Just wondering which Goldens are in eveyones "Top 5" ?? So who are your 5 most favourite Golden Retrievers of all time? Anything Goldens conformation, field, producers etc.
I have also come to really like Faera's Starlight he had a beautiful head and front end assembly which I need on my next litter to Kali. Finding a good front has been my main goal. He has also produced some lovely kids.
My top golden favorite of all time besides my own dogs, will always be Funky Farquar, the last dual champion. I am so grateful he has been in three of my boys' pedigrees.
Am. Ch. Faera's Future Classic OS "Thunder"
Am Ch Hytree's Ryd-N-Out The Storm OS SDHF "Ryder"
BISS Ch Bravo's Old Spice SDHF OS "Clipper"
Am./Can Ch OTCH Highmark Mirasol Once A Knight VCD3 UDX3 TDX JH MX MXJ WC VCX OS SDHF OBHF "Yogi"
darn it! can't narrow it down to a 5th....
I was able to find the book Debles mentioned, The World of the Golden Retriever by Nona Bauer, on amazon (used ... good condition) for about $20.. New it was over $100. I've just been pouring over some of the dogs mentioned here...... what gorgeous specimans !!!!!!
This is my favourite dog, Ch Catcombe Corblimey, he's everything I could ever dream of in a top dog, plus he works also!!!! He's Cruft's BOB 2008, Dog CC Crufts 2007 and top winning dog this year. What a dreamboat!!!! Plus he's related to both my dogs, he's Obi's dad and Izzie's grandad
Sungold, your Star daughter is one gorgeous girl! Looks put together just perfectly. If she's like our Tito boy, she's probably quite a performance dog (agility, obedience), too.
Hm.... Don't know about top 5 but these are some of the dogs I really like:
Lucky Man de Ria Vela
Timanfaya de Ria Vela
Paudell Pure Passion
Ashbury Angel Heart
Karvin Forrest Gump
Zampanzar Always You
Heart of Eternity de Ria Vela
Hi and welcome to the forum :wavey:
Is there any links that you can give for these dogs so we can see them and maybe their pedigrees? I love getting to see dogs via the internet that I would otherwise never have a chance to see.
All those dogs looked great. But something about the above dog really caught my eye. It is so interesting to see how dogs around the world are presented and what the points of emphasis are. Here in the states the "grooming" aspect is so over the top that you truly have to look with your hands to know what you are looking at. In all those photos it appears that the dogs are all the emphasis.
It means that shoulder blade and upper arm have to be the same size and have to make 90 degreese angle. Most of dogs are open in front.
This is example of well angulated dog in front (and back) ( he's my dog's grandfather )
And this is gorgeous girl but unfortunatley very open in front you can see that her shoulder line is longer than upper arm line
I am very glad that you like Paudell Pure Passion.... He's amazing dog but unfortuantley he didn't give many great dogs, mostly because he had puppies with females who are not in his type. Best puppies he gave are with Timanfaya de Ria Vela. It seems like she's made for him!!!
This is their's son- Shaman King de Ria Vela:heartbeat
This is the kind of dog I would love to produce. What a beautiful specimen but definitely a European type, he's beautifully balanced and perfectly in proportion would love to see him on the move...
I have just read GR standard on AKC and it says this:
Shoulder blades long and well laid back with upper tips fairly close together at withers. Upper arms appear about the same length as the blades, setting the elbows back beneath the upper tip of the blades
it's that what I talked about- if they're same size they make 90 degree angle. So I guess that's not cultural diversity, I thought it was that also but I guess we have same standard for goldens.. Try it for yourself on your dogs- if both bones are the same size then angle is correct.
I, myself have only one dog with ideal angles and two who are open (they don't go on shows and I don't breed them)
Oh, I wasn't talking about cultural diversity in that sense. I meant like the longer neck (looks like to me), shorter legs, just a very different physical and visual form. Rounder heads.
I love the back leg anatomy I see here too. Very striking.
I'm so glad you're here, GL ... you're opening my eyes to the European side, I'm loving it! Now I'm going to go home after work today and check out my dog's shoulders. I'm quite certain she's not anatomically correct but it will be interesting to see how she compares.
Just wondering which Goldens are in eveyones "Top 5" ?? So who are your 5 most favourite Golden Retrievers of all time? Anything Goldens conformation, field, producers etc.
I have to add 3 more dogs Firemark's Push Comes to Shove, and my 2 goldens Ambertrail's Pocketful of Gold ( Push's son) and Bailey Braeview Cahill (Shurmark's Split Decision's son) plit Decision, Topbrass Cotton , Yankee's Smoke'n Red Devil, Holway Barty, Wild Fire of Riverview
Nice field line-up there. Flip has three of them in his pedigree. Of course, I haven't seen too many field pedigrees that didn't have Barty somewhere in it.
I have to add 3 more dogs Firemark's Push Comes to Shove, and my 2 goldens Ambertrail's Pocketful of Gold ( Push's son) and Bailey Braeview Cahill (Shurmark's Split Decision's son)
Am. Ch. Dichi Go Unchallenged (Victor) Am./Can. Ch. Amberac Dichi Face The Odds (Gambler) Am. Ch. Dichi Snowshoe Big Island (Kona) Am. Ch. Dichi's Rarin' To Go (Nellie) CH. Dichi Cut to the Chase (Chase)
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