EditorialDee McLaughlin’s English cream retrievers, Murphy, left, and Bentley on a K9 Jets flight at Teterboro Airport in Bergen County, N.J., April 28, 2023. (Clark Hodgin/The New York Times)
EditorialDee McLaughlin’s English cream retrievers, Murphy, left, and Bentley on a K9 Jets flight at Teterboro Airport in Bergen County, N.J., April 28, 2023. (Clark Hodgin/The New York Times)
EditorialDee McLaughlin’s English cream retrievers, Murphy, left, and Bentley on a K9 Jets flight at Teterboro Airport in Bergen County, N.J., April 28, 2023. (Clark Hodgin/The New York Times)
EditorialDee McLaughlin’s English cream retrievers, Murphy, left, and Bentley on a K9 Jets flight at Teterboro Airport in Bergen County, N.J., April 28, 2023. (Clark Hodgin/The New York Times)
EditorialDee McLaughlin’s English cream retrievers, Murphy, left, and Bentley on a K9 Jets flight at Teterboro Airport in Bergen County, N.J., April 28, 2023. (Clark Hodgin/The New York Times)
EditorialSerena Aponso hangs out with other ball retrievers during a break at the Australian Open 2021 in Melbourne, Feb. 18, 2021. (Alana Holmberg/The New York Times)
EditorialA RETRIEVER. AFTER DEIKER. a type of gun dog that retrieves game for a hunter. The retriever's willingness to please and trainability have made retrievers such as the Labrador Retriever and Golden Retriever popular as assistance dogs.