Posted on 05/25/2012 8:35:56 PM PDT by mamelukesabre
There is a place here in Ipswich,MA called Wolf Hollow.
My daughter keeps telling me to get there and at my age I’d better hurry.
” I had a grown Colley and she was scared to death of this little puppy.”
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Amazing how your grown dog recognized this little pup as something to be feared.
I hope the little guy was able to rejoin his pack.
We have no wolves in the wild here in MA,at least not yet. I never thought we’d have coyotes here in Eastern MA in my densely populated area, but they are all over the place.
The story of the Russian Circus dog being used to start the golden retriever is a myth. The breed is actually quite new, being started by Lord Tweedmouth in 1868. He kept excellent records and so we know exactly what dogs he used. Tweed water spaniels, yellow curly coated retrievers, irish setter, black retrievers and bloodhound were used. Interestingly, if you look at a photo of Crocus (from his first mating which was between a tweed water spaniel and a yellow curly coated retriever) you would be hard pressed not to imagine you were looking at a present day golden retriever.
I don’t know where the Russian Circus dog story began, but it was widely accepted, but was proven to be false as his records are quite complete.
As for bad temperaments, they can crop up if you don’t breed for a correct one. I’ve seen the occasional nasty golden, and it must be guarded against, since it’s a breed that you expect to be trustworthy above all else.
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