Flat-Coated Retrievers are great family dogs because they're dutiful companions to everyone in the family. They display an incessant energy outdoors during playtime, but they're low-activity dogs indoors. Keep them occupied with stimulation and affection or else destruction, sadness, and hyperactivity can develop. No one likes to be left alone. This dog was descended from the St. John's Water Dog, an import from North America. The Labrador, Irish Setter, and even the Collie are part of its stock too. It's a gun dog. Its popularity diminished, and its existence was threatened for a short period in the mid 20th century. It was bred, initially, in England, in the mid 19th century. The Golden Retriever displaced the Flat-Coated Retriever in popularity. It's useful as a land and water retriever. They're abundantly energetic and happily exuberant. It's hard to find a Flat-Coated Retriever without his tail wagging. The Flat-Coated Retriever male is 23 to 24.5 inches high at the withers, and the female is 22 to 23.5 inches. The weight range is 55 to 75 pounds for both sexes. The single coat is jet black or solid liver with no undercoat. It's medium-length with slight feathering. It has wise, almond-shaped eyes. Its skull is described as being in one piece. It's not a multi-part skull. It has powerful jaws for enclosing game and returning it to the master hunter. It's a multi-purpose gun dog that has been bred carefully and painstakingly over the years. They live about 10 years. Their lifespan is cut short by Cancer a lot of the time. Other diseases to protect against include hip dysplasia, progressive retinal atrophy, glaucoma, epilepsy, diabetes, luxating patellas, and the occasional bloat. The Flat-Coated Retriever needs to swim or jog ideally, but a daily walk is barely sufficient. It's an active dog by nature. Gun dogs are sporting types. The Flat-Coated Retriever is harder to train than the more popular Golden Retrievers and Labradors. They're intelligent, and they tire of monotonous training methods. They respond well to rewards and spontaneity. They exhibit a mark of willfulness and stubbornness if they're asked to train too hard without rewards. They're emotionally fragile for a hunting dog so it's wise not to train them with rough, harsh, or brash techniques. These dogs are also highly sociable. Some dogs are aloof, but this one gets along well with cats, other dogs, strangers, and passerby. It's a friendly dog with a lot of energy. Small children should be cautious because the dog can inadvertently knock them down. In fact, they like to kiss people, and they even lick other Flat-Coated Retrievers on the mouth to say hello. Flat-Coated Retrievers reputedly never grow up, and they remain child-like, or puppy-like, well into their older years.

Common misspellings are flatcoatedretriever, flatcoatedretrievers, flat-coated retreiver, flat-coated retrievers, flat-coted retriever, flat-coted retrievers, flat-coated retreever, flat-coated retreevers, flat-coated retrievre, flat-coated ertriever, flat-coatde retriever, flta-coated retriever, flat-coated retrieevr, rlat-coated retriever, tlat-coated retriever, clat-coated retriever, dlat-coated retriever, glat-coated retriever, blat-coated retriever, fpat-coated retriever, fmat-coated retriever, fkat-coated retriever, flst-coated retriever, flzt-coated retriever, flqt-coated retriever, flar-coated retriever, flag-coated retriever, flay-coated retriever, flatcoated retriever, flat-doated retriever, flat-voated retriever, flat-xoated retriever, flat-ciated retriever, flat-clated retriever, flat-cpated retriever, flat-costed retriever, flat-cozted retriever, flat-coqted retriever, flat-coared retriever, flat-coaged retriever, flat-coayed retriever, flat-coatee retriever, flat-coates retriever, flat-coatec retriever, flat-coatef retriever, flat-coatedretriever, flat-coated eetriever, flat-coated tetriever, flat-coated getriever, flat-coated fetriever, flat-coated rerriever, flat-coated regriever, flat-coated reyriever, flat-coated reteiever, flat-coated rettiever, flat-coated retgiever, flat-coated retfiever, flat-coated retroever, flat-coated retruever, flat-coated retrkever, flat-coated retriecer, flat-coated retrieber, flat-coated retriefer, flat-coated retrievee, flat-coated retrievet, flat-coated retrieveg, flat-coated retrievef, flat-coated retrievres, flat-coated ertrievers, flat-coatde retrievers, flta-coated retrievers, flat-coated retrieevrs, rlat-coated retrievers, tlat-coated retrievers, clat-coated retrievers, dlat-coated retrievers, glat-coated retrievers, blat-coated retrievers, fpat-coated retrievers, fmat-coated retrievers, fkat-coated retrievers, flst-coated retrievers, flzt-coated retrievers, flqt-coated retrievers, flar-coated retrievers, flag-coated retrievers, flay-coated retrievers, flatcoated retrievers, flat-doated retrievers, flat-voated retrievers, flat-xoated retrievers, flat-ciated retrievers, flat-clated retrievers, flat-cpated retrievers, flat-costed retrievers, flat-cozted retrievers, flat-coqted retrievers, flat-coared retrievers, flat-coaged retrievers, flat-coayed retrievers, flat-coatee retrievers, flat-coates retrievers, flat-coatec retrievers, flat-coatef retrievers, flat-coatedretrievers, flat-coated eetrievers, flat-coated tetrievers, flat-coated getrievers, flat-coated fetrievers, flat-coated rerrievers, flat-coated regrievers, flat-coated reyrievers, flat-coated reteievers, flat-coated rettievers, flat-coated retgievers, flat-coated retfievers, flat-coated retroevers, flat-coated retruevers, flat-coated retrkevers, flat-coated retriecers, flat-coated retriebers, flat-coated retriefers, flat-coated retrievees, flat-coated retrievets, flat-coated retrievegs, flat-coated retrievefs.