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Our sites off topic and REC room forum. Discuss and chat about human related topics. New user? Why not introduce yourself. Please put dog related issues in their respective forums.

Customer service and testing forum.

Discuss your favorite Books, DVD's, CD's, Magazines. Media can be pet or human related. Please be sure that any media posted is acceptable for a site of this nature.

Third party publishers of dog-related news and articles from around the world. Please see the Ask The Vet forum for all veterinary news and articles.
Article Quick Links:
Food and Nutrition
Therapy Dogs
Assistance Dogs
Food and Drug Administration

When you create a blog or social group on our site, you can advertize them here by putting the link to that blog or social group in a forum thread.

This is our Golden Retriever Open Discussion Forum. Talk about any Golden Retriever question or issue. However, please review all of the other forum descriptions first, to see if your topic goes in one of the other forums (See all of them, below).

The Puppy Chronicles:
A daily activity journal and chat for your new puppy.
New puppy announcements.
All other issues and questions specific to golden retriever puppies.

A place to discuss potential ownership of the golden retriever breed of dog.

Selecting a name for your dog. With our dog names database, you can view the names of real golden retrievers from around the world. Don't forget to add your dogs name to the file. Pedigrees.

The Dog Names database is open to the general public and serves as a collection of dog names from golden retriever owners the world over. The database can subsequently be used by owners seeking to name their dogs.
Links and Reports:
Browse Database
Most popular female dog names
Most popular male dog names
Most popular dog names (male & female combined)
Rare Names (Female)
Rare Names (Male)
New dog names month to date report
Add dog name(s) to database

Training and Behavioral is for topics related to basic training and behavioral issues and problems with golden retrievers.

The Grooming Forum is for topics specifically related to grooming your golden retriever: coat, ears, teeth, nails, bathing, brushing, and so on. Discuss grooming products and issues related to them.

The Golden Retriever Pictures Forum is for pictures that don't fall into any of the other forum categories.

The Storybook Forum.
Was your golden retriever caught in a cute or unusual act? Do you have a cute story to tell about your dog? Then this forum is for you.

Specifically for golden retriever puppies. All food types, brands, and issues relating to puppies only.

The Food Forum is for all issues concerning commercially prepared diets, general food issues, and treats.

All food issues specific to raw and home cooked feeding techniques and recipes.

For golden retrievers that require special diets, either because of allergies, illness, or other reasons. Food types and brands that are specific to this theme.

The food database is open to the general public and contains a record for each brand or type of food that is used by our members.
If your food is already on the database, you can leave a comment or give your opinions on brands that you have used. If your food is not on file, you can add it to the database. All food categories are welcome: commercial, home cooked, and raw.
Links and Reports:
Browse Database
View comments for current month.
View all comments combined.
Add your food to the database.

The Health Forum is not a replacement for veterinary diagnosis and care. Users can discuss issues specifically related to golden retriever health: veterinary issues, hereditary diseases, ailments and injuries, drugs, vitamins, vaccinations, and topical products. All other health-related issues.

Specific to golden retriever orthopedic issues and questions. (for example, arthritis, hip dysplasia, bones, joints, muscles, ligaments, and so on.)

Specific to all golden retriever allergies and infections. (for example, hotspots, ear infections, uti, and so on.)

Holistic and alternative medicine. Natural remedies and healing.

The Medical database is a resource for the general public, that contains records related to drugs and diseases specific to golden retrievers.
If your record is already on the database, you can leave a comment or give your opinion on diseases or drugs that your dog has encountered or used. If your record is not on file, you can add it to the database.
Links and Reports:
Browse Database

Third party ask the vet columns, news and articles, as it relates to the veterinary profession.
Article Quick Links:
Ask the Vet
Dental
Vet News

Traveling with, boarding, and transporting your golden retriever. Hotels that have pet accommodations. Air travel with your dog. All other aspects of traveling with your golden retriever.

Our site chapel. Prayer requests. A place to extend best wishes and prayer, for those pets that are ill. A place to remember our pets that have passed on.

A seasonal forum that appears on the forums homepage May through August. Discuss anything about your garden as it relates to your pets. Or any other gardening issue.

A forum totally dedicated to longevity and senior golden retrievers, ages 7 and older.

The longevity database is open to the general public and is used as a registry for information about deceased golden retrievers.
The database is subsequently used as a survey and reporting facility.
Links and Reports:
Browse Database
Average Age at Time of Death Report
Age Groups Report
Add record to database

A forum specific to breeding and breeder discussions, not breeder advertising. Top Golden Retriever Sites does not promote or condone the practice of irresponsible or indiscriminate breeding of dogs. Instead, this forum is intended to promote proper education regarding the practice of responsible breeding.

Issues and questions specifically related to rescue dogs and organizations. Pictures of your rescue dogs. Rescue stories.

Put all the forum polls in here.

Fun with Goldens is used to discuss all issues related to the many fun activities that us humans participate in with our dogs: shows/conformation, agility, obedience, all other competition events (other than hunting). Playing with your dog: ball, frisbie, swimming, tricks, and so on. Comical pictures and situations.

Goldens in Services to Mankind, is for all topics specifically related to golden retrievers that are trained and used in the various services to mankind: search and rescue, therapy/visitation dogs, all handicap services, border patrol, police and other security-related work, and so on.

Hunting with Goldens consists of questions, discussions, and pictures that are specifically related to hunting activities with retriever breeds. Hunting is one of the oldest activities that humans and dogs participate in together. In fact, it is the primary reason why the Golden Retriever was originally created.