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Guisachan Gathering 16th to 20th July 2018

The GRCS will be hosting a ‘Guisachan Gathering’ in July 2018. The gathering will celebrate the 150th anniversary of the founding of the Golden Retriever breed at Guisachan House by Lord Tweedmouth. The event will begin on Monday 16th July 2018 and end with a Breed Championship Show at Cannich on Friday 20th July 2018. They expect the event to attract visitors and the media from around the world.

Celebrating the Golden Retriever History

Overseas Golden fanciers: If you’ve never been to Guisachan and the area is new to you, the following key words in Google may be helpful in planning your trip and your accommodations:

Tomich, Inverness-shire
Cannich
Beauly
Glen Affric
Plodda Falls
Aigas Field Centre
VisitScotland.com
Explore-inverness.com
dog friendly B&B’s in the Scottish Highlands
Campsites in the Scottish Highlands
Scottish Highlands Cottages

Stay up to date by visiting the GRCS at: http://www.goldenretrieverclubofscotland.com/Guisachan2018Announcement.htm

Golden Retrievers Enjoying Their Ancestral Home

Some 350 people and 222 Goldens made the pilgrimage to Guisachan for the three-day Guisachan Reunion in July, 2013.

Guisachan Today…

The ruins of this once great and gracious home bear silent testimony to the glory that was once Guisachan.

Hunting Scene

This famous photo depicts the keepers and stalkers with Golden Retrievers and other dogs used with Guisachan hunting parties.

Guisachan From Another Angle

A large conservatory was added to the mansion subsequent to Lord Tweedmouth’s purchase of the mansion.

Guisachan

The mansion in the Scottish Highlands which was home to Lord Tweedmouth, founder of the Golden Retriever.

Maine Highland Games

Scenes from the Maine Highland Games

June 30, 2015

350 people and 222 Goldens!
The Friends of Guisachan closed out its fiscal year June 30^th with a balance of $4,345.

These funds will be used for additional educational projects, for seamstresses fees as more items are made for the Highland Games and the 2015 GRCA National. They also will be used for the obligatory liability insurance on the statue, insurance on the statue itself, and site landscape maintenance.

June 30, 2015

350 people and 222 Goldens!
The Friends of Guisachan closed out its fiscal year June 30^th with a balance of $4,345.

June 12, 2015

On June 12^th FOG had a booth at the Yankee Golden Retriever Club Specialty Show.