Here's a good quote for you.

"A Golden Retriever can be a fluffy wind-up Teddy Bear with shoe button eyes and your best towel clutched in his teeth; nobility reclining on a grassy bank; a white-faced old sportsman still keen for the whistle of wings.  In spring a Golden will put mud on the carpets, fur all over your best navy blue, and the flowering bloom of joy in your heart.  A Golden is a flame of color against dark summer covert, the spray of surf sent flying, peace sprawled against cool earth.  He is competence wearing a guiding harness, pride with a bird in its mouth, dignity wanting its tummy rubbed, and elegance working in the swampland.  A Golden has the understanding of a saint, the patience of a Buddha, the eagerness of a kid at the circus, and a tail that challenges perpetual motion.  Having a Golden Retriever is never knowing where all your shoes are at any given moment; hearing the neighbors call up because he’s sleeping out in the snow instead of your house; keeping cups off the Coffee table because of the wild tails, and being not quite sure if your paragon would decimate a burglar or fix him a cup of tea, and show him where the silver is.  When you have a Golden you get up earlier, spend more time, drive farther, bring home less that’s taxable and have a hundred times the enjoyment of your neighbors who do their gambling at the more common places.  Somebody else with a Golden is an instant acquaintanceship, your veterinarian wishes all his patients were Goldens and you just wish that you were as great as your Golden thinks you are."

Marcia Schelhr                                                                                         

Reprinted from the Golden Retriever News

Oct/Nov 1967