My mom influenced me to get a Golden based off her own who is the most playful dog I've come across and they don't make a lot of noise. Anyways, I noticed my Golden has a larger forehead and a shorter snout than hers. I heard there are two types of Golden Retreivers; hunting and field. Is this true? Supposedly, I have a field, which will be bigger than my moms.
Golden Retreivers
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hunting and field are the same type. This breed is split into three types: show bred, field bred, BYB bred
Show bred is bred for conformation. Many of hte show bred have no instinct to do what they were originally bred to do, for as long as they are to standard, they can get titles in the conformation ring.
Field bred dogs are bred to retrieve/hunt.
BYB(or backyard breeder) is produced by bad breeders. Bad breeders would include those that breed for money, don't do health check prior to breeding, breed for "pet" quality, etc, etc.
Show bred is bred for conformation. Many of hte show bred have no instinct to do what they were originally bred to do, for as long as they are to standard, they can get titles in the conformation ring.
Field bred dogs are bred to retrieve/hunt.
BYB(or backyard breeder) is produced by bad breeders. Bad breeders would include those that breed for money, don't do health check prior to breeding, breed for "pet" quality, etc, etc.
grew up with a golden retriever. both her parents were show dogs and she too was a show quality (supposedly, we never showed her). her father was mostly from field bloodlines, her mother was all show lines. our female was a bit more stocky (larger bones and muscle). the dad looked like a rottie to me at the time, I was only 6 or 7 and had recently seen a bunch of show dogs so to my very young, untrained eyes he was enormous compared to all the show dogs we had seen.
love goldens. from what I know of them she had a slightly less active personality. she loved to play and had plenty of energy but was perfectly happy to lie around (except when someone left the room, she had to follow). she had tons of drive for retrieving but was afraid of loud noises such as gunshots because when she was still really young we went out to dinner and while we were gone a thunder storm blew in. she was in her crate but when we got home and it was thundering she was really scared all alone in her crate.
bubbatd probably knows more about goldens than anyone I know of on here, hopefully she'll see this thread and can answer all of your questions.
love goldens. from what I know of them she had a slightly less active personality. she loved to play and had plenty of energy but was perfectly happy to lie around (except when someone left the room, she had to follow). she had tons of drive for retrieving but was afraid of loud noises such as gunshots because when she was still really young we went out to dinner and while we were gone a thunder storm blew in. she was in her crate but when we got home and it was thundering she was really scared all alone in her crate.
bubbatd probably knows more about goldens than anyone I know of on here, hopefully she'll see this thread and can answer all of your questions.
Hi, there! It's kind of the same as labs. I grew up with goldens and we tended to want the more lanky, red colored field goldens instead of the short and stocky blonde goldens. My Mom, who is Bubbatd on this board, had Bubba who was an anomaly (sp?). He was the darker field type but had the huge features of an English type. He looked like a golden St. Bernard! He was so freaking cool. With labs, you have the field type, which I think Hunter is, then the English type, which are more squat and square. Hope that helps...
