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Golden Retrievers are not only a great family pet but they are also used in many fields from Drug Detection, Search and Rescue to Aged Care. Below are just a few articles I have found, where Golden Retriever's have excelled in unusual situations.

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In times of stress and strain, Nikie the golden retriever is the best friend the workers at Ground Zero have.
Nikie, the only therapy dog certified to work at the World Trade Centre site, regularly makes the rounds of the site with his handler, Frank Shane.
Since September 11, Nikie and Mr Shane have enabled hundreds of construction labourers and rescue workers to talk about the extraordinary stress of working at Ground Zero, and the pressure it puts on their lives.
Kneeling to pet Nikie, they talk about broken marriages, unpaid bills, and childhood memories.
One man who works in the morgue talked for nearly an hour when many remains were found. “There’s a special spot, I believe that an animal transports you back to a child,” said Shane, 54, founder of the non-profit K-9 Disaster Relief.
“In a disaster setting where your whole world has turned upside down and your trust wiped out, here comes an animal that psychologically transports you back to a period where you felt safe.”
Nikie, 7, went through obedience training as a puppy and learned other skills necessary for a therapy dog, such as how to remain calm amid commotion and how to let people approach him rather than sniffing strangers. Before September 11 he worked mostly in hospitals.
Several therapy dogs were stationed at the city’s family assistance centres to comfort victims’ relatives after the attack. But few animals have the training and personality to endure long hours in the cold and the constant clanging of Ground Zero.

Source : The Courier Mail, 7 February 2002