Thirty plus years ago I was breeding goldens, labs and chessies. I explained the difference between the three breeds like this using breaking into a house as a guide.
If your house gets broken into, the Golden most like will watch everything and if they are pet nicely by the bad guy most likely will leave with them. A lab will bark and raise all types of hell but wont leave your house and will stay watching things after the thief leaves. The chessie will terminate the thief in your house and if in a bad mood will track down and kill his entire family for good measure.
They flip side was kids could pull a Goldens ears almost off and they wont even grow. A lab will pull away to keep from being hurt. The cheasie wont tolerate as a rule. Finger or worse might get trimmed back. So I would not allow a chessie to go to a family with just a small yard and small children. Just not a good combination. Goldens were a great match for them instead.
