The Golden Retriever was developed primarily as a hunting dog. So says the GRCA/AKC Breed Standard. He should be shown "in hard working condition." But is it enough that he simply LOOK the part? No need to exhibit such ability for which he was created?
Next year we celebrate the 75th anniversary of the founding of the Golden Retriever Club of America.
Does the 2012 version of the breed look anything like your "father's Oldsmobile" (I mean his Golden Retriever)?
Not a single Golden Retriever has won the National Field Champion title since the 1950's. Only one Golden has ever won the National Amateur Field Championship-- and that was back in 1985. Since the late 1960's, only two Goldens have earned the prestigious title of Dual Champion.
In our determination to make the Golden Retriever a "jack of all trades," he no longer is master of the one for which he was developed.
I'm just sayin'.
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