Introduction.

PART I: Finding Your Soul Mate.

Chapter 1: Are You Meant for Each Other?

Chapter 2: Knowing What to Look for in the Breed.

Chapter 3: Finding a Golden Breeder.

Chapter 4: Selecting Your Special Puppy.

PART II: Welcome Home!

Chapter 5: Setting Out the Welcome Mat.

Chapter 6: Welcoming Your Puppy Home.

Chapter 7: Crate Training and Housetraining.

Chapter 8: Canine Communication and Growing Pains.

Chapter 9: Home Schooling Your Golden Puppy.

PART III: Keeping Your Pal Healthy and Happy.

Chapter 10: Healthy Habits: Nutrition and Exercise.

Chapter 11: Golden Health Care 101.

Chapter 12: The Ins and Outs of Bugs and Worms.

Chapter 13: Golden Grooming Basics.

Chapter 14: Caring for Your Senior Golden.

Chapter 15: Hereditary Disease.

Chapter 16: Problem Behaviors and Aggression.

PART IV: The Part of Tens.

Chapter 17: Ten Great Games to Play with Your Puppy.

Chapter 18: Ten Internet Web Sites for the Golden Retriever Believer.

Chapter 19: Ten Things in Your Golden Retriever's Bag of Tricks.

Chapter 20: Ten Ways to Help Your Golden Live a Longer and More Golden Life.

Index.

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