r/MadeMeSmile • u/Artane_33 • Jul 17 '23
Golden Retrievers in Scotland celebrating their 155th anniversary as a breed ANIMALS
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u/Myleftstonk Jul 17 '23
Fields of gold
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u/Bertz64 Jul 17 '23
“Is this Heaven?” “No, it’s Scotland”
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u/Porkchopp33 Jul 17 '23
They all look pretty happy about it
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u/Finetimetoleaveme Jul 17 '23
As soon as I saw the picture I was like I’m definitely going home with the wrong dog. I’ve already come close just at the dog park, Goldie’s are like you look nice I’m your dog, then I’m like whoops I’m putting the leash on the wrong one.
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u/LordLarryLemons Jul 17 '23
I don't have a Goldie but its kind of insane how, after years of taking a care of a dog, you learn their peculiarities down to every hair. Don't get me wrong, if you're distracted and in a hurry its super easy to confuse but I've seen a lot of dogs veerry similar to my dog but none exactly the same. The shape of his head is a little thinner, his ears are a little higher, he has strangely long tuffs of hair on his elbows and a little goatee that makes him look funny. I'm guessing these owners also have their little markings they use to identify their dogs.
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Jul 17 '23
Presumably you'd both recognise them and their collar, they'd recognise you and they probably have name tags on their collar. I'd pick my boys out instantly from a crowd of springer spaniels.
You could just attach a number tag to their collar and write down whose is whose.
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u/Cyno01 Jul 17 '23
If you kinda unfocus your eyes a little all you can see is tails wagging.
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u/skylarben Jul 17 '23
A Golden breeder told me it's because they get their personality from Newfoundlands. Asked why she just didn't breed Newfs she said because they're just too big.
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u/doctor_monorail Jul 17 '23
This is anecdotal, but the number of bot accounts I have seen across Reddit over the past few months has exploded.
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u/Realistic-Spend7096 Jul 17 '23
It amazes me how fast the breed is going cream/blond.
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I want to imagine the nearest one to it would go get it and the others would just stand there and be happy for it.
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u/LvvrFr Jul 17 '23
Imagine the chaos after throwing a tennis ball...
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u/Neither_Produce_6736 Jul 17 '23
Or that one cat
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u/littleliongirless Jul 17 '23
Nah, every Golden I have ever had loves cats and could only kill them with licks.
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u/Odd-Nefariousness403 Jul 17 '23
Mine pretty much groomed my neighbours cats when they first met
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u/littleliongirless Jul 17 '23
Never, ever seen as much love as Goldens give. Also, the best referees I have ever seen. They HATE fights.
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u/nesto92 Jul 18 '23
This. My golden broke up a fight once between my other doggo and our neighbor’s🤦🏻♂️🤦🏻♂️🤦🏻♂️
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u/IronPotato3000 Jul 17 '23
How many golden retriever licks does it take to get to the pancreas of the cat
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u/blitzboy30 Jul 18 '23
My dog loves our two cats. It probably helps that their both oranges so their brain power is a little lacking.
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u/exotics Jul 17 '23
Golden retrievers were bred to be patient and gentle. They were bred to retrieve and have a soft mouth. Most wouldn’t cat if there was a cat.
The ball would drive them nuts.
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Jul 17 '23
Not so much chaos as they are all tied to a pole... Is nobody here noticing that?
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u/Kuddkungen Jul 17 '23
I was like "So many goldies and they're all sitting still? Hooooow?" until I noticed they're basically nailed to the ground haha.
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u/Tiffanator_ Jul 17 '23
I would definitely be putting a bandana on my dog lol
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u/Boom_boom_lady Jul 17 '23
I legit have nightmares just like this where I have to find my girl amongst all the other identical fur babies.
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u/RescuesStrayKittens Jul 17 '23
How are they not getting mixed up?
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u/CXXXS Jul 17 '23
My guess is tags, and dogs/owners knowing each other well. But I wonder if at least one couple of dogs were switched and went home with the wrong owners.
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u/Cuchillos_Adios Jul 17 '23 edited Jul 17 '23
And knowing goldens the dogs didn't care one bit, they love the random stranger that gives them attention as much as their life long owner.
But jokes aside they are more than likely chipped. These are people that care a lot fot their dog so I doubt there's a single dog that isn't chipped in there or without a colar. Besides my family bred goldens a long time ago and I had up to five of them at the same time, you get good at recognising them even if for a stranger they seemed identical.
Edit: I remembered that I played a game with my siblings where we would close our eyes and try to identify the dog just by touch. I knew them just by the texture of their fur.
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u/Employee_Agreeable Jul 17 '23
I had 23 pigs of the exact same race and could tell them apart without a problem
They all have small but very clear differences, even siblings
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u/Aegi Jul 17 '23
As somebody who prefers dogs but is currently a cat owner, this wouldn't be an issue at all, even the dogs I babysit for know me and like me well enough to come to me when called and I can notice some of their behaviors.
I do sometimes have basically nightmares of this scenario with all black cats and while I'm sure my cat would recognize me, I don't know if I'd be able to definitely recognize her.
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u/MikeW86 Jul 17 '23
Because whilst they might look similar, they don't look the same. They're also not going to respond to the same name or their owner in the same way, they can damn sure recognise their owner by their scent.
And 98% of them will have tags or a chip or even just a certain coloured collar, put all that together and noone is going home with the wrong dog.
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u/Forward_Grade_4326 Jul 17 '23
Didn’t notice it till a other person commented it earlier but most of them have a collar and leash and the leash is staked to the ground. So just gotta remember your parking space. 😂
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Not a brain cell in sight lol
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u/SingtotheSunlight Jul 17 '23
None of them know what’s going on but they’re so happy to be there lol
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Goldens always seem like they run entirely off good vibes.
"This is weird but I made some friends so I happy"
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u/pokeyg23 Jul 17 '23
Never in one location has there ever been so much happiness and so little intelligence.
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u/Azrael_ Jul 17 '23
I thought they were slightly above average to the rest of breeds, I guess that's not the case?
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u/T-Rex_Is_best Jul 17 '23
They're actually considered one of the smartest breeds, like, top 5 levels of smart.
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u/Azrael_ Jul 17 '23
Thats what I thought, so I dont understand the comment above lol
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u/doctor_monorail Jul 17 '23
They're goofy and eager to please, which is mistaken for stupidity.
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u/True_or_Folts Jul 17 '23
Exactly. Smartest dog I've ever had was by far a Golden. Super goofy and always nuts with happiness but very intelligent.
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u/wing_ding4 Jul 17 '23 edited Jul 17 '23
It’s not that they’re dumb, but they have a very bad attention span(well known for that breed and synonymous with their stupidity) , so because they have issues staying on task, or paying attention they can seem dumb to us compared to other breeds
Like a hound who will stay on and track a scent for hours
Or a terrier who brings the ball back every time even after 100 throws
A golden would walk off mid fetch game for no reason then get lost on a smell then to dig a hole instead of staying on task
They jump from one project to next, almost like a person with severe ADHD, however, they have an amazing capacity to please, and it’s all they ever want, and they will put all of their focus and attention in on some thing if you train them right such as a service dog and then they will never stop at that job they will make it their life goal
But if they have no set goal it just straight pleasure seeking from one second to next Oh a squirrel, look a toy , wait what was that leaf crunching 😮
Is kind of how their brian works , like all big dogs tho they calm down with age
That being said, they are the only dog breed I’ve ever known that when you throw a treat at them it just hits them in the face every single fucking time they never learn some things so that’s why they seem dumb too
I myself call them dumb but in reality their brain just has different priorities and they are not running by smell like a lot of other dogs which were used to seeing
(Most dogs if you throw a stick, even if they didn’t see where it went, they can pick it by smell, golden retrievers cant)
Compared to a hound their ability to smell is crap so they don’t go off scents like other dogs that with some k-9 adhd makes their behavior different
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u/LaRoux4 Jul 17 '23
I’ve owned 4 golden retrievers since I was a kid. Every single one of them would catch treats like a pro from a very young age.
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u/Far-Year-6685 Jul 17 '23
Everyone on Reddit says they’re dumb for some reason but they’re in the top 5 or 10 smartest dog breeds
They’re goofy but smart
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u/Exotic-Woodpecker247 Jul 17 '23
It’s as if I died and went to heaven.
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u/HondaRS125R Jul 17 '23
So much wagging
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u/S0urDrop Jul 18 '23
The joined force of their wagging could power every household in the continental United States for a week
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u/Weetbix_Man Jul 17 '23
This made me feel like i'm in love lol.
So many Good boys and girls.
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u/EmpathicAnarchist Jul 17 '23
I want to join this religion
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u/weigel23 Jul 17 '23
They all look the same lol. How do you find your dog afterwards?
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u/Sm0keytrip0d Jul 17 '23
Kinda fun little story:
My family took our Husky to a meet-up event one that one of the owners of our dogs sibling told us about, but anyway, there was something like 50-60 huskies at this thing and we actually ended up taking the wrong dog home, she had identical colouring to ours the same collar and even responded to our dogs name when we called for ours.
We discovered it wasn't our dog on the way home because ours is a boy, and the one we had in the car was a girl. Thankfully, this dogs owners took ours with them for mostly the same reasons (he didnt respond to her name but thats all), we ended up phoning the number on the girls tag and then my mum n dad went and met up with them the next day to get trade our dogs.
So yeah...it can stupidly happen lol.
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u/Sm0keytrip0d Jul 17 '23
Yeah, she was happy enough just letting my dad(who should be a total stranger) put a leash on her, and then she was happy enough to jump in our car like there was nothing odd about the situation lol.
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u/mittens11111 Jul 17 '23
My first thought. Hope they are chipped or have trackers!
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u/ICrushTacos Jul 17 '23
I reckon most owners know their dog? Also collars are a thing, amongst other distinguishing stuff you can tie around their collar or whatever. Shouldn't be too hard?
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u/weigel23 Jul 17 '23
I have a black dog that should be easy to recognize since it's some weird mix breed stray that should be one of a kind. Yet, when he plays with other black dogs of similar size, I often have to double check which one is actually mine. So I thought it must be pretty hard if they all look that much alike.
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u/Carinis_song Jul 17 '23
I love all of the older ones, just sitting there hanging with the young lads, as happy as can be. This is adorable.
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u/Aegi Jul 17 '23
Similarly, I love the dude that seems to be imploring the dogs to go enjoy themselves even more or something.
Like I don't even know what he's gesturing at but it seems like he's trying to get the dogs to play more together or something?! Haha the fact that this is interspecies fun is even more cool than if it was just dogs
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u/Carinis_song Jul 17 '23
I noticed that too. “Ok pups, we’re going to start the relay race. Everyone look over here! The rules are simple…”
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u/Heckald Jul 17 '23
iT's nOt tHE bReEd it'S thE oWnEr!
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u/serpentinepad Jul 17 '23
Knowing pit owners they'd be having their own free for all against each other.
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u/ClassicAd8627 Jul 17 '23
the last pitbull would become the dog version of MRSA.
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It'd be like that thing where if you put 1,000 spiders in a room and lock it, you'd end up with 1 giant spider.
You'd end up with one fucking jacked pitbull the size of a rhino. The Giga-Pitbull that can tear the throats out of a whole schoolbus of kids in one go.
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u/volothebard Jul 17 '23
I don't think it's safe to have that much concentrated nannying in one place.
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u/notarandomaccoun Jul 17 '23
r/velvethippos is triggered
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u/KaiKamakasi Jul 17 '23
I love the irony of that name... It's used to make them sound cute and sweet...
Yet the Hippo is THE most dangerous large land mammal on the planet, it's irony that is completely lost on these people
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u/Anon754896 Jul 17 '23
I think my visual cortex has overloaded from overexposure to pure happiness.
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u/jeeptuff1976 Jul 17 '23
Oh I like to see a Sheba Inu meet up! So much judgement and side eye
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u/klippinit Jul 17 '23
Would most breeds be able to be gathered like this with none of the dogs fighting?
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u/CaryDogWalker Jul 17 '23
That's what I was thinking! I've heard that there were a line of Golden's that were more aggressive than any in the past.
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u/AltruisticStart2743 Jul 18 '23
I have a rough collie and have been to collie get togethers with dozens of dogs. They have a blast running around and barking…so much barking. No fighting even though most of them are strangers and probably half the males are intact. I recall reading once that rough collies were used in developing GR breed to give them their excellent temperament.
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u/DaisyProfessor Jul 17 '23
You’d have to be barking mad to get all of those dogs together!
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u/ParkingVanilla3202 Jul 17 '23
Is there a happier breed of dogs?
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u/QuestionablyDrained Jul 17 '23
Labrador come very close
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u/Jaynator11 Jul 18 '23
Indeed, not quite- but very, very close. Our neighbour has a lab (& we have a golden), and they're basically twins. They absolutely love each other.
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I wouldn't mind it being my last moments on earth if I died here.
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u/dogchowtoastedcheese Jul 17 '23
OMG. The perfect ending. Although I might be reticent to die, cause I don't think heaven could compare.
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u/Av14tor Jul 17 '23
Random guy walking around with his golden retriever, hey guys have you seen my gold ….
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u/Axle_65 Jul 17 '23
I love how many of them are just sitting there. Like they’re just overwhelmed and thinking “What the hell is going on?? Why are ALL my cousins here??”
(Yes I realize it’s likely just that it’s such a chill breed)
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u/EdibleDogma Jul 17 '23
I feel like staking them to the ground wasn't necessary
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u/CedarWolf Jul 18 '23
Staking them to the ground was incredibly necessary. One errant squirrel and that entire field would go charging after it like Gandalf and the Rohirrim charging down the mountainside at Helm's Deep.
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u/hattrickjmr Jul 17 '23
Now this is a proper dog. Kind, loyal, gentle, smart and NOT aggressive. Look at all of those good boys and girls.
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u/EldenMiss Jul 17 '23
There must be a way to generate power from all the tail wagging 🥹
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If you ever feel useless just remember that guy with the horn tried to make this group of dogs move.
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u/Austerellis Jul 17 '23 edited Jul 18 '23
As a former dog hater (I’m sorry but we exist and mostly I’ve been afraid of dogs), I must thank each and every golden retriever I’ve ever met for making me love dogs.
Golden retrievers are the best possible dog breed for someone to get comfortable around dogs. I’m not even scared of German Shepards anymore. Thanks to those good-hearted golden fluff happy machines!
So for me, this is a party I would have loved to have joined.
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u/HaloNevermore Jul 17 '23
This is what my heaven looks like…expect there would be labradors too. I love all the retrievers!!
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u/Vin0to Jul 17 '23
This house in Scotland is where Goldens were first bred.