More than 300 golden retrievers met together on July 19th in Scotland to celebrate the 150th year of the breed. This was the biggest mass gathering of retrievers - it is in the Guinness Book of Records with videos. (There's also the largest dog photo shoot (108 dogs) and the largest gathering of people dressed as dogs (439) as records).
The original pups were born after estate landowner Dudley Majoribanks crossed a wavy-coated retriever called Nous with Belle, a tweed water spaniel.Majoribanks, also known as Lord Tweedmouth, had wanted a dog that was capable of swimming significant distances to retrieve wildfowl that had been shot, BBC reported. Of the originators of the Retrieer breed, the Tweed water spaniel has been extinct since the 19th century. These were generally brown athletic dogs in a small area in Scotland.
There are many extinct breeds. They include names like: St. John's water dog, Talbot hound, Paisley Terrier, Old English Bulldog, Cordoba Fighting Dog, Turnspit dog, Molossus, Hare Indian dog. There's a list in Wikipedia HERE.
An article from Priceonomics: Endangered Dog Breeds and the Market Forces Behind Them says the Skye terrier was one of the most common breeds and is now one of the rarest in the world.
We don't expect the Golden Retriever to go extinct. It is one of the most popular breeds in the world. There are three subtypes - British, American and Canadian. Little did we realize this: the Canadian type has a thinner and darker coat and stands taller than the other types.
Did you know there are people who like to pretend they are dogs? The article begins: "Human pups, or people who enjoy acting like playful puppies, are rapidly growing in number and confidence, spreading from the underground world of gay leather bars and bondage into a new and more mainstream “pup community”. Lots of leather seems to be involved in this one.
This is our farmland rolling hills scenery on the way to Acton.
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