It's a beautiful dog. The kind of dog you see in all those Victorian paintings, with full-flowing tail. I have a flat-coated retriever, a dog too active to live in the city, really. My younger dog is a Nova Scotia duck tolling retriever. I like retriever temperament.
Most retrievers are kissy-face and very attentive towards people.
I very seldom repeat a breed because I don't like living with the ghost of a former dog.