Akwai kuskuren cewa Labrador Retriever da Golden Retriever suna da dangantaka - amma wannan ba kome ba ne face yaudara. Sir Dudley Majorbanks, wanda daga baya aka fi sani da Lord Tweedmouth, shine, don yin magana, uban jinsin Golden Retriever. An ce, kare na farko mai suna Nous, wanda ya yi amfani da shi a matsayin tushen shirin kiwo, ya samo shi ne daga wani wasan kwaikwayo, kuma kare makiyayi ne na Rasha.
Sir Dudley ya ajiye bayanai kuma ya kasance kwararre mai kiwo sannan kuma kwararre ne na mafarauta, musamman tsuntsayen ruwa, kuma ya nemi samar da nau'in da zai dace da tunaninsa na farautar karnuka. Ga abin da ya rubuta: “Dole ne kare ya kasance yana da hanci mai kyau (a ma’ana, kamshi – bayanin marubuci), wanda zai fi mai da hankali ga abokin farautarsa fiye da masu kafa da spaniel da suke yin kiwon tsuntsu. Dole ne kare ya kasance mai aminci da daidaito. ”
Don cimma abin da yake so, ya ketare namijin da aka riga aka ambata mai suna Noos, tare da mace tweed spaniel (yanzu wadannan spaniels sun mutu). An bambanta tweed spaniel da halin jituwa mai ban sha'awa da kyautatawa ga membobin gida kuma ya kasance kyakkyawan mafarauci. An ketare ƴan kwikwiyon da aka samu tare da wani nau'in tweed spaniel iri-iri, da kuma tare da mai saita ginger, tare da Sir Dudley yana ajiye ginger kawai da ƴan ƴan gwanayen ginger na zinare don shirinsa na kiwo, yana rarraba wasu ga abokai da dangi.
Ɗaya daga cikin shahararrun wakilan wannan nau'in shine Don Gerwin, zuriyar kai tsaye na ɗaya daga cikin karnuka Tweedmouth guda ɗaya - ya lashe gasar Gundog ta kasa da kasa a 1904. Ƙungiyar Kennel ta Ingila ta amince da Golden Retriever a matsayin nau'i mai zaman kansa a 1911. Daga nan an rarraba su a matsayin "masu rawaya ko zinariya." A cikin 1920, an canza sunan nau'in bisa hukuma zuwa Golden Retriever.