Our puppies are picked up and cuddled everyday. We let them start to get used to stranger's smells at about two weeks of age. They never have to compete for food and they are exposed to the outside world at about 5 1/2 wks of age.

The puppies go through several mini stresses before the major stress of going to a new home. They usually survive these little mini stresses very well (We move the pups from the upstairs room to a larger room in the basement that has access to outside through a small doggy door, they leave their littermates and come one by one up to the kitchen to be with our family and all of our older dogs; they are visited by lots of different smelling people and of course are socialized with many dogs other than Mom).

Each pup learns very early in life that struggling just doesn't work, thus they are all content to lie on their back for us nice "bosses". This starts very early in life and most pups are programmed not to be dominant. Of course through loving firmness you will continue this process into their teenage years.

Most Goldens and Bernese do not challenge you and are quite willing to try and please you. They are very easy to train. I send you home with a pamphlet that has quite a bit of training info in it, along with our guarantee.