{"id":103,"date":"2020-05-07T19:36:03","date_gmt":"2020-05-07T19:36:03","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/goldenretrieverclub.co.za\/wp\/?page_id=103"},"modified":"2020-07-26T12:29:06","modified_gmt":"2020-07-26T12:29:06","slug":"breed-standard","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/goldenretrieverclub.co.za\/wp\/?page_id=103","title":{"rendered":"Breed Standard"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<figure class=\"wp-block-gallery columns-2 is-cropped wp-block-gallery-1 is-layout-flex wp-block-gallery-is-layout-flex\"><ul class=\"blocks-gallery-grid\"><li class=\"blocks-gallery-item\"><figure><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"680\" height=\"390\" src=\"https:\/\/goldenretrieverclub.co.za\/wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/05\/Screenshot-2020-05-07-at-21.25.27.png\" alt=\"\" data-id=\"107\" class=\"wp-image-107\" srcset=\"https:\/\/goldenretrieverclub.co.za\/wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/05\/Screenshot-2020-05-07-at-21.25.27.png 680w, https:\/\/goldenretrieverclub.co.za\/wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/05\/Screenshot-2020-05-07-at-21.25.27-300x172.png 300w, https:\/\/goldenretrieverclub.co.za\/wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/05\/Screenshot-2020-05-07-at-21.25.27-230x132.png 230w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 680px) 100vw, 680px\" \/><\/figure><\/li><li class=\"blocks-gallery-item\"><figure><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"630\" src=\"https:\/\/goldenretrieverclub.co.za\/wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/05\/Screenshot-2020-05-07-at-21.32.14-1024x630.png\" alt=\"\" data-id=\"110\" data-full-url=\"https:\/\/goldenretrieverclub.co.za\/wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/05\/Screenshot-2020-05-07-at-21.32.14.png\" data-link=\"https:\/\/goldenretrieverclub.co.za\/wp\/?attachment_id=110\" class=\"wp-image-110\" srcset=\"https:\/\/goldenretrieverclub.co.za\/wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/05\/Screenshot-2020-05-07-at-21.32.14-1024x630.png 1024w, https:\/\/goldenretrieverclub.co.za\/wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/05\/Screenshot-2020-05-07-at-21.32.14-300x185.png 300w, https:\/\/goldenretrieverclub.co.za\/wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/05\/Screenshot-2020-05-07-at-21.32.14-768x472.png 768w, https:\/\/goldenretrieverclub.co.za\/wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/05\/Screenshot-2020-05-07-at-21.32.14-830x511.png 830w, https:\/\/goldenretrieverclub.co.za\/wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/05\/Screenshot-2020-05-07-at-21.32.14-230x141.png 230w, https:\/\/goldenretrieverclub.co.za\/wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/05\/Screenshot-2020-05-07-at-21.32.14.png 1255w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/figure><\/li><\/ul><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>GENERAL APPEARANCE<\/strong><br>The Golden Retriever is a medium-sized, well-balanced dog with a distinctive golden-coloured coat; small, drop ears; and a natural tail carried level with the back or with a slight upward curve. The correct relationship of length of body to height is 12:11. The Golden Retriever is a dog without exaggeration.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>CHARACTERISTICS<\/strong><br>The breed\u2019s most readily identifiable characteristic is its rich, lustrous golden colour. Another essential<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>characteristic is proper temperament. A Golden Retriever is friendly, calm, compliant and compatible with people and other dogs. Goldens are particularly good with children. The Golden Retriever\u2019s friendly temperament is reflected in his kindly expression. The Golden Retriever is a powerfully built dog, with a good nose for tracking, a soft mouth, and an eagerness to learn.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>HEAD<\/strong><br>The head is proportionate to the size of the dog and is without exaggeration of any sort. When viewed from the side, the skull and muzzle are roughly parallel to one another and joined by a well-defined, but not abrupt, stop.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>SKULL<\/strong><br>The skull is broad and slightly arched laterally and longitudinally. The skull is clean without prominence of orbital arches or occipital bones. Cheeks should be clean.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>MUZZLE<\/strong><br>In profile, the muzzle is deep and, measured from nose to stop, is slightly shorter than the skull, measured from stop to occiput. The bridge of the muzzle is straight. referred.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>TEETH<\/strong><br>The Golden Retriever has a complete set of evenly spaced, white teeth meeting in a scissors bite.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>NOSE<\/strong><br>The nose leather is black. A slight fading of nose pigment (\u201cwinter nose\u201d) is not serious. Nostrils must be large and open.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>EYES<\/strong><br>The eyes are set in to the skull, but not too deep, and wide apart. They are medium sized and somewhat triangular in appearance, but never so much as to give a hard expression. Eye colour is brown. Darker brown is preferred, but a medium brown that does not detract from the desired kindly expression is acceptable.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>EARS<\/strong><br>The ears are drop and rather short, with the front edges attached well behind and just above the eyes. When pulled forward, the tip of the ear should just cover the eye.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>NECK<\/strong><br>The neck is of medium length, blending smoothly into well laid back shoulders, giving a sturdy, muscular appearance. The neck is free of throatiness.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>FOREQUARTERS<\/strong><br>Shoulders are smoothly muscled. The shoulder blades are long and well laid back with the upper tips fairly close together at the withers. The upper arm appears to be equal in length to the shoulder blade and joins it at an apparent right angle. The elbows are close to the body. The forelegs are straight, strong and sturdy in bone.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>BODY<\/strong><br>A properly proportioned Golden Retriever is slightly longer (measured from prosternum to point of buttocks) than tall (measured from the withers to the ground), and length of the front leg (measured from point of elbow to the ground) should approximately equal one-half of the dog\u2019s height.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>HINDQUARTERS<\/strong><br>The hindquarters are broad and muscular. In profile, the croup slopes slightly. The angulation of the hindquarters is in balance with the angulation of the forequarters.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>FEET<\/strong><br>The feet are of medium size, round and compact, with well-arched toes and thick, elastic pads.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>TAIL<\/strong><br>The tail is a natural extension of the topline. It is thick and muscular at the base and tapers to the tip. A tail of the correct length extends to the hock but never below. The tail should never curl over the back or be carried between the legs.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>COAT<\/strong><br>The Golden Retriever has a dense, water-repellent double coat. The outer coat lies close to the body and may be straight or wavy. The coat texture is firm and resilient, neither coarse nor silky.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>HEIGHT AND WEIGHT &nbsp;<br><\/strong>Standard height for males is 23 24 inches, and for females, 21\u00bd-22\u00bd inches. A correctly built Golden Retriever male in working condition should weigh between 65-75 pounds, and a female should weigh between 55-65 pounds.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>GENERAL APPEARANCEThe Golden Retriever is a medium-sized, well-balanced dog with a distinctive golden-coloured coat; small, drop ears; and a natural tail carried level with the back or with a slight upward curve. The correct relationship of length of body to height is 12:11. The Golden Retriever is a dog without exaggeration. 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