i know exactly what you're going through. my golden is the same exact way.......and he's 8!!! he bolts every chance he gets.
when he was younger we took him to two obedience schools and he failed both times. one of the ladies said he was very pain tolerant
he was running around outside with me in the snow today without his leash on. the 4 ft walls of snow confined him to the yard so he couldn't take off. goldens love the snow
