Tweedmouth, a Scottish businessman, began experimenting with multiple breeds, keeping detailed handwritten logs in a leather-bound book of litters until the first three golden retriever puppies ...

The golden retriever was developed in Scotland in the late 1800s, by Dudley Marjoribanks, the first Lord Tweedmouth, who was keen to devise an ideal gundog for use at his estate in the Highlands.

Golden retrievers came into being in 19th-century Scotland when a fellow named Sir Dudley Marjoribanks — he later became the first Baron Tweedmouth, but that is another story — bred a wavy ...

A little-known fact about golden retrievers is that they don't descend from Russian circus dogs, as the myth goes, but come from Scotland. According to AKC, in 1864, Lord Tweedmouth, of Berwick in ...

later Lord Tweedmouth, who lived in what was then Guisachan House. Sir Dudley is credited with developing the golden retriever in 1868, when he bred a wavy-coated retriever with a tweed water spaniel.

also known as Lord Tweedmouth, as a working dog, with great working ability, stamina, power and training abilities. The first litter of golden retrievers was born in 1868 to a Tweed water spaniel ...

The earliest records of the Golden Retriever date back to the mid-1800s. They belonged to the gamekeepers at Guisachan Estate owned by Dudley Marjoribanks, the first Lord Tweedmouth at Inverness ...

The event was attended by dogs and owners from 12 countries and included talks, training sessions, a picnic, and a toast to the Golden Retriever’s founding father, Lord Tweedmouth. Last but not ...

Learn more about their history. 1. As their name suggests, golden retrievers were bred to retrieve. Dudley Marjoribanks, first Lord Tweedmouth, in Scotland is credited for creating the golden ...