There is a misconception that the Labrador Retriever and the Golden Retriever are related - but this is nothing more than a delusion. Sir Dudley Majorbanks, who later became known as Lord Tweedmouth, is, so to speak, the father of the Golden Retriever breed. It is said that the first dog named Nus, which he used as the basis for a breeding program, he acquired from a circus, and it was a Russian shepherd.