flat coated retriever

We recently got a new dog, Avery, from the animal shelter. They had him called him a flat-coated retriever. Since I've never heard of that breed, I researched it a bit, and as far as personality-wise, they're very similar. But from both his head shape and body shape (he's a little on the skinny...

Our family adopted a flat coated retreiver puppy last year and I knew nothing about this high energy breed beforehand. We were told he was a Bernese Mtn./Black Lab mix but everyone tells me he is a flat coat. And from what I have read online about their personalities, I am 99% sure that is...

Hey, I just recently adopted a 7 month old Flat Coated Retriever (Yesterday). When I got her, her name was Candy but she doesn't seem to be responding to that, or really anything else for that matter. Right now the only thing she really listens to me is to sit, outside of that I can't even get...