Flat-coated Retriever

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Flat-Coated Retrievers are warm, loving and amazingly adaptable: active and spirited outdoors, calm and easygoing indoors. After a long day running, fetching and playing in the yard, the Flat-Coated Retriever will easily hop on the couch for a good, long cuddle.

Not the best watchdogs, Flat-Coats are welcoming and gentle to just about anyone. When it comes to affection, they can really dish it out. Flat-Coated retrievers form very strong bonds with their families, and they get along famously with kids. They are also very easy to train. A happy Flat-Coated Retriever is one that gets plenty of love, loads of exercise and the occasional swim.

Flat-Coated retrievers can live as long as 10 years. Common health issues include hip dysplasia, epilepsy and glaucoma. Flat-Coated Retrievers are also prone to some forms of cancer. They are fairly easy to groom, needing only occasional brushing and very little trimming.