From http://www.bumperfound.org/ .
This golden retriever mix shows the black and tan coloration that was once so prevalent in his ancestors: the St. John’s water dog and the wavy-coated retriever. Landseer had painted a dog very similar to this one.
If such a dog were placed in the nineteenth century, he would instantly be recognized as a retriever.
Today, we might also mistake black and tan English shepherds for this dog. This makes some sense, though, because both of these dogs descend, at least in part, from the old-type collie farm dog.
I wrote some more about this coloration last week.
Boy, that dog sure does look like an English Shepherd.I have bred a few English Shepherd pups who turned out to have wavy coats and wondered where in the line they came from.
The wavy coat is something that the ES gave to the early retriever called a wavy-coated retriever. That dog eventually evolved into the golden retriever and the flat-coat.
I have a puppy that looks alot like this one, the mother is full golden retriever and the father was a traveling salesman (black/tan mix). I have started telling people that she is a black and tan retriever, since I know not what else say.
Hi, i have 2 pure American GolDen Retrievers male and female and the female just had 9 puppies last nov.2009 and out of the 9 there’s 2 black and tan one’s just like that picture above on this site.I was finding it strange till i saw your site =)
Well, hate to ask you this, but how high is your fence?
I forgot i wanted to know if these dogs are worth more seing that they are more rare as Goldens?
Hi, Great to find your post here, cuz its for 1-2 years that im searching for my dog’s breed and till now thought that She is a kind of mix Shepherd.
Also it was said to me she is of a rare breed but i couldnt find it in any records of google or etc.
Here is her pics …,
bit.ly/c4J3Iz
Well i hate to say this but, both the mother and father are kept in the house.So there is no feer for that to happen with other dogs of the neigborhood =)by the way i mistyped it is one puppy that color not 2.Thank you for your reply.