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#1 ·
Hi everyone,
I recently "adopted" a 3 year old Golden Retriever. I am familiar with dogs and my last dog was a golden retriever mix with chow chow. I was googling about yellow eye color for golden retrievers and came up with basically nothing.
Anyhow; I am very fascinated by the eye color of my Golden. His eyes are yellow and I am wondering if anybody else's Golden have yellow eyes.
 
#6 ·
Wow! They are very light! I have seen some goldens with lighter eyes, though most breeders I know won't produce dogs with super light eyes. I have also seen more field bred goldens that are darker in color, with lighter eyes. Denver's eyes are very dark brown.
 
#9 ·
My boy, Pinyon, has amber eyes, although not as light as your dog's, I don't think. I realized, going through my photos, that I don't have a good picture of them. This was the best I found. I will try to get a better shot tomorrow in good light, if I remember.
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#12 ·
Stanley Steamer is the dog you all are referring to that throw light colored eyes. But I have seen it in other field breedings that aren't related to Stanley. Now Stanley didn't have curly fur, but threw a lot of very very curly fur. The dog in the photo has much lighter eyes, more than what Stanley throws. Since he's a rescue, it would be really hard to know if he's not mixed with something. The lighter eyes that Stanley throws are light amber. The dog in the photo goes beyond amber.
 
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Hi everyone,
I recently "adopted" a 3 year old Golden Retriever. I am familiar with dogs and my last dog was a golden retriever mix with chow chow. I was googling about yellow eye color for golden retrievers and came up with basically nothing.
Anyhow; I am very fascinated by the eye color of my Golden. His eyes are yellow and I am wondering if anybody else's Golden have yellow eyes.
Hi everyone,
I recently "adopted" a 3 year old Golden Retriever. I am familiar with dogs and my last dog was a golden retriever mix with chow chow. I was googling about yellow eye color for golden retrievers and came up with basically nothing.
Anyhow; I am very fascinated by the eye color of my Golden. His eyes are yellow and I am wondering if anybody else's Golden have yellow eyes.
Hi everyone,
I recently "adopted" a 3 year old Golden Retriever. I am familiar with dogs and my last dog was a golden retriever mix with chow chow. I was googling about yellow eye color for golden retrievers and came up with basically nothing.
Anyhow; I am very fascinated by the eye color of my Golden. His eyes are yellow and I am wondering if anybody else's Golden have yellow eyes.
Mine has very light eyes also.
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#18 ·
In the one off chance I’ve seen purebreds goldens with blue eyes. Even though this is an odd anomaly their AKC registration was in order. However since this does not meet the standards of the breed the breeder kept the dog as her loving pet. She was amazing.I’ve only seen this anomaly once.
So I guess the point is your pup may be full golden .I think yellow still rides on the standards of a golden retriever
 
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#22 ·
Hi everyone,
I recently "adopted" a 3 year old Golden Retriever. I am familiar with dogs and my last dog was a golden retriever mix with chow chow. I was googling about yellow eye color for golden retrievers and came up with basically nothing.
Anyhow; I am very fascinated by the eye color of my Golden. His eyes are yellow and I am wondering if anybody else's Golden have yellow eyes.
We have a "Golden Doodle", now about 5 yrs old. As he has gotten older his eyes seem to be getting browner, but when young he had yellow "wolf-like" eyes. I was wondering if this is common also.
 
#23 ·
Hi everyone,
I recently "adopted" a 3 year old Golden Retriever. I am familiar with dogs and my last dog was a golden retriever mix with chow chow. I was googling about yellow eye color for golden retrievers and came up with basically nothing.
Anyhow; I am very fascinated by the eye color of my Golden. His eyes are yellow and I am wondering if anybody else's Golden have yellow eyes.
Just curious, did your golden come from New Hampshire? I got mine from a breeder in New Hampshire and he has those same yellow eyes.
 
#35 ·
Hi just saw this post and thought I would help out. There is nothing wrong with your beautiful golden eye retriever. It is uncommon but natural trait in Labs and Goldens. They are referred to as Dudley Golden Retrievers. It is a result of low or no melaninin produced by their bodies. It can result in golden eyes and pink noses. It doesn't in any way make your puppy inferior it is just a trait that the breeders consider less than perfect. I personally think that it makes my baby girl uniquely precious and beautiful 😍.