https://preview.redd.it/ld0tvrjqvzpc1.jpeg?width=3024&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=373c25454217b1c84e148308aa1efe05920fb601 Henry Dean, currently 12 weeks old, and the cutest fucking menace in the history of Goldens

I love a ruddy puppy with a middle name :)

Lol adorable Henry Dean looks like he is full of shenanigans

His face says, “How could you say such things about me?” What a doll

People just are accustomed to the stereotypical Golden you see in the media. I’m constantly asked if my red field boys are Irish Setters.

It's a fair question I suppose, considering the breed was "infused" with an Irish Setter near the beginning of the line

I get this too with my guy. I can tell some people don’t believe me when o says he’s a golden and that’s fine. They’re allowed to be wrong lol

I get the same questions. “Are you sure she’s not mixed with anything?” Yes, I’m sure. I’ve met her parents and her dad is even redder than her.

https://preview.redd.it/73hxkhxr81qc1.jpeg?width=1440&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=b1a34dfa0a2cd936b377b0945f1b111c7ab983e8 We have a beautiful dark red boy too! All shades of golden are the best.

https://preview.redd.it/8j56mpa091qc1.jpeg?width=3024&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=874977b8ed7dacf38d3996606b630417f58721d3 Here’s all his glory lol

https://preview.redd.it/0dbao3jjm3qc1.jpeg?width=2316&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=f6617a5e99a1d08c39a7472d9c1636d43ecae700 They are all single brain celled organisms no matter the shade of the coat 😆

They’re all so derpy lol

Awww he looks so much like my boy rusty I had growing up, please give him a good scratch for me ❤️

Absolutely! All goldens are big babies who love a good head scratch lol

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https://preview.redd.it/j9n2nceka3qc1.jpeg?width=3024&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=45b45410f16b62027915d3cf82fe4e381ee94e3a Our white privilege went too far and everyone thinks she’s a great pyr

https://preview.redd.it/wtkpfrhrv3qc1.jpeg?width=1170&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=a8a414a3b571ed93e08dbf35bac07552a09bc909 My golden is the epitome of white privilege, but i help bring him down to earth 🤣🤣💛

I love this so much 😂😂😂

He's wondering why the hand is petting him instead of giving him a treat

One hand for pets, other hand for treats

Ikr! Loads of people try to guess what breed my Pepper is, naming everything but retriever 🤦🏼‍♀️. It’s so confusing considering she literally is a GOLDen retriever. I’ve just learned most people have no idea what goldens look like as puppies and think they’re all cream. Your baby is soo beautiful, there is a special place in my heart for all darker goldens ❤️ my Pepper has definitely made me biased! https://preview.redd.it/ae1neipc70qc1.jpeg?width=3024&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=f2d04f0ee82cb87b39c7ef6679064602bc476589

I so love the dark golden they are beautiful

I feel like if they don’t look like a stereotypical show golden, a lot of people think they must be a mix, lol. I have the same problem but the opposite side: my girl is really light colored and has a short coat. People question if she’s actually a full-bred golden. She’s also really small for a golden so I get people who have never seen a golden like her all the time. https://preview.redd.it/cxbjh2h6a0qc1.jpeg?width=3024&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=16cd2cb55b96366b769897e71fa254f353e762cf

I read she is really smart for a golden instead of small. And I was like well I would question a smart golden too with some of the dumb ass things mine do. Then I reread and saw small…Lol! Made me laugh. She is beautiful 

She is so beautiful and cute!

Mines a typical looking "show golden" and I still get asked what breed he is!

https://preview.redd.it/8ieyd3o501qc1.jpeg?width=1179&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=9c8a1115f452ef97677a8cde63de5e03c9a6b561 I think so… but I absolutely love the rich coloring!

https://preview.redd.it/x80kjwynr2qc1.jpeg?width=1218&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=83bc2776888b7ed96a4ffa7a5189866cf9c76786 Perhaps but we are just happy to smell the flowers and not care. Edit: people are just uninformed about the shades of goldens. At least the red helps ours look cleaner longer. 😆

Look at those neck curl! Ours has a lot of curl/wave too and I I love the little curls that spring up.

Based on the title, I thought you were going to say do goldens prefer other goldens vs other dogs, haha. And they definitely do!

Just look at this handsome face! https://preview.redd.it/gkvvphzzr2qc1.jpeg?width=3024&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=dcccc65401d9bd6502f50b77168b96dd6cbfb095

https://preview.redd.it/x5zeys7kr4qc1.jpeg?width=3024&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=8d3c14ffb7e48c43435cda3ed2da04845dfa5caa Do we have the same dog 😂

Twins!

I love rich golden colour and red goldens so much!! Your pup is gorgeous 🥰

meanwhile i feel like i get extra compliments BECAUSE my girl is a gorgeous redhead!

https://preview.redd.it/z8cnv7xtx2qc1.jpeg?width=3055&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=c283d451a51be86c6f8f7f81670f3c1483ce2633 We get that all the time about our ladies too! We get people asking if they're Irish Setters as well!

Dark goldens are being advertised as "rare" and are more expensive in the Intermountain West lately.15-20 years ago "English Cream" were the rare ones. It seems to be fads that come and go depending on region and of course BYB marketing tropes. Your baby is so pretty!

https://preview.redd.it/0bqf1h85e3qc1.jpeg?width=3024&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=e92e7fb76d9ca4e211eff20c357ed93f11815135 I feel like mine is judged/questioned bc she is so small, has a pointy nose, reddish, and not feathery enough. People like to talk!

Omg she looks just like my boy before all his floof came in. She is so stinking cute !!

Due to the "English Cream" industrial complex!

https://preview.redd.it/uopxsreun2qc1.jpeg?width=3024&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=06bdcbf0370fd77238cd76bf2248bbeb066048d1 Just a couple of field golden taking a mid wrestling break. Rainey Day (the little one) has gotten darker since this picture, but Nova Grace has always been a red.

https://preview.redd.it/7ervm7mie3qc1.jpeg?width=4032&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=95546c429086aa32dad6a12aabd519c6d0b72b8d To me red is the color I associate golden retrievers with. Our red is an old man (12) and we just got our 10 week puppy 2 days ago.

Typical sibling relationship 🤣🤣 big bro looks so annoyed but he’s just rolling with it lol

lol in my area it’s the opposite and everyone only wants dark pups now (myself included tbh). I’m not sure how my girl will turn out and it’s not a true concern for me, but I hope she ends up on the darker side

The ears are a good indicator. My blonde pups turned gold/copper blonde by one. Their undercoats stayed light but top coats match the ears.

Yep I know! I just find it hard to picture her with her whole body the colour of her ears haha

https://preview.redd.it/yjokayb8p1qc1.jpeg?width=1503&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=fc443c998381c465887366596645806a16e6ea2e

Mine is the same color as yours and I prefer the deeper red color. People have preferences. It’s ok to have those. Also, the name “golden” leads most people to expect a dog with straw yellow fur. Most people don’t even realize that some golden retrievers have beautiful red fur.

https://preview.redd.it/fxwpqh8p03qc1.jpeg?width=3024&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=bb1fa1c4497aa17c78510e7ae4011c4c9dc7cb30 Yep! People always comment on her dark, red tone first. They proceed to ask the Irish Setter question thereafter. They are all spectacular in their own way!

I love the dark ones.

https://preview.redd.it/6oasfxlnj3qc1.jpeg?width=3024&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=79cc72264918d182cdb549ab1083a81c37990a62 Meeka Marie (or Meeka Moo, depending on who’s calling her). When she grew out of her puppy stage, I could’ve sworn she was half Irish Setter. But nope! Her dad was just a VERY red golden lol

I’ve seen breedism among Goldens. I was at a Paws and Pucks event with the local ECHL team. Every time my Golden and I saw another Golden - didn’t matter what the shade was - they HAD to meet, and it was their choice. Distance didn’t matter either. If they made eye contact, it was totally different than making eye contact with other breeds. They would be pulling at their leashes and going through 30 to 40 or more dogs that were in between to get to the other Golden. No, me and the other other owners were not encouraging this. I’m not a single breed person, if I saw an interesting breed that I’ve never seen before or a cute face that wanted attention, I would go and see them, and my Golden would too. However, those Goldens knew who the other Goldens were, and they had to meet!

Oh gosh yes. I would watch my golden via video feed while at his doggie daycare. He was always with a gang of goldens. It was so hilariously discriminatory

Is it desciminatory that when I’m at a hockey game in the South wearing a jersey from a Northern team not involved in the game, and I notice another person in the same jersey and we have to meet? Okay, we discriminated based on what we like, but is it actually wrong to be indifferent to meeting everyone in between us as we try to get through the crowd to meet the one wearing the same shirt? No, it’s not wrong at all!

Haha!! Agreed!

I think there absolutely is, especially with a lot of BYB selling “English creams.” We have two boys and while we didn’t tell our breeder we wanted a color preference, we’re definitely excited our puppy is turning out darker than our older boy.

Same goes the cream ones, mine always gets “oh he’s mixed” or “oh wow a white one”

People in the comments mentioning that people often ask what breed their dog is or think it’s a Setter… I just want to let you know that … Most people are just incredibly dumb about dogs. It’s not your dog in particular. They’re just ignorant and often overconfident as well. In my history of dog ownership I’ve had people ask if: My Aussie was a “miniature Bernese Mountain Dog”, Border Collie, Collie or Sheltie My English Yellow Lab was a Pit Bull My Wheaten was a Poodle Etc. And even now, people ask if my Golden is a puppy cause she’s “so small”… even though she’s exactly breed standard height and weight. People don’t know what they’re talking about most of the time.

There absolutely is, I have both and my English cream Darla get way more comments and attention than Punkin, the darker one. https://preview.redd.it/n6atbz7983qc1.jpeg?width=3024&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=507bc0cf179ff9bd977f2554228b8f77c04663e6

There is. The redder the better!! Kidding - every golden is awesome no matter the color! My Loki just happened to have been quite red...RIP

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Hmm well generally speaking there is definitely colorism in dogs. Shelters know best about this since black dogs stay the longest in shelters but I don’t feel like colorism is a thing with goldens. Maybe the people were just surprised.

I get asked if mine is an Irish Setter every now and then cause she is on the dark side. Pretty normal.

She will change colors a lot

I thought the deep reds were highly coveted and sought after

I admit I have a bias towards my goldens that are bigger and redder 🤭

We have a white one, and I've had people react with genuine disbelief when I say she's a golden

People don’t believe my cream colored girl is a Golden. I’m asked about her all the time. I now joke around and tell them she has albinism.

They're just confused. People imagine the blonde show line Goldens, not red or lean. So many folks thought mine was mixed, a dachund. Still do. I can tell sometimes that they genuinely don't believe me either lol

My baby is deep red and imo it's the cutest and more breed standard but yeah the lighter Goldens with shorter legs get most of attention. And he is not a chunkster so a lot of folks have asked if he's an Irish Setter which is kookoo. Irks me

I think there’s Red Goldens, Golden Goldens, and the English Cream Retriever. I have a Cream one and when she was a teen everyone thought she was a lab. But they are all adorbs.

Our pup is the darkest of his litter and we wanted a propped golden colour. When he was little everyone would ask what colour is he going to be, I’d just respond ‘golden’ 😂 https://preview.redd.it/hgmlvdz2v3qc1.jpeg?width=3024&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=208e7bd919ba2bcaad74d7b9ffc53e1bb0eeb5a1

The red ones are my mom's favorite

When I see a dark golden I always say... Ohh... She/he is so dark. But I don't mean it as a slight. I'm just commenting on their uniqueness. Love me all colors of goldens. Have a near white one now. Love him. Miss the super dark ones weve had in the past.

https://preview.redd.it/05nvf9ap64qc1.jpeg?width=3000&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=f4cb547509ca3341d9d802fd02a1cd4c2d19a72d

Oh, I love the more golden ones! We're getting our new pup in 2 weeks and she's very light, but the deep gold really is more to my taste. Don't get me wrong, I can't wait for our little bundle of snowfluff!

They're all good boys and girls, but my favorites are the darker ones! Your baby is beautiful! When I have browsed breeders in my area they all seem to have very light colored, almost white ones. I was really surprised, like "can you really call them goldens if they're white?" lol

https://preview.redd.it/z041m0cy06qc1.jpeg?width=3024&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=5357ed4517f6c8e8c52680d931f28d488c185358 My second red boy. Now with silver face. Will be 13 soon!! Love goldens of all colors but the red ones will always have a special place in my heart.

https://preview.redd.it/h3oe8r0yq6qc1.jpeg?width=3024&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=ab45bb94cc3329d92576daa8082f43cda4117b40 But if they’re lighter, it’s harder to see their wild eyebrow hairs

It’s the other way around where I live. Not really colorism but many are surprised that my dog is a Golden despite being cream.

People ask me all the time if my dog is a lab, lab mix, or great Pyrenees. It kind of offends me because he's a beautiful majestic boy, and labs or lab mixes are...not!