Temperament: Intelligent, affectionate and responsive.

Behaviour with Children: Very good but can get boisterous and too exuberant.

Behaviour with other pets: On the whole, very good.

Activity Level: Indoors: - Moderate: Outdoors: High.

Obedience Ability: Very good, but needs to start when young.

Trainability: Excellent.

Watch Dog: Pretty good.

Expected Life Span: 10 - 12 years plus/minus

Living Environment:Flat Coated Retrievers can enjoy city, town or country living provided they have plenty of daily exercise such as long walks, free running or swimming if possible and a large fenced backyard. This breed has lots of working energy and needs to expend it on something, insufficient exercise can result in lots of digging, chewing or some other nuisance damage at home.