Quote Originally Posted by SteveO
my opinion to the words in bold ..

they are trained for this you can train any dogs to do this ..
retreivers are not trained to have a soft bite, i own one now and i had another golden retreiver a few years ago when i lived with my folks. neither of them are trained to be hunting dogs. it is in their blood, thats what they were bred for. my retriever and every lab i have ever encountered in my life whether it be a golden retriever or labrador have never had a strong bite.