[Dogumentary TV producing the best Breed documentaries on [YouTube]
The Golden retriever is a great pet they are amazingly loyal dog, family friendly. They're sweet. They're gentle. They're easy-going
They're intelligent. So they're very easy to train they were originally bred for upland and Waterfowl retrieval
They still enjoy playing games of fetch
They love to retrieve they love to be out in the woods and chasing around
But they also love to just hang out with the family and sit around and cuddle in your lap
Even as an adult they still think they are lap dogs. My name is Tim [hoch] with Golden Meadows Kennels
We've been breeding Golden retrievers for about 25 years now
When bought our first dog we hadn't necessarily intended to breed her but we had the opportunity to
Breed her to absolutely amazing boy
That was just gorgeous with lines all the way back and just been a great great dog, and he was the foundation of our lines
The history of the gold retrievers, they were originally
Bred by Lord, Tweedmouth in the mid 1800s they were crossed between
What was called a water spaniel a tweed water Spaniel and a yellow retriever?
That was the beginning of our golden retrievers at the time
Hunting was just really becoming popular in scotland in England and they were initially bred to hunt and retrieve
Upland and Waterfowl as far as connections to any current available breeds
They were originally bred from the tweed water spaniel. Which is extinct the other dog
That was used is the yellow retriever
Which is a relative of the labradors that we have today there is
supposedly major differences between the dogs in both America and Europe at the end of the day the
Differences are relatively minor
The perception is [that] the dogs from Europe from England especially tend to have a broader headpiece a little bit deeper chest heavier bone structure
A lot of the American dogs originally were a much leaner statue
They were used in field work and were longer leaner thinner coats that
[were] able to better be cleaned after being in the field all [day] than the thick coats that we have?
in most of our dogs now the
the [Co] variations on a [Golden] [retriever] run from
An Irish [out] of red all the way through to cream which is an almost white color?
[the] acceptable colors depend upon change depending on where you are in the world
the United States color code runs from the Irish [Setter] deep-red through to a
light [blonde] color the rest of the world their color code runs from A
Traditional medium gold that everybody knows is a golden retriever through a cream
So it's a little bit of difference of opinion between the us [and] the rest of the world as to what is acceptable and what?
Is are unacceptable color codes?
The jobs that they excel at today. They still have maintained and it's very important to our breed standard to maintain their retrieving abilities
So they still do work in the field and they love to run out and retrieve things for you
[it's] one of the things that makes them such a great family
Companion because they do love to get out in the yard and just fetch all day long
Some of the other jobs that golden retrievers are used for nowadays are search and rescue
For service animals for guide dogs for the blind as well as various other
service purposes pTSd
Children with autism they provide a whole spectrum of service abilities
Because they are such a people oriented animal. They are people pleasers
They want to make their owners very very happy so they're always very aware of
Where their owners are what their owners are doing and what others are feeling which is a key aspect to their ability to work with
PtSd
as a comfort animal for somebody who's
emotionally distraught
Children with autism they have an amazingly calming effect with kids with autism it's amazing the differences. We've seen
Some of the clients we've had their kids were nonverbal and when their dog came home for the first time
The Mom walked by and saw her son petting the dog and talking he was 5 years old and these were the first words
she had ever heard him speak a
Breed Standard on a Golden retriever for Males is
23 to 24 inches of the shoulder and
75 to 80 pounds top weight the girl should be approximately
21 and a half to 22 and a half to [the] shoulders
And they should run between about 55 and 60 pounds go retrievers life expectancy while the national average is still only 8 10 [years]
because of the
Information has become available on nutrition and everybody's knowledge now
We're seeing 10 to 12 is becoming much more than norm but nationally 8 to 10 is still the current average
[some] of the breed traits in a golden retriever
That we have to keep in our breeding program is their personality and temperament number one they have to be a calm easygoing
Family-Oriented animal they have to retain that retrieving desire to go out and reach and retrieve things
That's why you'll often see golden retrievers walking around with balls and toys in their mouths 24/7 also some of their physical
characteristics is they should have a double coat which is the outside is very water resistant and the
Undercoat provides insulation for them when they're working in the water or out in inclement weather they also have to have very cat-like feet
There should be graceful in their movement
And you should see [that] just the muscle and code flow while they're working and running the gold retrievers also have webbed feet which
Enable them to be able to swim well Golden retrievers also have to retain a soft mouth
When they're working in the field you'd obviously don't want your dog to bring back a crushed duck to you
You have to be able to hold it very gently in their mouth
And [that's] one of the things that makes them great with kids. They are never
bite very hard
they're always very very soft with their kisses and their bites we've been breeding the goldens for about 25 years ago and
25 Years now about 15 years ago or so we were approached by a client who really wanted a gold retriever?
But didn't feel he was qualified to be able to train a puppy that started us on a whole new
venture with our Golden retrievers and
We've been breeding and training the dogs almost extensively for 15 years of working with trainees
About 70% of our dogs. Go out with at least some training under their belt
We do mostly basic obedience training
Really important that any dog you have but especially with the golden retriever [is] well trained one of the more important aspects of training with
Golden retriever is to make sure that they do recall when they're called immediately they do enjoy running
They do enjoy tasting and they do enjoy fetching
And so often they will take off on their [own] to try and capture a bird in flight
And so it's always very important that you maintain control of your golden retriever that they return to you immediately upon calling
the cone [retriever] works well in almost all family situations
There are a number of breeds out there that only
Do well with extremely large areas the golden retriever is a very adaptable dog
Their main concern is [that] they want to be with their family as much time as possible
They do work in in apartments. It is a little bit more trying sometimes, especially with a puppy. That's very active
But they are great family dogs. They do well in
[homes], single-family homes where they've got room [to] run around in the backyard and play. They're great with kids. They absolutely love and adore kids
My granddaughter is two years old will lay on top of the dogs and pound on them and pull on their ears and the dogs
Just look up at her like I love you so much
They're just amazing family animals with the Golden retriever their exercise needs
Are both high and not high they because they want to spend time with you
They enjoy doing whatever that is so if you're going for a walk
They're happy to do that if you want to throw the ball. They're crazy to go for that
If it's just time to hang out in the house. They're just as happy to sit on sit on your lap
Lay on the couch with you or lay on the floor next to you
Socialization is extremely important with the golden retriever as it is with any dog, but [Golden's]
Love to meet people they love to go new places
They're always excited [to] do all that the only problem with them
Is that often they will get a little too exuberant in their greetings with people because they're just so excited to meet new people
So it's always necessary to make sure that your dog is well trained and socialized in a variety of situations
grooming on a Golden retriever is
Extensive they eat because of their double coating it often takes us
15 to 20 minutes to actually get the dog wet all the way through so that we can actually start
Shampooing them so they definitely require quite a bit of grooming and care on average
We would try to bath our dogs every two weeks that gives us the opportunity to go through and check their ears
And their their teeth their nails make sure that there's nothing going on with them
They are quite quite a handful when you go to drive them also
Because of that double coat it does take quite a while for them to dry
grooming also includes
Daily brushings to try and eliminate as much of that
Shedding because they do shed seven days a week 365 days a year
Traditionally the the big health issues with Golden retrievers has been hip and elbow dysplasia heart Murmurs and cataracts in the eyes
We've been doing testing on our dogs since day one as a whole gold retriever breeders have been trying to test for about
[Thirty] [five] to [Forty] Years we've been attempting to eliminate as much as possible
Those genetic defects out of our lines the other big issue with gold retrievers is they are definitely prone towards cancer
Current numbers estimate about 60% of all golden retrievers will die of cancer or some form at one time or another
Which is really devastating for us as owners
The the only kind of positive note out of that is that those cancers have not really affected their overall age
At which we lose our [Golden's]
When you first bring your your puppy home with you?
You can definitely expect a dog that's going to want to give you lots of kisses
It's going to want to nibble on everything and anything it can reach your shoes a table leg your ears nose hair
It doesn't matter they love to chew and nibble. They're very energetic at this age. They love to chase balls and play
They also sleep a lot
they are
awake for probably about six or eight [hours] during the daytime and other than that they were taking naps and in bed and sleeping their
Little babies, and they do grow quickly, but they do need lots of rest
the difference between
[junior] who is our one of our cream boys? He's almost exclusively from European stock
We'd originally brought some european cream colored gold was over about 15 or 18 years ago now
[very] traditional
European look to him
gorgeous headpiece real great cream-colored coat on him
[the] other boy Maverick is very traditional American look a
Huge box he had great big deep chest just tremendous bone structure on him and just that full thick thick gold coat
Golden retrievers are just an amazing dog in our opinion. They're great. They're family order and so sweet and gentle and loving
They are one of America's favorite dog breeds
[they're] just great great kids and
Wonderful amazing companions for your home and your family if you're interested in more information on Golden retrievers in our breeding program you can
visit our website at Golden Meadows retrievers [comm]
Thank you for watching and let me talk about my dogs