puppy rage question

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I very rarely see another golden show cocker around my parts and often wondered whether it may be due to rumours of 'Rage'. It did cross my mind when buying but after I had spent time playing the puppies and the mum and the aunt, I was quickly reassured.

It again crossed my mind when Robbie was about 12/13 weeks. He kept doing the wall of death and would get very excited and jump and bite and become aggressive. Immediately you think "oh no has he got Rage" because people relate it to the 'reds'.  After coming on here though and realising I was amongst everyone else who had suffered the same 

Now at nearly 8 months - my golden puppy has the nicest and friendliest temperament that anyone could ever wish for.

My advice is as mentioned above. See the mum - see the surrroundings. Look in mums ears and feel her paws. If she is happy to do all of that as well as letting you touch her pup and you feel happy with the breeders, then i think you'll be just fine.

When I was specifically looking for a Golden , all the litters were spoken for before they were born, I found it incredibly difficult to buy one as they were incredibly popular and now I have him I can see why, he has the best temprament of any dog I have ever had whilst growing up or owned myself, Belle who is solid black is also Fabulous but she likes the kids whereas Monty 'loves' them and everyone else