What is the Golden Retriever's AKC group?

The American Kennel Club places the Golden Retriever in the Sporting Group. The Sporting Group includes pointers, setters, retrievers, and spaniels — breeds developed to assist hunters in locating, flushing, or retrieving game birds. The Golden's traditional working role on the Tweedmouth estate was retrieving waterfowl, which is the reason it sits with the retrievers in the modern AKC classification.

When was the Golden Retriever officially recognized?

The Kennel Club (UK) recognized the breed as a separate variety in 1913 under the name 'Retriever (Golden or Yellow)' and adopted the current name 'Golden Retriever' in 1920. The American Kennel Club admitted the breed in 1925, and the Federation Cynologique Internationale published the international standard (FCI No. 111) in 1954.

What is the average lifespan of a Golden Retriever?

Breed-club longevity surveys consistently report an average lifespan of 10 to 12 years. Earlier 20th-century surveys recorded longer averages closer to 13 years; the contemporary figure reflects the most recent Kennel Club and AKC parent-club longevity data.

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