What kind of temperament and personality does the Golden Retriever have?
To get an idea of what a breed might be like, always look at what he was developed to do (see the question above). Many of the Golden Retriever’s characteristics — his strong body, his energy level and enthusiasm, his love of swimming and retrieving, his strong desire to carry things around in his mouth — are hardwired into his genes, because they were needed for a retriever to do his work. I give you my honest opinions about Golden Retriever temperament and personality — positives AND negatives — in my dog breed review, Golden Retriever Temperament (What’s Good About ‘Em, What’s Bad About ‘Em).
