We do our best to introduce pups to a variety of sights and sounds they may or may not encounter in their lives. We begin to introduce them to a crate around 5 weeks. Dozens from our lines are successful working service dogs for disabled children and adults (tasks including seizure alert, gross motor assistance, deep tissue therapy, emotional support for social isolation, depression, PTSD, and OCD, retrieving medical bags and alerting their handlers when it's time for medication).We test all of our moms and dads through Pawprint Genetics for degenerative myelopathy, ichthyosis, progressive retinal atrophy 1 and 2, and progressive rod cone degeneration (all of which are common in goldens).