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| WHITE CREME GOLDENS ENGLISH GOLDEN RETRIEVERS |
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| WHITE GOLDEN RETRIEVERS ??? THERE HAS BEEN A LOT OF DISCUSSION ABOUT THE COLOR OF THE ENGLISH GOLDEN RETRIEVERS' COATS. IN THE USA, IT HAS BECOME COMMON TO DESCRIBE THOSE PALEST OF CREME DOGS "WHITE GOLDEN RETRIEVERS". SOME INDIVIDUALS SEEM TO FIND THAT INACCURATE. CERTAINLY IT IS A PALE VARIANT OF THE YELLOW GENE AND AS SUCH IS NOT THE WHITE OF A SHEET OF PAPER THAT YOU HAVE FOR YOUR COMPUTER PRINTER. GO TO A PAINT STORE AND LOOK AT HOW MANY SHADES OF WHITE (IF YOU WILL) ARE IN THE COLOR CHART. THIS "WHITE" IS A CREME WHITE. IN EUROPE THEY ARE REGISTERED AS CREME OR KREM. CALLING THESE DOGS WHITE IS AN AMERICAN INVENTION ASSUMABLY BUT HAS BECOME COMMON ENOUGH THAT IT SHOULD NOT BE AN ISSUE IF EVERYONE UNDERSTANDS THAT IT IS A CREME WHITE. INTERESTINGLY, IN PERSON THEY APPEAR A VERY GLOWING WHITE IN SUNLIGHT AND APPEAR MORE CREME IN SHADE OR ON A CLOUDY DAY. UPON CLOSE INSPECTION SOME OF THE INDIVIDUAL HAIR SHAFTS TAKE ON A SILVER METALLIC SHEEN THAT REFLECTS LIGHT. THIS COLOR IS QUITE LOVELY IN CONTRAST WITH THE DARK PIGMENT OF THEIR SKIN. ABOVE THE PICTURES OF THE SAME PUPPY TAKEN ON DIFFERENT DAYS UNDER DIFFERENT LIGHT CONDITIONS ILLUSTRATES THIS PHENOMENA QUITE DRAMATICALLY. IN FINE EUROPEAN KENNELS ONE WILL ALSO SEE GOLDENS WHO ARE LIGHT GOLDEN OR MEDIUM GOLDEN IN COLOR. MOST PEDIGREES ALSO INCLUDE DOGS WITH MORE COLOR INTERSPERSED WITH THE PALER DOGS. THESE SHOW BREEDERS ARE LOOKING BEYOND COLOR TO THOSE ELEMENTS THEY VALUE IN TERMS OF CONFORMATION TO THE STANDARD. AT THIS TIME THE PALER WHITE CREME DOGS ARE ACCEPTED IN EUROPEAN STANDARDS BUT NOT IN THE US STANDARD. IN ADDITION DECADES OF BREEDING DECISIONS ON OPPOSITE SIDES OF THE OCEAN HAVE LED TO SOME GENERALIZED DIFFERERENCES IN BUILD. |
| OUR BREEDING PROGRAM OUR ENGLISH GOLDEN RETRIEVERS WERE CAREFULLY SELECTED AFTER EXTENSIVE RESEARCH INTO THEIR ANCESTORY AND CHOSEN ON THE BASIS OF THEIR RECORDS OF HEALTH, ACCOMPLISHMENT, AND BEAUTY. THEIR ANCESTORS INCLUDE OUTSTANDING DOGS FROM SUCH PRESTIGOUS KENNELS AS WHEATCROFT, STANDFAST, TREWATER, KARVIN, MITCHARRON, RETRIEVERS OF GOLDEN DUCK, OF GLEN SHEALAGG, ROSSMIX, GOLDEN ANGELS OF OBERACH, GALANS, KALOCSAHAZI, SUNNYFIELD'S... JUST TO NAME A FEW. MANY OF THEIR PARENTS ARE DOGS OF GREAT DISTINCTION IN THE SHOW RING AND HAVE ALSO PASSED FIELD TESTS. THEY HAVE WON MANY AWARDS BASED UPON THEIR ELEGANT BEAUTY AND BEEN JUDGED CHAMPIONS IN TERMS OF CONFORMATION, BALANCE, AND MOVEMENT. OUR ENGLISH GOLDENS HAVE YEARS OF EXPERIENCE BEHIND THEM WITHIN THEIR BREEDING LINES HAVING BEEN BRED BY INDIVIDUALS IN EUROPE WHO ARE AWARD-WINNING BREEDERS, WHO ARE RESPECTED JUDGES, WHO HAVE BRED THEIR LINES OF DISTINCTION TO WIN ACCOLADES FROM THEIR PEERS THROUGH MANY GENERATIONS OF CHAMPIONS. MANY OF THE PARENTS OF OUR GOLDENS ARE CHAMPIONS, GRAND CHAMPIONS, INTERNATIONAL CHAMPIONS, DOGS OF GREAT BEAUTY, INTELLIGENCE, AND CHARM WITH LONG LISTS OF ACCOMPLISHMENTS. WITH THIS BACKGROUND, THEY ARE ALSO VERY TRAINABLE, INTELLIGENT, ENJOYABLE, AND MUCH LOVED AT HOME WITH THEIR FAMILIES. IT IS REASONABLE TO ASSUME THAT THESE STERLING QUALITIES WILL BE PASSED ON TO THEIR PUPPIES. |
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| AFTER RETIRING FROM TEN YEARS AS A PUBLIC SERVANT FOR THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF KANSAS AS A PSYCHOLOGIST II, I FELL IN LOVE WITH AND IMPORTED MY FIRST GENERATION OF ENGLISH GOLDENS WHEN THEY WERE EXTREMELY RARE IN THE USA. SO THESE ARE LITERALLY "MY GOLDEN YEARS!!!" FOR THOSE OF YOU WHO CARE (AND THAT SHOULD BE ALL OF YOU!!!), OUR DOGS DO NOT LIVE THEIR LIVES IN KENNELS. ALL OF THE GOLDENS IN OUR BREEDING PROGRAM LIVE IN THE HOUSE, CAN COME AND GO INSIDE OR OUTSIDE THROUGH A DOGGIE DOOR, AND HAVE ACCESS TO ABOUT THREE COUNTRY ACRES WHERE THEY CAN RUN, PLAY, AND EXPLORE. THEIR "DOGGIE PATHS" WIND THROUGH SUNNY AREAS OF GRASSES AND SHADY WOODSY AREAS OF TREES AND SHRUBS. .....CJ |
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| Golden Glow I sit in my chair, my mind all tangled up in the human mess, And you slide your slick furhead under my hand Lifting it upon your head and say "Pet me." I idly scratch that favorite place behind your ear and glance at you. And you crack that award winning Golden Retriever smile Bringing me back home to the eternal moment. Then I really look at your lovely angel white face And I must smile too how could I not? I realize it is near sundown and I say "Walk!" And you dance in circles leading to the door. Out we go down the well trodden path outback The same path we will have taken thousands of times. Each enthusiastic time is as so new to you. You run joy full tilt out in circles around me Smiling, exuberant, laughing to just be alive. And I must laugh too how could I not? Sun setting on the horizon I go to stand Where the opening in the trees affords clear view Of the greatest Artist's canvas of glorious colors. A kaleidisope of evolving patient beauty. You go about with your nose to the ground exploring To investigate the rabbit, gopher, and bird scents. White coat reflecting the golden glow of dusk, Powerful body moving your dance of grace. Finally satisfied, you return to lean your furhead Caressingly against my hipbone just so, Saying to me in canine "I love you" And I softly reply in human "I love you too" Standing scratching that favorite spot behind your ear Watching the everchanging violet, peach, pink light show, I am glad you are so big I do not bend my back To caress your soft silk smiling furhead. A twinge of grief enters my human mind That your canine eye cannot see the colors of the sky. But then a twinge of grief might enter yours too That my human nose cannot smell the rabbit's scents. Quiet peacful contented moments of beauty slide by. Human spirit and canine spirit meet in the oneness. You gift me with your shining Golden Retriever smile And I must smile too how could I not? This is Happiness. ......CJ 12/5/2010 |
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