Sookie the Golden Retriever (Picture: Twitter/Iaurdreyfuss)

If the movie Homeward Bound is anything to go by, golden retrievers are pretty amazing.

Movies don’t always tell the truth, though. After all, if we believed Air Bud, the NBA would be full of players called Rover and Buster.

However, home movies never lie, even if what we do see might be completely nuts.

For example, this video of golden retriever holding an egg in its mouth seems too bonkers to be real. But it very much is.


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Sookie belongs to the aunt of Twitter user Iaurdreyfuss, and is clearly adorable.

She’s also very skilled and can put an uncooked egg in her mouth without cracking it.



Her owner put the egg in her mouth, but Sookie didn’t seem keen to give it back. Eventually she did, though, popping it on the ground like an obedient sweetheart.

How do golden retrievers do this? Retrievers were originally bred to be ‘soft-mouthed’ which is a term used by breeders. This was because they were historically gun-dogs, used to bring back anything hunters shot. However, they had to bring back the quarry in one piece, so soft mouths were prized. Nowadays, it’s not so much for hunting but for cute stunts on social media. It also should mean they bring you your newspaper completely intact. Other dogs with this quality include cocker spaniels, poodles, and gordon setters.

Sookie isn’t just proficient in egg-holding. She’s also been trained to balance objects on her head, from treats to sunglasses.

Really mom? Stop taking pictures so I can eat them! Geplaatst door Sookie op Woensdag 16 augustus 2017

Golden retrievers are often talked about as one of the easier to train dogs, due to their obedient nature.

They’re also known to be gentle and friendly, which is why they’re used as guide dogs are are the 8th most popular breeds in the UK according to the Kennel Club.

Golden retrievers make a wonderful choice as a family pet, and despite the fact that you need to give them a good brush every now and then, Sookie’s big eyes are proof enough of how sweet retrievers are.

Plus who doesn’t want a dog that can also fetch their eggs from the fridge?

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