Golden Retriever Gifts

Our website contains a great range of Golden Retriever merchandise for every Golden Retriever lover and owner. The products we have available include Golden Retriever Throws, Golden Retriever Cushions, Golden Retriever Wall Hangings and Golden Retriever Tapestry Bags.

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The Golden Retriever Tapestry Cushions are again made from 100% natural cotton and measure 17" by 17". The cushion pad (inner) complies with the furniture and furnishings regulations 1988 and is removable. 

There are two sizes of Golden Retriever throws available measuring either 54 inches by 54 Inches or a generous 54 inches by 74 Inches and are made from 100% all natural high-quality cotton. The throws are the largest and softest in the industry. We are sure you will appreciate the size, comfort and quality. 

The Golden Retriever wall hangings use between nine and seventeen miles of thread in each design. The combination of thread colours and weaves creates a rich, fresh experience that changes with each viewing angle and will enhance any room. The wall hangings are supplied in the UK with a wooden hanging rod, which can be upgraded to one of the tapestry hanging rods available in our Wall Hangings Section if required. 

The Golden Retriever shoulder bags are constructed of high quality, 100% natural cotton. Measuring 17" wide by 17" tall with two black canvas straps, the bag can hold an array of items. 

Golden Retriever Products Currently Available

Golden Retriever Thierry Poncelet Belgian Tapestry Cushion

Golden Retriever Coaster On Natural Welsh Slate

Golden Retriever Waggy Dogz Draught Excluder

Golden Retriever Fridge Magnet On Welsh Slate

Golden Retriever Throw

Golden Retriever Waggy Dogz Cushion 

Golden Retriever Decorative Doormat

Golden Retriever Shoulder Bag

Golden Retriever Tapestry Cushion

Golden Retriever Tapestry Wall Hanging

Golden Retriever Throw

General Information On Golden Retrievers

The Golden Retriever is another product from the latter half of the 19th century, when so many of the gun dog breeds were formed. The Golden Retriever breed owes much of its development to Sir Dudley Majori-banks (Lord Tweedmouth) whose records from his own meticulous stud books give a good basis of origins. Yellow recessives had always been present in the retrievers from Newfoundland and Labrador, even though in the 1850s the fashion in England was for black "Wavy-Coats" and Labradors. Lighter hues came to prominence later in the yellow Labs, as well in as the Chessie, and then the Golden Retriever.

Majoribanks took a liking to the yellow color and acquired a dog of that color, "Nous," from Flat-Coat breeding. To create good water retrievers, Nous was bred to Tweed Water Spaniel bitches, a now-extinct English retrieving dog that was close and curly-coated and a light liver color. Other crossings, of structured linebreed-ing, were recorded over a period of 20 years, including a Labrador or two, a red setter, possibly a Bloodhound, and other Wavy-Coats. 

This, then, is the basic Golden Retriever´s inheritance. Golden Retrievers were registered and shown as golden Flat-Coats until 1913, when they were listed as Golden or Yellow Retrievers and, finally, in 1920, took the name they bear today. 

A legend still persists about Russian Sheep-dogs, acquired from a traveling circus, that contributed to the creation of the breed. No such information has been found among the Tweed-mouth archives. Of course, others were breeding these golden-colored retrievers besides Ma-joribanks, so this strange mixture could have been introduced in other kennels. But most cy-nologists feel this was a contrived story, which the general public loved to believe. With the possible exception of trainability, the genetics of sheep dogs are diametrically opposed to the necessary abilities of the gun dog, and it is doubtful any knowledgeable dog breeder would have entertained the idea. Supporting this legend, however, the Golden was first exhibited under the name of Russian Retriever or Russian Retriever and Tracker. Thus, the story lives on.

Whatever its foundation, the modern Golden Retriever is a wonderfully versatile dog. He is a good retriever and upland game hunter, is used with increasing frequency as a guide for the blind and makes a loving, easygoing, pleasant companion. In the United States, the Golden dominates obedience competition with his flashy animation, quick reflexes, precision, trainability and intense desire to please. The same attributes stand him in good stead in the show ring.

A Golden Retriever requires sufficient exercise to overcome a tendency toward excess poundage. His beautiful coat requires only routine brushing, with a few grooming sessions during the spring when the undercoat is shed. The color can range from a soft, pale moon yellow to a lustrous burnished gold. It is as though the Golden has captured the warmth and beauty of sparkling sunshine in both his coat and temperament. He is a wonderful family pet, as he is loving and long-suffering with children, mannerly in the home, yet always ready to accompany any member in activities. A dog nearly void of guard instincts, his fringed tail always seems to be wagging. His expression is one of straightforward affection and trust.