retriever
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Pickle is an eight-year-old black labrador retriever guide dog.
From BBC • Mar. 12, 2026
By scanning the entire genome of each golden retriever, they identified genetic markers that appeared more frequently in dogs displaying particular behavioral traits.
From Science Daily • Mar. 7, 2026
Unlike Little Bit, a terrific retriever, Doc failed at hunting.
From The Wall Street Journal • Jan. 14, 2026
Jack, a 4-year-old Labrador retriever with the biggest, friendliest eyes, was gone.
From Los Angeles Times • Dec. 3, 2025
She wouldn’t have minded if it was a romance or one of those books about a really awesome golden retriever that ends up dying at the end, but she minded that he wouldn't tell her.
From "Bone Gap" by Laura Ruby
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