golden retriever

Known for their beauty and loyalty, the great traits in Golden Retriever puppies only grow with age. As historically hunting animals, Golden Retriever puppies would be trained to retrieve game, often waterfowl. Their love of water remains today even when they are family pets. Golden Retrievers are also often used as guide dogs because of their friendly demeanor and the ease of training. Golden Retrievers are also used in drug detection and search and rescue. Golden Retrievers are versatile animals.

German Shepherds are often a favorite of Golden Retriever lovers as well. Though different in appearance, the temperament of a German Shepherd is not all that different. Loyal to their families, German Shepherds are a very popular family pet.

Because Golden Retrievers are so loyal and loving, many people blog about them frequently. The majority of Golden Retriever Bloggers are proud Golden Retriever owners, and much of the information is useful. This dog blog reviews products, offers tips, and more.

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Latest blogosphere posts tagged “golden retriever”

• The Tweedmouth strain develops

  
  Retrieverman's Weblog — Authority: 141
  The four bitch puppies that were born from crossing Nous to Belle formed the foundational for the strain of yellow retrievers at Guisachan. The line was maintained through some outcrossing to the top black wavy-coated retriever lines of the day, at least one red setter (of some breed), and another Tweed water dog. If ...
  15 hours ago

• It looked

  
  Loldogs, Dogs 'n' Puppy Dog Pictures - I Has A Hotdog! — Authority: 621
  It looked at me funny. awways an escuse Picture by: L. Be-jammin Caption by: DecmanReturns via Loldog Builder » Recaption This! » View All Captions Tagged: angry, bed, destruction, golden retriever, pillow, shredding
  15 hours ago

• Dog Photo Of The Day: Golden Grin

  
  Dog Reflections — Authority: 137
  A Golden Retriever shows off his toothy grin ! Photo by Deniseop
  17 hours ago

• Golden retriever dances Merengue

  
  Retrieverman's Weblog — Authority: 141
  Pretty amazing stuff here: Source  
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• Recession roommates

  
  loans-blog — Authority: 145
  A one-bedroom apartment is not a lot of space for Julie Beers, her 2-year-old daughter, a golden retriever and a black Lab. Source: Recession roommates
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• Kona-Wordless Toothy Smile Wednesday

  
  Dog By Nature — Authority: 118
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• Belle the Tweed Water Spaniel

  
  Retrieverman's Weblog — Authority: 141
  By 1868, Nous had been an established working retriever at Guisachan for three years, and his owner, the 1st Baron Tweedmouth (Dudley Marjoribanks), decided that he wanted to use Nous to found his own breed. Dudley Marjoribanks had grown up in Berwickshire, the former county in which Berwick-upon-Tweed had been its ...
  2 days ago

• Life Philosophy, SMALL ART GIFTS, Golden Retriever Puppy 8109.

  
  Texas Sauce Art Life — Authority: 124
  ART.   vbh-8109  |  "Every Old Dog was Once a Puppy." Golden Retriever Puppy. Postcard painting with rounded corners can be mounted on mat board and framed to 8x10 inches or larger. Original painting.  Click here for price and availability.   LIFE.   When I was in my thirties, it was trendy to ...
  2 days ago

• Meet Golden Boston … Retired Guide Dog to Therapy Dog

  
  Land of PureGold Foundation — Authority: 133
  Bob Armstrong brings his old Golden Retriever Boston (his wife Debee’s retired Guide Dog) to the Kaiser Permanente hospital in Santa Clara, CA. Debee has a new Golden Guide Dog, but happily trains her Goldens so that when she needs to retire them from the work-intensive job as a Guide Dog, they can be transitioned ...
  3 days ago

• Bernie The Golden Retriever Puppy

  
  Upside Down Dogs — Authority: 143
  This is Bernie, the 5 month old male Golden Retriever dog breed from Columbus, Ohio. Photo sent by John.
  3 days ago

• Nous, the ancestor of the golden retriever

  
  Retrieverman's Weblog — Authority: 141
  Nous, b. 1864. Sired the famous litter with Belle in 1868. Although yellow and red retrievers had always been born as sports in wavy-coated retriever litters for many years prior to 1864 , Nous is considered the founder of the golden retriever. His progeny would make up the Tweedmouth strain, which are generally ...
  3 days ago

• Kona- The Essence Of Being

  
  Dog By Nature — Authority: 118
  Today a busy and somewhat problem ridden week caught up with me all at once. It took me by surprise after having such a great time last weekend, visiting with all our blogging friends during Simona & Marco’s SoCal visit. Days like this sneak up on you, minute by minute, another issue rears it’s head and all of ...
  3 days ago

• Calvin, a Golden Retriever from NC

  
  Dogster Dog of the Day — Authority: 127
  See Calvin’s full profile » Home NC Sex Male   Weight 51-100 lbs Breed Golden Retriever Likes Food,playing with my human family, destroying my toys and Oh yeah the thing he likes the most Being CHASED we really don’t know why he likes that game but trust us he loves it. Oh he ...
  4 days ago

• Kona – Weekend Update

  
  Dog By Nature — Authority: 118
  Kona has rested up from his big adventure last weekend and was raring to go for more fun this weekend. There’s nothing like kicking off the weekend with a game of frisbee before brunch. An who doesn’t love to chase pigeons? The Kona effect… On a walk Kona stopped to say hello to one of his many ...
  5 days ago

• The Golden Retriever Salsa

  
  NanjoDogz — Authority: 113
  I need to take some lessons from this dog, he/she really knows how to salsa. This is just too cute! If it t plays too slowly you can also find it here on their website.
  5 days ago

• THE PIZZARETRIEVER

  
  Loldogs, Dogs 'n' Puppy Dog Pictures - I Has A Hotdog! — Authority: 621
  THE PIZZARETRIEVER the most useful of the new goggie breeds Gud. Bedder than waytin to call on da fone Picture by: dunno source Caption by: mollyroger via Loldog Builder » Recaption This! » View All Captions Tagged: box, fetch, golden retriever, mouth, new, pizza
  6 days ago

• This is wrong on so many levels

  
  Land of PureGold Foundation — Authority: 133
  Do not do this at home. This is not canine freestyle. Asking a large breed dog such as a Golden Retriever to move about on two feet is just so dangerous. It simply shows no respect for a Golden’s bone structure, and how hard such movement would be on the body. Overall, the dance moves [...]
  1 week ago

• I was just warming the bed for you…

  
  Loldogs, Dogs 'n' Puppy Dog Pictures - I Has A Hotdog! — Authority: 621
  I was just warming the bed for you… …and I got so sweepy…. wut bout da baby? Picture by: dunno source Caption by: dunno source via Loldog Builder » Recaption This! » View All Captions Tagged: bed, golden retriever, human, sleepy, warm
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• Josie & Pumpkin: Bay Area Backroad Doggies

  
  Smile Like a Dog — Authority: 418
  Last Sunday I got to do two of my favorite things simultaneously: hang out with great dogs and see some of the best scenery Northern California has to offer. Josie, a very senior Dalmatian, and Pumpkin, a spry seven-year old Golden belong to none other than Doug McConnell, former host of the long-running Bay Area [...]
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• Remembering a Gentle Man with a Golden Heart

  
  Land of PureGold Foundation — Authority: 133
  Sadly, the Assistance Dog Movement has lost one of our greatest champions. IAADP’s President, Co-founder, Ed Eames, Ph.D. passed away on October 25, 2009. It is hard to believe that it has been seven years since meeting Ed and his lovely wife, Toni. Although Toni has been blind since birth, Ed [...]
  1 week ago

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