ALLEGORICAL and DYSTOPIAN NOVEL MEETS GRCA REALITY

   The Napoleanic impulses (Napoleon, you may recall, was the chief protagonist in the novel) of the Golden Retriever Club of America's JUDGES' EDUCATION COMMITTEE are such that the cream-coated Golden Retriever is treated as a scapegoat in much the same manner as the "Snowball" character in George Orwell's Animal Farm, A Fairy Tale (original title).
   First, they declare what I call the "GOLDILOCKS spectrum of acceptable coat color." Determined NOT by God, NOT by Mother Nature, NOT even by the toss of a coin; but it is declared by a committee of five. Can't get more democratic than that, can we?
   Then they and the larger Club attack unscrupulous breeders who market white, exotic and rare Golden Retrievers at  obscenely high prices-- as if the dogs were the problem RATHER than the breeders engaged in those activities. And of course nobody names names.
   Are we having fun yet? Who was the nefarious breeder who sold OPRAH her trio of "whites?" What other celebrities have been duped in similar fashion? Rumor has it that Drew Barrymore may be on that list of unfortunate, ill-informed folks. My guess, if this is true, is that she nonetheless loves her Golden of "undesirable" coat color a great deal. And I'll bet her Golden--  though only a PALE example of what a "TRULY" golden Golden Retriever should look like --loves her back in equal measure if not more.
   Funny thing. While the GRCA may shun a "horse of a different color," the dogs they own do not discriminate. Gold coats, red coat,s cream coats get along just fine, thank you. Sadly there are owners who treat their dogs like they treat their children. It's fine if your child has a black or Jewish or even Muslim playmate-- even possibly one who has two "mothers", as long as they don't marry one or choose to follow a lifestyle you find offensive-- once they develop sex organs that function. 
   To there credit there are some leasders in the Golden Retriever community who see the benefits which may accrue by combining American and English type Golden Retrievers. Or dogs of different birth colors. Some say so; others actually DO so. That is the true meaning of ONE BREED, ONE Golden Retriever.