Originally posted by BCBlondie

You said you purchased the dog from a BYB at work? Have you told the breeder about the litter's health and temperament problems? Are they still breeding dogs? You should complain to the breeder, and maybe even make the breeder help pay if your dog needs surgery for hip dysplasia or whatever... It is the breeder's responsibility and fault that the dogs ended up like that. If they had been more educated, and bred their dogs responsibly, your family dog probably wouldn't have ended up like that.
Yes, my mother still works with this woman, and she knows about it. Zena is the reason I started to do all my research on Goldens and realized all the problems in this breed due to over breeding. The BYB is no longer breeding and her dogs are all fixed now.

Zena is a perfect example of uneducated breeders, and I wish my parents had done some research before we got her. But now that I breed Goldens myself, I have told Zena's breeder about all the clearances she failed to get and why there are so many problems with Zena's litter. Zena's mother was a petstore puppy, bred to another petstore puppy. And this BYB breeder kept 2 puppies from Zena's litter, one which has a hip replacement and the other that has seizures. It's just all very upsetting to me!

Thank you for your advice, we have never spoken to a specialist.... Might be a good idea, I just want Zena to be comfortable. I'm not sure why she doesn't like my other dogs... It's not fear, she is fine with them for a few minutes, then just attacks! I have tried introducing them on neutral ground and everything, same reaction! ?