Golden Retrievers are among the friendliest, most intelligent, most popular dogs--no wonder you've made this excellent choice of breed for your own "best friend"! Golden Retrievers For Dummies will show you how to select, train, raise, and live happily with your lifelong companion. Inside this book, you'll find all the need-to-know information about your Golden. From puppy years to senior living, grooming to feeding, and beyond, this is your guide...

Ginger the golden retriever narrates the story of her life, from her birth in a puppy mill through the various people who have "owned" her.

Charles and Lizzie Peterson loves puppies. They want a puppy of their own more than just about anything. They know dogs are a lot of work. But their mom still doesn't think their family is ready for a puppy. Then Goldie arrives,She is a sweet golden retriever who needs a home. Goldie is very young. She doesn't know how to be a good puppy yet. Will Charles and Lizzie be able to help her?

The Lowry family is in transition. They have recently moved from the city to a small town and are having a hard time adjusting. Just when their spirits need lifting, they find themselves "adopted" by a stray golden retriever named Pilot. Pilot is not only very clever and very lovable, she's also very pregnant. Although the Lowry's give the puppies up for adoption, Pilot is determined to get them back.

"Gem is a golden retriever puppy who loves to dig. She gets adopted out to a handful of would-be forever families, but no matter how much she wants to please her new people, she can't keep herself from digging up the roses...and the lawn...and the couch cushions...anything that's remotely diggable. Over and over she is returned to the shelter, unwanted and heartbroken. The folks at the Sterling Center recognize Gem's flaw as an asset. A dog this driven...

Buddy the dog risks everything when he leaves his new family to investigate what happened to Kayla and her father, his beloved former owners, by slipping into a van Kayla's uncle is using to empty her house in the middle of the night.

Mason "Mace" Reid lives on the outskirts of Chicago and specializes in human remains detection--that is, he trains dogs to hunt for dead bodies. He calls his pack of cadaver dogs The Finders, and his prize pupil is a golden retriever named Vira. When Mace Reid and Vira are called in to search Washington Park at three o'clock in the morning, what they find has them running for their very lives. The trail of murder and mayhem Mace and CPD Officer Kippy...