12 Facts About Golden Retriever

Golden Retriever is a Scottish breed of retriever dog of medium size.

Golden Retriever was developed in Scotland in the nineteenth century by Sir Dudley Marjoribanks from Flat-coated Retrievers judiciously crossed with Tweed Water Spaniels and some other British dog breeds.

The stud book states that Nous was a Flat-coated Golden Retriever bred by Lord Chichester on his Stanmer Park estate near Brighton.

Topsy was mated with a black Flat-coated Golden Retriever called Sambo and a bitch pup from that litter, Zoe, was mated back to Jack and two pups from that mating were retained, a dog called Nous II and a bitch called Gill.

In 1904 a Golden Retriever won a field trial and in 1908 the first examples were exhibited at conformation shows.

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Golden Retriever is a powerfully built, medium-sized breed of dog; according to the Kennel Club breed standard, dogs stand from 56 to 61 centimetres and bitches from 51 to 56 centimetres .

Golden Retriever has a broad head with a well-defined stop, with dark eyes set well apart, a wide and powerful muzzle, a large black nose, dark-pigmented and slightly drooping flews, and ears of moderate size set high and hanging with a slight fold.

Golden Retriever is considered an intelligent, gentle natured and very affectionate breed of dog.

Golden Retriever is one of the most commonly kept breeds of companion dog in the Western world, and is often among the top ten dog breeds by number of registrations in the United Kingdom, the United States, Australia and Canada.

Golden Retriever is still used as a gundog by sportsmen, both as a hunting companion in the field and for competing in field trials.

Golden Retriever is much less commonly used by sportsmen as a hunting companion than the Labrador Retriever.

One reason is that the breed is generally quite slow to mature, particularly compared to the Labrador; often when a Golden Retriever is still in basic training a Labrador of the same age has already completed a season of hunting.