Golden Retriever

Going for gold

Origin:
United Kingdom
Morphology:
boys: 56-61 cm
girls: 51-56 cm
Grooming: weekly



















Golden Retrievers have a host of qualities to justify their worldwide popularity. Friendly and affecionate, their proverbial gentleness explains their success as a family dog, which shows no sign of waning.

Gold that glitters
While the Labrador is the undoubted star of the retriever family, in some countries it has to bow to the supremacy of the Golden Retriever. The origins of the breed go all the way back to a yellow retriever by name of Nous, bought by Lord Tweedmouth in 1865 and subsequently crossed a number of times, notably with a now extinct breed, the Tweed Water Spaniel.

The Golden Retriever in brief
Head: Balanced, well-chiselled with a broad skull lacking in coarseness, well set on the neck.
Ears: Medium - sized, set just about at eye level.
Body:  Balanced, with level topline, strong, muscular, short loins, deep brisket.
Tail: Set and carried level with the back, reaching the hock but not curled at the tip.
Colour: Any shade of gold or cream, not red or mahogany, some white hairs are permitted on the chest.
Coat: Flat and wavy with good feathering dense, water - resistant undercoat.