[NAGDU] Golden Retriever Question

[S L Johnson]

Caitlyn:

That is what I have been told by several schools.  The goal was to get the 
gentleness of the golden with the stability of the lab and come up with a 
stable but calmer gentler dog that could handle the stress of the fast-paced 
travel environments we see today.  They also felt the golden/lab cross would 
be more appropriate for many of the applicants , especially those of us who 
are aging or who have other medical issues or disabilities.  From m my 
discussions with many of the schools, they are very satisfied with the 
golden/lab cross.  I am sure many of you who have a cross will agree but, I 
will be very interested to hear opinions from people working a cross.  Do 
they see them as good as their labs?   Are there disadvantages?  Are there 
behavior differences?

Sandra and Eva

-----Original Message----- 
From: Caitlyn Furness via NAGDU
Sent: Saturday, June 25, 2016 8:45 AM
To: NAGDU Mailing List,the National Association of Guide Dog Users
Cc: Caitlyn Furness
Subject: Re: [NAGDU] Golden Retriever Question

One of the things is that the crosses arenâ?Tt so sensitive as the pure 
Goldens..  Iâ?Tm not sure about the rest, if there is any â?orestâ?.

Cait

> On Jun 24, 2016, at 1:27 AM, Lisie Foster via NAGDU <nagdu at nfbnet.org> 
> wrote:
>
> I have a sort of random question, I don't know if anyone will have time to 
> answer!
>
> I'm wondering what the traits are in purebred (versus Golden/Lab mixes) 
> Golden Retrievers that cause them to make up such a relatively small 
> percentage of the total number of working guide dogs?
>
> Thank you!
>
> Lisie and Finn
> lisiefoster at yahoo.com
> Sent from my iPhone
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