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Pictures of Charlie from yesterday. We met the litter of 7 puppies on Tuesday, again on Friday and then brought her back on Saturday. Smallest of the litter and the most social/playful by far. 10 weeks old but she's still tiny (6.4kg). Her mom is only 25kg. She might be smaller.

Puppy lying on deck in the backyard with her side against one of the deck chairs she likes. Pulling at the frayed end of a bird-shaped rope toy using her mouth with one of her paws holding the rope.

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Puppy lying down on her side asleep on top of an orange blanket on top of the ceramic kitchen floor. She has her head over top of a stuffed duck with an orange ball she inherited nearby.

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Puppy underneath one of the deck chairs (same one as the earlier picture) with her chin on the crossbar between the legs. Staring intently at the person holding the camera. Orange ball nearby.

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Puppy lying down on top of damp towels on a thin bed after getting a bath. Has her head in the sun and another stuffed duck (different one from before) nearby. Not asleep, but has her eyes partly closed. Looks very happy and relaxed.

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What's the breed or mix here?

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It's a golden retriever bred from European service dog lines. They just happen to be very light cream color. Dad is Vlad from Odessa, Ukraine. Dad is a bit darker than mom but they mostly got color from their mom. Breeder owns grandmother on mom's side and dad so we met both.

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We haven't met her mom, but we're going to 8 weeks of obedience classes with her breeder where we'll get to meet her mom. 6/7 of the puppies will be going to those so she'll see her siblings, including her much bigger only brother. They were best buds and the most social/vocal.

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Excellent plan, my kids are bugging me for a dog, my favourite of my past dogs was a Shep/lab mix.. We are thinking of some lab mix but also researching the sheepdog xl breeds.. I'm makingbmy oldest research breeds, training and care, as I had to when I was a kid.. Name yet?

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Golden retrievers are amazingly social, gentle and loving. If there's almost always going to be people around and you can handle lots of shed hair, it's a great choice of dog. They're great with kids and the kids will give them a lot of the attention / play / cuddling they crave.

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German shepherds are likely smarter than most goldens and border collies are usually way smarter. Goldens are still one of the smartest breeds though. It's how social they are that makes them special though. Particularly great with young kids who might be a bit too rough, etc.

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They need tons of attention though. It doesn't work for a setup like a couple who each go to a 9-to-5 job every day. If there's someone who works from home, it's perfect for them. They also want to meet lots of people and dogs. Helps if the neighbourhood has lots of dogs, etc.

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twitter.com/DanielMicay/st was our previous dog, Tesla. Much darker coat of fur and much bigger than Charlie is going to be but still officially the same breed of dog. He was also extremely social and loved meeting people and dogs. Loved going to vet so he handled last visit well.

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Daniel Micay

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Jun 25

One of the pictures from my 14.5 year old dog's last day (Tuesday). He had a good last day. He lost 10% of his body weight in the last 18 days from refusing to eat anything other than a tiny bit of expensive fresh organic meat. Was barely able to stand up with help and walk.

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Golden retriever lying down in their bed looking content/happy despite everything that's wrong.

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Sad day, dogs passing is hard, looks like a good boy. My fav lab version is the big head big body.. Typical is small lab big head UK, big body small head NA. When u cross them and get both big that's a ckc no/no and lots of resistance back in 70s and 80s..