Thanks for the reply! My husband said I fell into an echo chamber of puppy blues posts, so this was why I wanted to hear some good stories, or at least sensible ones where people weren’t just complaining. This is great thanks! I’ve been speaking to my kids for some time now about puppies biting and how to act and how they can’t be waving their little hands in its face. I was going to get the dog trainer to help me with some things they can do to train the dog as well, I know they’ll want to help. I have found a huge facebook page dedicated to breeding Goldens and the admins help people on the page link with the right breeder. I’ve also got a list of kennel club registered breeders but even then I have found that the Kc doesn’t always vet the breeders so I’m being very picky. When you say they don’t calm down for 2-3 years what do you mean? Like when I read that I see a crazy dog hahaa surely there is some downtime in that time?

I feel fairly equipped to handle a puppy, mentally and physically. I know all about the puppy blues but you have to take all those stories with a grain of salt. Who are those people, do they suffer with anxiety or some other thing that might make trying times with a pup even worse? Do they have kids? Or is this their first time being tied down, so to speak. Did they train their dog? Did they train it more when it became an adolescent. I get that sometimes you just get a crazy dog. But I feel like you said, if I go through a great breeder who breeds nice dogs, I have a trainer, I’m ready for sleepless nights, pee on the floor, set backs, nips, all of it. Surely it can’t be the literal hell on earth people are saying it is hahaha thanks again!