Hundreds of Golden Retrievers were brought to their ancestral homeland in the Scottish highlands this week, in what was reportedly the largest — and undoubtedly the most adorable — gathering of the breed in history.
Goldens from as far away as Australia, Japan, and North America, along with more local pups from across Europe and the United Kingdom, made the pilgrimage with their owners to the ruins of Guisachan House in Glen Affric, where 155 years ago the first puppies were born and bred by the aristocrat Sir Dudley Marjoribanks (Lord Tweedmouth).
Speakers gave talks,
dogs performed tricks, but the highlight of the week was a mile-long procession of Goldens on Thursday led by a bagpipe-playing Scotsman, which culminated in a piped rendition of The Proclaimers song “500 Miles.”
A vast horde of goldens sat around panting on the manor’s front yard as their owners snapped pictures of what was surely, for a brief few minutes, the eighth wonder of the world.
The first puppies were born and bred 155 years ago by the aristocrat Sir Dudley Marjoribanks as hunting dogs.
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