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9 Facts About The Golden Retriever Breed

September 30, 2011 by admin Leave a Comment

Do you have a golden retriever? How much do you know about it aside from for the fact that it’s a fun filled family dog? There is actually an official definition of a golden retriever. That is to say how the kennel clubs define a golden retriever. There are actually a lot of, clubs that have a definition for the Golden retriever. There is the AKC or American kennel club, the CKC or Canadian kennel club, the UKC, the ANKC and a host of others.

What follows are some of the fun facts for what constitutes a golden retriever that can be registered.

Origin

Golden Retrievers were actually originally called a golden flat coat. They came from a cross between a yellow retriever which is the flat coated retriever and the now extinct Tweed water spaniel. Further in the revolution they were mixed with Irish setters and bloodhounds. They originally hailed from the North of Scotland and were bred as a hunting dog or gun dog retriever.

Watchdog

Golden retrievers don’t make a very good attack dog. They will however generally barked loudly when a stranger approaches. But they’re not a dog that you’re going to be of the train to attack. Generally speaking as a family dog this is probably not something that you want anyway.

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Goldens Retriever

September 5, 2011 by admin Leave a Comment

In the 19th century, the search took place between the British lower aristocracy for a perfect hunting dog. As a result, the majority of today’s retrievers and other hunting breeds have the remaining roots in the UK. Many have tried to achieve this by mixing various hunting dogs with a desire to obtain their best qualities. Sometimes this worked but more often not.

Golden Retriever Origin lies in the careful work of Sir Dudley Marjoribanksa (later on the first Lord Tweedmouth) who also decided to breed a good hunting dog. According to one story shows that his base were the Russian circus dogs, which were slightly larger than today’s Golden Retriever, a highly intelligent and yellow ocher breed.

In 1865, Lord Tweedmouth purchased a yellow retriever “Nous” from an unregistered litter, which was from the litter of black curly retrievers. This phenomenon is a yellow retriever in a Black litter which took place very often. Nous was later mated with “Belle” (Tweed Water Spaniel), and as a result gave birth to four puppies that meet the wishes. Through the years, these dogs are mixed with curly Retrievers, Irish Setters, and later with sandy-colored Bloodhound, in order to refine the breed. Coat colors Golden Retriever that time differ from fox red to light cream, as well as the length of hair.



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