I have raised a Golden Retriever from 8 weeks old until he passed away aged 14 and also raised a black Labrador Retriever from 8 weeks old until current age of 10 months. I started out as a volunteer for Vision Australia, caring for her as a Seeing Eye Puppy in training. She was released from the program recently and I have adopted her. I received a huge amount of coaching from the professional Vision Australia trainers and am therefore well educated in terms of dog training and husbandry.