retriever
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But in real life, he's seen more as a loveable golden retriever than a Rottweiler, despite his success.
From BBC ● Sep. 26, 2026
The opposite of a guard dog: Golden retriever begs to play with intruder in San Diego break-in.
From MarketWatch ● Sep. 17, 2026
“Drop a golden retriever owner into a pit bull neighborhood, and they’ll face constant stress,” Adamen said.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 27, 2026
While I’d sooner take life advice from my golden retriever than a chatbot, my parents aligned with their contemporaries in treating Claude as a Google substitute.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 27, 2026
For three years, Ellis thought of Jones Point as the ideal spot for he and his companion Sampson, a 9-year-old golden retriever, to fish and play.
From "The Sense of Style" by Steven Pinker
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Every association has its own personality, with some operating like easygoing golden retrievers, and others tightly wound like pit bulls, said Julie Adamen, an HOA consultant in Saddlebrooke, Ariz.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 27, 2026
The study also identified a connection between trainability in golden retrievers and a gene known as ROMO1.
From Science Daily ● Mar. 7, 2026
Not done waxing poetic about the eyes on the veritable Redford of retrievers, Leonberg also pointed out another benefit of his dog’s particular coloration.
From Salon ● Oct. 3, 2025
If Labrador retrievers could speak, that question would likely comprise at least 40% of their thoughts.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 22, 2025
Which would have been no big deal, except for the way they treated their dogs—they had two chocolate Labrador retrievers that rode along with them in the motor home.
From "Flush" by Carl Hiaasen
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