I love retievers, both Goldens and Labs and even the cross-bred Doods (with poodles). I've been around and had them, but even that is an over generalization.

My sister sent home a refugee from college in the mid-80s, mutt but mostly Golden. The only recognizable breed in her was Golden, right coloring and the hair amounts were textbook Golden. Very nice sweet dog, until it cmae to children. She was deathly afraid of children. Never bit one, but that's because we did not let kids get close. When a child approached her, she sat with her talk tucked under her, chin up and yelped in warning. She was good enough that she did not want to hurt anyone, but she was also very afraid of kids, and I'd never want to push her.

Good luck dealing with the shots CanoeDogs.