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
The first litter was born in 1868 to a Tweed water spaniel, a breed now extinct, and yellow wavy-coated retriever.
From BBC ● Sep. 3, 2026
He just got a golden retriever puppy named Nala, the wife of Simba from “The Lion King.”
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 15, 2026
Arnold, a well-behaved yellow Labrador retriever, was larger than Ginger and was—quite decidedly and obviously—male.
From "The View From Saturday" by E.L. Konigsburg
Golden retrievers were bred by aristocrat Sir Dudley Marjoribanks, who wanted a gun dog suited to Scottish Highland terrain.
From BBC ● Sep. 3, 2026
When the team compared these results with human genetic studies, they found that twelve of the genes linked to behavior in golden retrievers are also tied to emotional traits and behavior in people.
From Science Daily ● Mar. 7, 2026
As a superficial snob who grew up with golden retrievers that deserved Pantene commercials, I had to know: Why are we so into ugly dogs now?
From The Wall Street Journal ● Nov. 28, 2025
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
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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