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golden retriever pup with obedience issue

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Question
I have a 3 month old golden retriever who just doesn't let anyone sit peacefully and eat their food on the table.He is constantly climbing,pawing,barking and finally if all this doesn't work starts to bite.If we are eating anywhere else its even worse.If we scold and say "NO" then he starts to bark at us.

My issue is if we cant control him then its very difficult to have him around when we entertain guests.PLEASE HELP.

Answer
You need to obedience train him.  Here I would suggest classes, but you may not have good access to them.  There is much more to this than I can put in an answer here.  You need to find a book or something teaching positive methods of obedience training.  I can give you a couple of websites, http://www.guidedogs.com/site/DocServer/puppy-raising-manual.pdf  and www.apdt.com