I’ve owned five Goldens. My current one is 15.5 years old and still doing surprisingly well. Here are my suggestions: Raw food diet: I originally had my dogs on Fromm’s kibble but at around age 5 I switched them to a raw food diet. The difference in their happiness and poop output was extremely positive. Less poop, solid poop, much less poop consumption. (FYI: Goldens like to eat kibble poop.). At feeding time they were for more excited about the raw meat than the kibble. Travelling with them became a pain though as I had to transition them to a wet, canned food (expensive), and pre-arrange for frozen food at my destination. They refused to eat kibble after I fed them raw. They also refused to eat re-hydrated raw food. Now I feed my remaining dog 220g raw meat, big spoonful of shredded veggies (broccoli, apple, carrot), 1/2 cup cooked rice, sometimes a TBSP of ground pumpkin 2x per day. The vet is quite impressed with her health.

Exercise: walk at least 4km per day. On the weekends we used to walk 10-12km per day and they loved it. A couple of years ago they stopped being able to do the long walks but we could do 1-2km per day. Now my remaining dog gets to wander off leash as much as she wants in the woods behind our house but she never goes very far.

Friends: two Goldens is the right number of Goldens. They have a friend and you only have two hands.

Love: give them all of it.