This says it all.

Isn't this a great photo?  What a wonderful picture.  To the owner of a Golden Retriever it will have special meaning. 

There is a special quality about a Golden Retriever that I've never seen in another dog.  There is a willingness to please their master that is above and beyond.  They desperately want to make you happy.  And if you are smart enough to communicate to them what it is you want, they will try very hard to do it. 

You see the look in this dog's eyes?  That's the look you get from a Golden when you have their full attention.  They are watching, listening and trying to understand.  They want to please.

I imagine that this Golden would sit in this little bucket of cold water all day, waiting for a bath, if he thought he was supposed to. 

I know Luke would.