People often ask; “what is the most obedient breed
of dog?” but the truth is that obedience really
isn't something that is bred into a breed. Obedience
is born of training, and successful training is born
of time and patience on the part of the owner and mutual
respect between dog and owner.
Any dog will be obedient if you educate yourself and
invest 5-20 minutes everyday in training the dog, or
take him through a session or two of formal classes.
A dog has to be educated as to what "obedient"
is before he can act that way!
As for being trainable, that's really up to you and
how you raise a pup. (If you choose to get a puppy)
"Trainability" is largely relative. If your
definition of a trainable dog is one that lives to please
you, a retriever is probably for you, but if you have
patience and are willing to train a dog with a mind
of it's own (i.e. what many people call untrainable)
the rewards can be much greater.
Keep in mind there are people out there showing every
breed in advanced levels of obedience and there are
dogs being turned into breed rescue because they "just
don't behave"- the difference isn't the dogs' attitudes,
it's the owners'.
