The origin of the golden retriever is well documented. In the 1800s, Lord Tweedmouth lived along the Tweed River north of the Scottish border. Some claim the breed began prior to Tweedmouth's time on the estate with Sir Dudley Majoribanks (pronounced "March-banks"). Tweedmouth kept handwritten breeding records of the golden retriever from 1835 to 1890. Apparently, he bred a yellow wavy-coated retriever named Nous with a Tweed water spaniel named Belle. Nous was the sole yellow retriever in a litter of black pups. The retriever was bred from the small Newfoundland and the Labrador, while the Tweed water spaniel, which is now extinct, was a retrieving dog with a liver-colored, curled coat. Nous and Belle produced a litter of four bitch pups which proved to be talented upland bird dogs. Subsequently, crosses were made with such breeds as Tweed spaniels, setters, black retrievers, and a bloodhound. At first, what we know today as the golden retriever was considered to be a flat-coated retriever of a yellow variety. It didn't become recognized as a separate breed until 1912...... Find out more oabut this dog breed.
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