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Line 32: ===Temperament=== The Flat-Coated Retriever is an active, multitalented bird dog with a strong desire to please people.<ref name="fcrsa.org">{{cite web\|url=https://fcrsa.org/the-forever-adolescent-flat-coat/\|title=The Forever Adolescent Flat-Coat\|website=Fcrsa.org\|date=2 January 2017\|access-date=11 December 2017}}</ref> Exuberant, confident, and outgoing, they make a loving family pet and can be companions to small children, provided adults are nearby to direct this dog's boisterous enthusiasm. They are usually very good with other dogs and even cats. These retrievers require plenty of exercise and engagement to help channel their natural sporting energy.<ref>{{Cite web \|url=https://www.ckc.ca/en/Choosing-a-Dog/Choosing-a-Breed/Sporting-Dogs/Retriever-Flat-coated \|title=~~Archived~~Flat-coated ~~copy~~Retriever \| CKC \|access-date=2017-12-06 \|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180118140036/https://www.ckc.ca/en/Choosing-a-Dog/Choosing-a-Breed/Sporting-Dogs/Retriever-Flat-coated \|archive-date=2018-01-18 \|url-status=dead }}</ref> The British Kennel Club recommends that owners provide dogs with at least 2 hours of exercise a day.<ref>{{cite web\|url=https://www.thekennelclub.org.uk/services/public/breed/display.aspx?id=2046\|title=The Kennel Club\|website=Thekennelclub.org.uk\|access-date=11 December 2017}}</ref> While they will protect their owners and property with an assertive bark, they are unlikely to back up such noise with actual aggression.<ref name="petch">Petch, P. (1988). The Complete Flat-Coated Retriever. The Boydell Press, NY. {{ISBN\|0-85115-463-8}}</ref> Because of their excellent sense of smell, combined with their boundless energy and eagerness to please their masters, they are sometimes used as [[Detection dog\|drug-sniffer dogs]]. They are used in the breeding program for [[The Guide Dogs for the Blind Association]] in the UK, both as a breed and as cross-breeds with the [[Labrador Retriever]]. <ref>{{cite web\|url=http://www.guidedogs.org.uk/aboutus/national-breeding-centre/nbc-revealed/our-breeds\|title=Guide Dogs National Breeding Centre - Our Breeds - Guide Dogs\|website=Guidedogs.org.uk\|access-date=11 December 2017}}</ref> Eager and quick to learn, they are best trained in short intervals, as they may bore with repetition. The Flat-Coated Retriever is a slow maturing dog, as they do not reach full maturity until 3–5 years of age. Even then, these dogs retain their youthful, puppy-like outlook and demeanor well into old age.<ref name="fcrsa.org"/> Paddy Petch, author of ''The Complete Flat-Coated Retriever'', refers to these dogs as the "Peter Pan" of the retriever breeds, given they never quite grow up.<ref name="petch"/>

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