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
You know, the 1993 kids adventure film featuring a golden retriever, a bulldog and a cat named Sassy who have to make their way home through the wild.
From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 24, 2026
The opposite of a guard dog: Golden retriever begs to play with intruder in San Diego break-in.
From MarketWatch ● Sep. 17, 2026
I swiped right on a man whose profile pic was of him hiking Runyon Canyon with his golden retriever.
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 28, 2026
He was a big mutt, part golden retriever, part shepherd maybe.
From "The Old Willis Place" by Mary Downing Hahn
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Golden retrievers were bred by aristocrat Sir Dudley Marjoribanks, who wanted a gun dog suited to Scottish Highland terrain.
From BBC ● Sep. 3, 2026
“We’ve seen it in Dalmatians when ‘101 Dalmatians’ came out, or retrievers when ‘Marley & Me’ came out, or French bulldogs when Lady Gaga got her French bulldog” in 2014, said Munden.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 18, 2026
To investigate the biological roots of canine temperament, scientists examined the DNA of 1,300 golden retrievers and compared it with each dog's behavioral profile.
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
A young woman with two golden retrievers on tangled leashes gives us a small wave as she passes our bench.
From "South of Somewhere" by Kalena Miller
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