If nothing else (and there are many) we can thank the internet for making it a whole lot easier to discover interspecies BFFs among the domesticated animal kingdom. Be that an owl and a pussycat, an owl and a dog or, in this case, a dog, eight birds, and a hamster. The dog in question is called Bob and he’s a golden retriever who lives in São Paulo, Brazil.
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Bob is a lovable, friendly golden retriever who lives with his human, eight birds, and a hamster, and they’re all best buddies. Bob has taken to be a protective gentle giant to his nine tiny friends. Bob takes his friends out for walks, play together and even sleep together. Bob’s owner has have done such a magnificent job raising them together, check out their adorable pictures below.
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He and his buddies have garnered a lot of attention due to their adorable photos. They all live in harmony together, travelling the world and just generally being cute. Golden retrievers are known for being gentle, cuddly creatures and can get on with anyone and anything. More info: Facebook (facebook.com/bobgoldenretriever) | Instagram (h/t: rocketnews)
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Golden retrievers: The gorgeous dogs that bring friendship, loyalty and love. Some call the golden retriever the ‘dumb blonde’ of the dog world, but those who know them know differently. Here’s what you need to know about this wonderful breed. For the generations of children who grew up watching Blue Peter on the BBC, golden retrievers are instantly familiar and reassuring: the programme had a long line of them as the resident show pet, starting with the imaginatively-named Goldie in 1978.
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The first Golden Retrievers: As befits such a glamorous breed, with its flowing, butter-coloured coat and plume-like tail, the golden retriever was once believed to have originated from a troupe of Russian circus dogs. In the late 1800s, when they were known as yellow retrievers, a Scottish nobleman, Sir Dudley Coutts Marjoribanks — later Baron Tweedmouth — was apparently so impressed by the intelligence, good looks and docility of the eight Caucasian sheepdogs, ranging in hue from cream to light biscuit, he saw performing in a travelling show in Brighton that he bought them all.
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On returning to his Inverness-shire estate of Guisachan, he mated one with his Tweed water spaniel, Belle, who duly produced a litter of four yellow puppies named Cowslip, Crocus, Primrose and Ada. However, the 6th Earl of Ilchester’s article Origin of the Yellow Retriever (Country Life, 1952) dismissed this tale. From studying Lord Tweedmouth’s studbook and notes, Lord Ilchester deduced that the Baron had bought the puppies’ sire, Nous, a yellow, wavy-coated retriever, from a cobbler in Brighton, who had acquired the dog as a puppy from Lord Chichester. ‘The belief a Russian dog originated the strain is not borne out by dates,’ he wrote.
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Yet Lord Ilchester was resolute that one part of the story was correct, that ‘Nous was yellow, and he was the first’. And his lordship should know, as Lord Tweedmouth gave the puppy Ada to his father, the 5th Earl of Ilchester. They have a wonderful, gentle personality. ‘Golden retrievers are very much a part of my life,’ said Charlotte Townshend, great-granddaughter of the 5th Earl of Ilchester and chatelaine of the family seat at Melbury House, Dorset, when she spoke to Country Life for an article back in 2014. ‘They’re very amenable, loving, family and sporting dogs.’
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Ada is buried in the grounds and the 11 golden retrievers that pick up on the estate’s shoot at Abbotsbury reflect the family’s long standing link with the breed. ‘They’re very biddable there must be something in their genes that enables us to train them so well,’ added Mrs Townshend. In the same piece Country Life also spoke to Lord ‘Jimmy’ Zouche, who spent a lifetime with golden retrievers.
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‘If they’re trained properly, goldens are extremely obedient and not wilful like spaniels,’ he said. ‘I’ve only ever worked golden retrievers… You get used to a dog like you get used to a make of car.’ For him, their most appealing trait is their placid, affectionate nature. ‘They have a wonderful, gentle personality. Spaniels are probably the most faithful dogs, but goldies come a good second.
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If I had to sum them up in three words, I’d say friendship, loyalty and love.’ Another enthusiast, Robert Atkinson, praised their ability to fit into family life as well. ‘They’re so easy to have about and when you have small children, it’s important that they’re 100% trustworthy,’ he said. The Atkinsons’ kitchen has various places where the dogs can sleep under the work surfaces, but they do like attention.
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‘Cider [one of his dogs] follows me about all the day and gets very upset if, after tea, I haven’t given him something to retrieve,’ he says. ‘Golden retrievers love to please and their main attraction is that they become so devoted and attentive.’
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Why is my Golden Retriever so jealous? If your Golden Retriever has been acting jealous you might want to know why and what you can do about it. This post will show you a number of reasons why it might be acting jealous and what you can do to stop it. So, why is my Golden Retriever acting jealous?
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Possible reasons are that it wants attention, it’s being dominant, it’s being overly protective or you might have been inadvertently rewarding it. Your Golden Retriever might be doing it for a number of reasons and it could be due to a combination of them. However, there are also a number of things you can do about it.
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The cause could be that it is looking for extra attention. This would be more likely if it does it more when you have not been giving it much attention or if you tend to give it extra attention when it does it. Instead, it would help to give it attention throughout the day by training it, exercising it and playing with it. But, it would help to avoid rewarding it with extra attention when it becomes jealous unless necessary.
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It is being dominant. It could be the case that it is actually being dominating. This would be more likely if it is also reluctant to listen to your command and if it is aggressive towards your other pets as well.
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You have been reinforcing it. It might also be the case that you have inadvertently encouraged it by giving it things it wants when it does it. If you tend to give it things such as treats, toys or extra attention when it is jealous then it will likely do it more in order to get more rewards. Instead, it would help to reward it when it is being well behaved and to avoid rewarding it when it is being jealous unless necessary. You got new pets. If your Golden Retriever started acting jealous when you got new pets it is likely that it feels left out. In this case, it would help to give it attention and rewards when it is being well behaved.
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How to get your Golden Retriever to be less jealous? Golden Retrievers are a breed that needs a lot of exercise in order to be fully stimulated. Generally, it is recommended for them to get at least an hour of exercise daily. If your Golden Retriever is not getting that much it would help to give it exercise by walking it yourself or by getting a dog walker to do it for you.
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Give it attention and training: It would also help to give it attention throughout the day so that it is less likely to seek attention from you. Ways to give it attention would be to play with it, train it and to walk it. If you have not given your Golden Retriever much training then it would help to make sure to do so. By giving your Golden Retriever training you will be able to get it to listen to your command and to be better behaved.
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When training your Golden Retriever it would help to start out by training it easy things such as the down command in an environment without many distractions. Then, once it can do it, you would start to include the object of jealousy and train it to do the command then as well.
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Avoid rewarding it: As mentioned above, it could be the case that it has learned that being jealous results in it getting things it wants. Instead of giving it rewards when it is being jealous, try to give it training as mentioned above and to redirect its focus when it seems like it is about to be jealous.
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When it started being jealous: If your Golden Retriever was not always jealous, it would help to consider what else happened when it first started being jealous since it could be the case that there was an event that caused it to start doing it. If it started being jealous suddenly it would make it more likely to be due to things such as getting a new pet, rewarding the behavior or you stopped giving it as much attention. It would help to consider what else changed when it started being jealous.
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When it becomes jealous: It would also help to consider if there is a certain time that it tends to be more jealous since it could be the case that the timing has something to do with it. For example, if it only seems to get jealous when you have not been giving it much attention then it could be that it wants attention from you. Whereas, if it seems to be jealous when you are feeding it then it could be dominating behavior.
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Besides all these good habits, of course, there are also habits that make it difficult to maintain. The difficulty depends entirely on the attitude of the owner. When they are left alone and unloved, they start to misbehave to get attention like any child. These mischiefs can wreak havoc on your home. Pillow shredding, seat biting, cable gnawing, etc. In short, it does what you don’t want. The hunting dog spirit in him makes the golden retriever active and active. It needs daily exercise. Because they are very friendly, they can never be watchdogs.
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It would not be wrong to call your golden retriever dogs the best family dog in the world. Golden dogs are known for being very gentle with children, and they get along very well with your other pets. These dogs are highly intelligent and can be trained very easily. There is no animal lover whose love he cannot win thanks to their eagerness to please their owner, their sweet appearance and their obedience. They do not have a habit of attacking, but they like to bark at you when a stranger comes to your house.