Breed: Golden Retriever
Date of birth: 29/12/2024
Gender: Female
Neck circumference: 47cm
Chest circumference: 80cm
Base of neck to base of tail: 78cm
Height to shoulder: 53cm
Weight: 27.75kg

General Description

Gina comes to us with a title already on her mantelpiece: she was crowned winner of the 2025 BHFA contest as its prettiest girl, and one glance explains the judges’ verdict. Her pale cream coat, set off by a dark nose and deep, expressive eyes, gives her the luminous, editorial quality of the English cream retriever, a look that seems lit from within on camera.

Beauty, though, is only half of her story. The other half is composure. Fireworks, hoovers, loud bangs – none of it registers. She has stood calmly in the company of cats, foxes, cows, sheep and birds without so much as a raised hackle, which is a rare and precious quality in screen work. Playful when invited and serene the rest of the time, she settles into new places and situations as though she has been there a hundred times before.

The Golden Retriever needs little introduction as Britain’s sweetheart breed, but the cream-coated type has become a phenomenon of its own in recent years, dominating wedding shoots, luxury lifestyle imagery and social media feeds. Gina is gentle and sweet with people of every age, adores children and greets strangers softly rather than boisterously, and being food-motivated she picks up new requests with impressive speed.

Gina’s superpower is her steadiness where other dogs come undone. Scenes involving crowds, celebrations, party poppers or firework displays – the moments that usually send canine talent home early – are precisely where she shines, and her proven calm around livestock and other species makes her a dependable cast member for farmyard dramas, veterinary storylines and any production with a menagerie on the call sheet.

She is thoroughly directable with it. She walks to heel, finds her mark, holds a long-duration stay and answers an emergency stop, while her fluency with hand signals allows silent cueing during recorded dialogue. Working from a distance and off lead, she manages sweeping outdoor sequences, and her willingness to work in and around water opens up lakeside and coastal scripts. For softer beats she bows, rolls over, plays dead and delivers a gentle kiss – everything a heart-tugging drama could ask of the family’s beloved companion.

This is a dog made for the beauty pages. Bridal and wedding photographers prize exactly Gina’s colouring, and her patience across long sessions means she can be styled, repositioned and re-styled without complaint. She accepts clothing, glasses, hats and accessories graciously, turning her into a versatile canvas for fashion collaborations, seasonal lookbooks and eyewear campaigns, while her grooming tolerance keeps her picture-perfect between frames.

Her camera craft is already taking shape: she holds a pose, looks up, across or over a shoulder on direction and redirects between marks, and she has had her first taste of professional studio lighting with complete equanimity. Luxury home, hotel and wellness brands seeking an image of golden calm will find their muse here, and premium pet grooming and coat-care ranges could hardly choose a more persuasive ambassador than a certified prize-winner. Add a natural flair for meet and greet appearances (a hi-five and a paw offered to every admirer) and Gina brings a touch of pageant glamour wherever she is booked.