The White Golden Retriever
Facts About White Golden Retrievers.
Many Golden Retriever owners have no idea that English Golden Retrievers—also known as White Golden Retrievers–differ from American Golden Retrievers in significant ways. To the average dog owner, one Golden Retriever looks pretty much the same as the next, but for professional breeders and dog trainers there are big differences between individual dogs and between different branches of individual breeds of dogs.
English Golden Retrievers are sometimes called ‘White Golden Retrievers’ because of their paler, near-white cream-colored coats, but they go by lots of other names too. Other common terms for White Golden Retrievers include British Cream Golden Retrievers, Blonde Golden Retrievers, White Golden Retrievers, and Platinum Golden Retrievers, and English Cream Retrievers. The coloration of an American Golden Retriever, on the other hand, can range from pale blonde all the way up to a rich brown mahogany shade.
As a group, White Golden Retrievers have paler, shorter coats and are stockier and more square-framed than American Golden Retrievers as well. Their faces are also more square and their noses a bit shorter and more block-shaped than American Golden Retrievers. White Golden Retrievers were first bred in Britain as hunting dogs, and were designed to have coats that could withstand cold temperatures and wet, damp weather.
The shorter paler coats of White Golden Retrievers are actually more efficient and easier to care for than the shaggy, decorate coats of American Golden Retrievers. American Golden Retriever coats are clearly more for show and tangle and require constant brushing, trimming, and grooming to look nice. American Golden Retrievers typically have lots of hair, sometimes an excessive and impractical amount of hair. A soaking wet American Golden Retriever is a major mess, but a wet White Golden Retriever is built to shake that same water off fairly quickly and keep hunting.
White Golden Retrievers possess other qualities that distinguish them from American Golden Retrievers. Their eyes are a bit darker, and their ears are set just above their eyes instead of behind the eyes like on an American Golden. This gives White Golden Retrievers a different facial expression and a sturdier look in general.
American Golden Retrievers and White Golden Retrievers both possess the good-natured dispositions that families love. White Golden Retrievers adore people, are easy-going and nonaggressive, love to play and chew, and needs lots of exercise. White Golden Retrievers are great with children, the handicapped, and the elderly, although they are not the best type of canine for someone who is away from home a lot or who is very sedentary, since they need lots of company and lots of exercise to be happy.
White Golden Retrievers are perfect family dogs for country or suburban homes with big yards of acreage, or for people who are love to hike, boat, swim, or just be outdoors in general. They are awesome hunting and fishing dogs and adore being taken along on sporting expeditions. Obedience training is recommended to keep them in line, but they are eager to please and are usually quick learners.
