Article From SubmitYOURArticle.com: The Golden Retriever Breed – Your Loving Lifelong Friend

Some of the most popular pets worldwide have to
be Golden Retrievers. Also known as goldies or
goldens, the Golden Retriever breed is known for
its easy-going, friendly disposition and its high
intelligence. These two factors make this
well-loved animal very easy to train.

In fact, goldies perform numerous service jobs,
such as guiding the blind, assisting the
disabled, entertaining the elderly, searching for
drugs for the police, and retrieving fowl for
hunters. These dogs love to be around people and
will willingly obey commands. About the only job
they do not excel at is that of guard dog, given
their trusting nature.

Golden Retrievers are so incredibly popular right
now that it is hard to believe that this breed of
dog has not been around for forever. However,
this breed was not in existence before the
mid-1860s. It was during this time at his home
in Scotland, Sir Dudley Marjoribanks (later to
became Lord Tweedmouth) grew dissatisfied with
how his gun dogs were performing.

The guns he bought were far more accurate and had
better distance but unfortunately his hunting
dogs struggled to keep up with them. He decided
to cross his yellow gundog Nous and his Tweed
Water Spaniel Belle. The offspring of this
pairing was the basis of the lineage for today's
Golden Retrievers.

Tweedmouth line-bred his dogs to specifically
create the characteristics found in today's breed
of Golden Retriever: an intelligent, gentle,
confident, people-friendly dog, with the body
characteristics and ease of training that make it
an exceptional hunting partner and gundog. This
temperament is still a recognisable trade mark of
today's goldens, but their actual physical
characteristics can be broken down into two basic
variations: the English (also known as the
British or European) Golden Retrievers and the
American ones.

The Canadian goldies differ only slightly from
their United States counterparts. The British
dogs however, are quite often much lighter in
colour, even ranging to cream. It's not possible
for even a pure bred golden to have a pure white
coat; these dogs are caused by cross-breeding.

The two strains include general build variations.
American goldies tend to have longer limbs and a
smaller frame, while English dogs are shorter but
larger-boned. Their faces are different too.
With the European dogs foreheads being more
square and the eyes much rounder compared to the
longer muzzles and squinty eyes of their American
cousins.

The American Kennel Club's and the Kennel Club of
England's Golden Retriever breed descriptions
reflect these differences. People simply seeking
pets to love do not seem to mind the differences
because both types are such amazing dogs,
well-fitted to becoming part of the family.

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Nik Andrews has owned and trained Golden
Retrievers for over 20 years. Taking on a new dog
is a big responsibility and to enable you to
provide the necesary care you must learn as much
about this energetic breed as you can. For more
about the Golden Retriever Breed and to access
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