and tables. LOL. And we do all this work because we are devoted to our goldens, not just because they look nice in photos. I always tell my visitors not to wear black and most know not to anyway. lol
Here's an example, my son and I went backpacking around Europe a few years ago. We were gone for 2 months so there was lots of washing of clothes and emptying of backpacks. As we packed for the final leg my son let an exclamation "Oh mum, look at this"! He found a couple of dog hairs in his backpack after all that time. That's how they infiltrate everything.
When we sat down to Christmas lunch, one of my sons pulled a dog hair out of his mouth. I apologised profusely but he said it wouldn't be home if there wasn't hair everywhere.
Are you up for that Tyler? Doing anything less for a golden is cruel, especially the exercise.
That's all I have to say about that!