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Golden Retriever

Temperament: Intelligent, friendly, and devoted. Very active and needs daily exercise. Sheds seasonally and needs occasional grooming.

Height: 21.5-24 inches

Weight: 55-75 pounds

Life Span: 10-12 years

Breed Average Outlier Index: 0.25

Breed Average Genetic Relatedness: -0.03

Breed Average Internal Relatedness: 0.02

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No.	Name	Gender	Outlier Index	Average Genetic Relatedness	Internal Relatedness
1	Goldpaw's Figment of my imagination@MGM	F	0.13	-0.02	0.04
2	Oregon's Summer Breeze Thru Willows	F	0.32	-0.04	0.00
3	Sawyer	M	0.25	-0.03	0.07
4	Laurell N Meirzah's Golden Ticket	F	0.16	0.04	-0.06
5	UKC CH Valor's Phoenix Rising At Meirzah	F	0.20	-0.03	-0.01
6	Teddy Mahoney	M	0.36	-0.10	0.00
7	Red Plum Akari of Chrysus Spirit	F	0.33	-0.06	-0.04
8	Gracie's Goldens Jolly June Bug	F	0.18	-0.03	0.16
9	Vapra Elysian Savant	F	0.39	-0.05	-0.06
10	Tesla Fowler's Land	M	0.38	-0.14	0.17

The Golden Retriever was developed in Scotland around 1850 in order to create a specialist retriever that was capable of retrieving over rough terrain. Indigenous retrievers at the time were crossed to a tweed water spaniel (now extinct) for the original cross then to other breeds such as Irish Setters, sandy-colored Bloodhounds, the St. John's water dog of Newfoundland, and wavy-coated black retrievers. The progeny of these breedings were then inbred to set the breed type and consistency. The Golden Retriever was recognized by the American Kennel Club in 1925 and the breed was first registered in Canada in 1927. Currently Golden Retrievers fill a diverse role worldwide from seeing eye dogs to search and rescue.

Breed Standard coming soon!'

One of the most prevalent issues in Golden Retrievers appears to be cancer at a young age. This is indicative of derailment of the immune system.

Analysis of Golden Retrievers shows the majority are clustered in one area genetically, however there is the presence of genetic outliers. Breeders could seek out genetic outliers to redistribute their genetic diversity. Internal relatedness (inbreeding) comparison to village dogs showed loss in diversity from village dog ancestors, however not as much as some other breeds that have been thus far investigated.

Golden retrievers have 3.462 effective alleles (alleles most represented) versus an overall average amount of alleles of 7.455. The overall average number of alleles indicates Golden Retriever Breeders could work to redistribute their rare alleles to maintain the diversity they still have within the breed.

20 different STR-associated DLA Class I and 19 DLA Class II (Table 6) haplotypes were found among 226 Golden Retrievers tested. DLA class I haplotypes 1066, 1069 and 1071, and class II haplotypes 2045, 2046, 2047, 2048, 2049, 2050 are unique to Golden Retrievers among the breeds that have been tested to this time. Only 44% of the DLA types contribute to most of the diversity.

The follow includes dogs with birthdates listed in the database.

DLA Haplotypes in the Breed

The Dog Leukocyte Antigen or DLA is the region in the canine genome that controls the immune system, among other things. There are three classes or areas, and the VGL Canine Diversity Test genotypes or records the two regions with the most variation. Because it is an area that mutates more rapidly than others, the method VGL uses is ideal for identifying specific combinations of DNA, and not merely showing whether a dog inherited two of the same sets of genetics from its parents or two different ones.

"Haplotype" is a generic name for a set of genes that are bound together and inherited as a set. The DLA Class I and Class II haplotypes are very tightly bound and represent about 2 million base pairs of DNA - a sizeable chunk. These two haplotypes together make an extended haplotype that is nearly always passed from parent to puppies as a pair. We therefore have two tables below showing both the combinations of DLA found in this breed and how often they appear, and also how often they appear individually.

Remember that frequency percentages do not show how many dogs carry them, but rather how many of these haplotypes exist in the breed as a whole. Every dog has two sets of DLA haplotypes, one inherited from dam, and one inherited from sire. These almost never recombine in new generations.

DLA Class I/Class II Combinations :

Class I Haplotype	Class II Haplotype	Frequency in the Breed
1066	2046	32.80%
1065	2048	24.40%
1003	2001	9.20%
1062	2021	7.20%
1014	2050	6.00%
1069	2045	6.00%
1068	2053	4.00%
1016	2017	2.00%
1067	2017	1.60%
1006	2007	1.20%
1065	2047	1.20%
1068	2003	1.20%
1065	2049	0.80%
1070	2005	0.80%
1008	2052	0.40%
1014	2037	0.40%
1066	2048	0.40%
1067	2051	0.40%

DLA Frequencies :

Class	Haplotype	Frequency in the Breed
Class I	1003	9.20%
Class I	1006	1.20%
Class I	1008	0.40%
Class I	1014	6.40%
Class I	1016	2.00%
Class I	1062	7.20%
Class I	1065	26.40%
Class I	1066	33.20%
Class I	1067	2.00%
Class I	1068	5.20%
Class I	1069	6.00%
Class I	1070	0.80%
Class II	2001	9.20%
Class II	2003	1.20%
Class II	2005	0.80%
Class II	2007	1.20%
Class II	2017	3.60%
Class II	2021	7.20%
Class II	2037	0.40%
Class II	2045	6.00%
Class II	2046	32.80%
Class II	2047	1.20%
Class II	2048	24.80%
Class II	2049	0.80%
Class II	2050	6.00%
Class II	2051	0.40%
Class II	2052	0.40%
Class II	2053	4.00%

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List of Public Dogs

No.	Name	Gender	Outlier Index	Average Genetic Relatedness	Internal Relatedness
1	Abby's Cimmaron Flame	F	0.24	-0.02	0.04
2	Ambermist Harvest Odyssey	M	0.18	0.01	-0.01
3	Artic Mercer of Knife River	M	0.34	-0.07	0.03
4	Aureate Maurgold Spiritus Trys	F	0.22	-0.04	0.05
5	Blazen's Reasonable Request	F	0.13	0.01	0.12
6	Blazen's TX Twister	M	0.13	0.01	-0.03
7	Calliope Tigana Cream Tangerine	M	0.30	-0.03	-0.08
8	Casey Aquaria Machen	F	0.18	0.00	0.03
9	Chablisse Peace Pipe Up At Faraway	F	0.33	0.00	0.00
10	Chablisse Pure Bliss Serenade	F	0.36	-0.03	-0.18
11	Chablisse Pure Bliss Unbridled Joy	M	0.30	0.00	-0.11
12	Chadwicks Desert Guide H Aggie	F	0.28	-0.04	0.09
13	Chadwicks Desert Guide H Sargent	M	0.32	-0.05	-0.01
14	Chadwicks Desert Guide H Theia	F	0.26	-0.05	-0.12
15	Chadwicks Desert Guide I Dan	M	0.24	-0.03	0.04
16	Chadwicks Desert Guide J Heidi	F	0.29	-0.05	-0.10
17	Chadwicks Desert Guide J Shephard	M	0.24	-0.01	-0.11
18	Clark's Aureate Inverness Quest	M	0.13	-0.02	0.09
19	Cross Creek Seven Eleven	M	0.48	-0.14	0.18
20	Cydney's Urban Delight	F	0.29	-0.03	-0.15
21	Desert Guide Autumn	F	0.15	-0.01	0.14
22	Ducat Watermark Thnkful 4 Teddy Bear	M	0.32	-0.11	0.14
23	Gallo Gold What's 1 More At Wakemup	F	0.22	-0.10	0.22
24	Gaylan's Born Ready	F	0.18	-0.02	0.06
25	Gaylan's Desert Wind	M	0.20	-0.01	0.10
26	Gaylan's Dreamcatcher	F	0.28	-0.05	-0.11
27	Gaylan's Hole In One	F	0.20	0.00	0.03
28	Gaylan's Miss Green	F	0.17	0.01	-0.03
29	Gaylan's Miss Pink	F	0.13	0.04	0.09
30	Gaylan's Miss Purple	F	0.26	-0.03	-0.04
31	Gaylan's Miss Raspberry	F	0.21	0.02	-0.07
32	Gaylan's Miss Red	F	0.17	0.01	0.15
33	Gaylan's Mr Black	F	0.24	-0.01	0.01
34	Gaylan's Mr Blue	M	0.27	-0.03	0.02
35	Gaylan's Mr Gold	F	0.22	-0.05	0.14
36	Gaylan's Mr Rust	M	0.18	0.04	0.03
37	Gaylan's Mr Teal	M	0.19	0.02	-0.06
38	Gaylan's Ready for the Stars	M	0.23	-0.01	0.03
39	Gaylan's Take Me Higher	F	0.30	-0.03	-0.14
40	Gaylan's Two-Millimeter Shift	F	0.19	-0.02	0.02
41	Giddygold Pure Magic Of Cinnamon	M	0.45	-0.20	0.38
42	Glenbrier Sympathy For The Devil	M	0.18	0.02	-0.09
43	Glenbrier's Book of Days	F	0.36	-0.13	0.11
44	Glenbrier's Something Wicked	F	0.29	-0.07	0.05
45	Golden Romance Hot Tango	M	0.28	-0.07	0.14
46	Goldpaw's Figment of my imagination@MGM	F	0.13	-0.02	0.04
47	Goose Ridge OO Brown	F	0.35	-0.04	-0.07
48	Goose Ridge OO Light Blue	F	0.25	-0.03	-0.14
49	Goose Ridge OO Pink	F	0.15	-0.05	0.06
50	Goose Ridge OO Purple	F	0.32	-0.07	0.03
51	Goose Ridge OO Rainbow	F	0.17	-0.02	0.19
52	Goose Ridge OO Red	F	0.21	-0.05	-0.01
53	Goose Ridge OO Yellow	F	0.26	-0.05	-0.04
54	Gracie's Goldens Jolly June Bug	F	0.18	-0.03	0.16
55	Gu84U Hazel	F	0.18	-0.06	0.18
56	Henri Noir Du Pomme de Terre Riviere	M	0.25	-0.03	0.08
57	High Time's Wild Turkey	M	0.15	-0.05	0.14
58	Honora's Fabulous Lil Deuce Coupe	M	0.20	0.02	-0.16
59	Hyegold Midsmr Knights Dream	M	0.19	0.01	-0.07
60	Jacaranda Trinity's Sea Storm	M	0.26	0.00	-0.08
61	JK Shalimar's Foreign Affair	F	0.10	0.01	0.13
62	Kali Amazing Adrian	F	0.23	0.01	-0.10
63	Kiss of Cream	F	0.32	-0.05	-0.01
64	Laurell N Meirzah's Golden Ticket	F	0.16	0.04	-0.06
65	Lycinan Rowdy Rascal	M	0.22	-0.01	-0.12
66	Machen's Golden Dream of Blake	M	0.26	-0.07	0.11
67	Maywood's Daydream Believer	F	0.19	0.02	-0.14
68	Maywood's First Shootin Star	F	0.17	0.02	0.01
69	Maywood's First Star in the Sky	M	0.15	0.04	0.08
70	Maywood's First Wish Upon A Star	M	0.17	-0.03	0.23
71	Maywood's Harmonic Resolution	M	0.15	0.03	-0.07
72	Maywood's Mark of Magic	M	0.20	-0.05	0.19
73	Maywood's Sweet Spice Of Life	F	0.19	0.04	-0.07
74	Maywood's Treasure Foretold	F	0.23	0.03	-0.04
75	Morgen's Lil' Bit of Skyefire	M	0.21	0.00	-0.03
76	Onedrdogs Wings Over Water	M	0.22	-0.09	0.06
77	Oregon's Summer Breeze Thru Willows	F	0.32	-0.04	0.00
78	Pine Run's Kiowa Picture This	M	0.29	-0.01	-0.02
79	Red Plum Akari of Chrysus Spirit	F	0.33	-0.06	-0.04
80	River's Dirty Girl Scout	F	0.18	0.00	0.00
81	Rusty Creek Next Chapt'r at Skyefire	M	0.27	-0.05	-0.01
82	Sandspur It's Easy To Be Me	F	0.24	-0.03	0.02
83	Sansue Blue Sparkle	F	0.36	-0.11	0.21
84	Sawyer	M	0.25	-0.03	0.07
85	Shadycove Boomerang Louie	M	0.24	0.02	-0.11
86	Shyan's Final Lap Around Shalimar	F	0.08	0.04	0.09
87	Sierragold Midsummer Serenade	F	0.28	0.02	0.02
88	Sir Kremling of the Colorado Rockies	M	0.21	-0.02	-0.06
89	Skyefire All That Glitters	F	0.16	0.02	0.08
90	Sonza White Image	F	0.29	-0.08	0.06
91	Sonza Wind In The Willows	F	0.27	-0.07	0.16
92	Spiritlodge Sporting Chance	F	0.28	-0.02	0.03
93	Spirits Bad Habit At Wakemup	F	0.21	-0.03	0.03
94	Sunfire Aureate Spellbound	M	0.16	0.05	-0.17
95	Sunshine After The Storm III	M	0.20	0.00	0.13
96	Sunshine One Toke Over the Line	F	0.25	-0.01	-0.06
97	Sunshine One Too Many	F	0.35	-0.02	-0.14
98	Sunshine's Sweet Irish Cream	F	0.18	-0.06	0.19
99	Tashel Tairis New Light in my Life	F	0.27	0.01	-0.18
100	Teddy Mahoney	M	0.36	-0.10	0.00
101	Tesla Fowler's Land	M	0.38	-0.14	0.17
102	Tigana Cairngorm Blessed Thistle	M	0.25	-0.04	0.03
103	Tigana PJ Blaze	F	0.36	-0.06	0.18
104	Tigana PJ Marigold	F	0.32	-0.01	0.00
105	Tigana PJ Monty	M	0.31	-0.03	-0.07
106	Tigana PJ Skye	F	0.33	0.04	-0.10
107	Tigana PJ Willow	F	0.30	-0.01	-0.01
108	Tigana PJ Zuma	F	0.22	0.06	-0.12
109	Tigana's Triple Exultation	M	0.27	-0.01	-0.16
110	Toasty's Don't Fight The Fed	M	0.28	-0.08	0.12
111	Valaurah's Velma Snoopicums from River Heights	F	0.29	-0.05	-0.09
112	Valor's Phoenix Rising At Meirzah	F	0.20	-0.03	-0.01
113	Vapra Elysian Savant	F	0.39	-0.05	-0.06
114	Wakemup Easy Money	M	0.25	-0.10	0.14
115	Wakemup Wild Night Out	M	0.30	-0.11	0.06
116	Yellows Yellow-Watermelon-Yippee	M	0.18	-0.02	0.13
117	Zanira Nerf Blaster	M	0.17	0.00	0.03

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