Golden Retrievers love to be included in family activities, which includes take rides in the car and traveling.  They love attention, and love for you to treat them just like they are a member of your family.  When you first get your Golden Retriever puppy, you'll have to teach him how to enjoy car rides and traveling, so he can come to appreciate it more as he gets older.

When you decide to take him traveling for the first time, you should always give him food in small amounts throughout the day, while he adjusts to traveling.  If you feed him a lot of food before you head out, he may get sick in the car and have an accident.  By reducing the amount of food that he consumes, he'll be much more in control of his bladder and himself.
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Dogs aren't like humans, so they need to learn in different ways.  Dogs don't have human responses, meaning that they don't operate with the principle of right or wrong.  Instead, they operate on a principle of response, guided by the actions you give them.  If their actions lead to a bad response from you, then they not that what they are doing is wrong and will avoid doing that type of behavior.

If your dog does something right, he should be praised for it.  If your Golden Retriever is listening to what you say and doing well, you should reward him with a treat or praise.  Letting him know that he is doing good leads to positive response.  On the other hand, if he isn't listening to you or doing the total opposite of what you say, you shouldn't reward him at all - but instead scold him with a stern NO.
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With the term training in mind, there are several different meanings involved.  When you are looking to train your Golden Retriever, you have a few options available to you.  Below, we will take a look at the many types of training for your Golden, and help you decide when type of training is best for both you and your Golden.

Behavior training
Behavior training teaches a Golden Retriever to be a good dog in general.  The training involved includes house breaking, good general behavior around people and pets, leash training, and other types of things that will make him a better companion.  Dogs that who passed obedience training and well composed - no matter where you decide to take them.
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Although there are many training tips for Golden Retrievers, teeth is the most common.  Golden puppies love to chew, and will chew anything they can get.  Although chew toys are preferred, there is a way that you can help your Golden fulfill his natural instinct to chew, and help him to ease the pain of teething as well.  

To start, simply fill an old sock you have with several ice cubes.  Next, put a knot in the sock and place the sock with the cubes in the freezer.  When your puppy starts to chew on things, simply give him the sock.  You can keep several socks with ice in it in your freezer if you want, so your puppy will always have a chew toy.  Although this is great to use, you should never leave your dog alone with the sock.  He could end up chewing the sock and swallowing pieces of it, which could lead to very serious health problems.
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Although you can get commercial food for your Golden Retriever, the ideal way to feed is to use a combination approach of both commercial food and fresh people foods.  Most commercial food is good for your Golden, although it lacks nutrients and vitamins that fresh food has.  Vets will tell you that fresh food is good, providing you don't overdo it.  Golden Retrievers love fresh food as well, as they can smell it a mile away. If it smells good to them - they'll want it.
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