retriever

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Pickle is an eight-year-old black labrador retriever guide dog.

From BBC • Mar. 12, 2026

Imagine a baby Brachiosaurus no bigger than a golden retriever searching for plants alongside its siblings while trying to avoid predators eager for an easy meal.

From Science Daily • Feb. 27, 2026

Unlike Little Bit, a terrific retriever, Doc failed at hunting.

From The Wall Street Journal • Jan. 14, 2026

He wasn’t sure when he’d be able to move back home to Altadena with Daisy May, his 13½-year-old golden retriever.

From Los Angeles Times • Nov. 27, 2025

At about one-thirty on Tuesday afternoon, Holly Goldsmith, an eighteen-year-old freshman from Taos, New Mexico, decided to take her golden retriever, Milo, for a walk.

From "The Secret History" by Donna Tartt