Nice shot. I have a golden too and the way they sleep ( totaly gone from the world ) is typical for mine too. When I photograph animals I try to get their personality in the photo and for me you captured that here. Regards.
oh, so lovely! I woul love to embrace his large, large nose... and I adore that form of the mouth.
As regards the pic, I like a lot the point of view, the light is very warm and nice to see, I would have just cropped a little bit more onthe bottom, where there is no focus.