Folks who comment on the proper coat color for Golden Retrievers have claimed that anything that falls between the two extremes of cream and chestnut is legitimate for the breed. Though not everyone agrees. Under the present GRCA Breed Standard cream is viewed as "undesirable;" at the same time leading Club spokespersons claim legitimacy for chestnut-- even though it is one of two allowable coat colors identified in the AKC Irish Setter Breed Standard. This seems odd, since from the beginning of the Golden Retrievers presence in America, any coat color which was red enough to confuse the Golden with the red setters was viewed unfavorably. In fact no Golden Retriever breed standard in any nation has ever considered Irish Setter red desirable for our breed.
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