I had an overnight guest!

[cali]

my friends golden, Dakota, slept over at my house last night, while he is a sweetheart, I am never letting that dog come over again, I gave him the exersize he needed that he does not get at home, but he is still insane, he is huge, he nearly collapsed my rabbits pen just by sniffing at it, while he has some basic training he does not listen well at all, he wont sit unless you shove his butt down most of the time, he rarly lays down on command, he does NOT stay period, he drags you down the street, he wont play fetch longer then 3 tosses, and he has health problems like you would not believe, his skin is horrid his coat is greasy and brittle, he has chronic ear problems and he breaths heavily ALL the time, like his breathing and his heart rate do not slow when he sleeps. I got almost no sleep as he had NO intention of sleeping last night, I was up a 5AM exersizing him, I tried to give him something to keep him occupied so I could sleep, that was usless he refused a PB filled kong, would not touch his kibble even coverd in gravy(he did eventually, but it took forever) finally I gave him a raw bone which he though was the greatest thing ever but I had to watch him with that as he is so big I was not sure evene the largest bone we had was big enugh as we have them cut small at the butchers for our dogs. he is a sweety and I took good care of him but he drove me up the wall, definatly not a breed I ever want in my house again! lol anyway i took pics asnd i will post em soon