Golden Retrievers have a soft mouth. That might seem like a weird statement to make because when you look at a dogs mouth you see a big floppy tongue and a bunch of large hard teeth. What I mean by this is that Golden Retrievers are able to carry delicate items in their mouth without damaging them. This is one of the characteristics that makes them a great retriever. If you are a hunter you wouldn’t want your retriever to bring back a mangled bird would you?
We were well aware of this and had even heard the claims that they could carry and egg in their mouth without breaking it. Recently on social media we had seen a few videos of owners testing this on their beloved Goldies with success. Now we don’t doubt that they do have soft mouths but we wanted to see if Oshie was capable of completing this challenge. We suspected he might but were also prepared for him to break the egg. Below is the video we made of Oshie attempting the challenge. He gave it his best ha-ha.
Enjoy!
March 3, 2017 at 8:44 pm
Ah, Oshie. I think you did a great job on the second try. You carried it for a while, just didn’t “retrieve.” Tippy would have had it broken and eaten in about 2 seconds.
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March 3, 2017 at 8:48 pm
He wanted to eat it so bad.
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March 7, 2017 at 5:39 pm
Loved this video! It brought back memories of the day I tried this with Harper Lee a couple of years ago. Total failure. She didn’t want to pick it up either, and when she did she cracked it immediately. The only positive thing about the video was that I said “Shoot!” when the egg cracked, and not what I normally would have said! Oshie is a super handsome boy!
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March 7, 2017 at 6:11 pm
Hahaha thats funny. Oshie tried his best but he didn’t understand what we wanted and knew it was food lol. Thank you! We think he is pretty handsome too.
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