Iminyaka eminingi yemizamo ngenani elikhulu labantu ukuzalanisa izinja nazo zonke izinzuzo ezingenhla, kwafinyelela umvuthwandaba ukuvela Retrievers, okuyinto isikhathi esifushane wawina uthando nokuqashelwa emhlabeni wonke. Futhi lokhu kwenzeka, ngokungangabazeki, ngenxa yamakhono abo okuzingela angokwemvelo kanye nesimo esiyingqayizivele kumuntu, umsebenzi ohlangene oletha injabulo ephelele ku-retriever.
Njengamanje, iqembu le-Retriever liqukethe izinhlobo eziyisi-6, ezihlanganisa: i-Golden Retriever, i-Labrador Retriever, i-Curly Coated Retriever, i-Nova Scotia Retriever, i-Straight Coated Retriever, ne-Chesapeake Bay Retriever. Ngayinye yalezi zinhlobo ze-retriever inezici zayo zomthethosisekelo nezokuziphatha, umlando wemvelaphi, kanye nendlela yayo ethile yokusebenza.