Ekuboneni kokuqala, unokucinga ukuba i-retriever ene-flat-coated ifana ne-retriever yegolide emnyama okanye emdaka, kodwa oku akunjalo. Luhlobo olukhethekileyo olwadalwa ekuqaleni njengesixhobo esisetyenziswa kabini kumdlalo wokudlala umhlaba namanzi.
I-retriever ecatyiswe ngumcaba yinja entle, edlamkileyo, kwaye ekhawulezayo ethanda ukudlala kwaye ityebe. Esitratweni, bayashukuma, kodwa ngaphakathi bayathula. Olu hlobo lolunye lwezinja ezithembekileyo nezinobudlelwane, inja yosapho lokwenyani. Noko ke, kufuneka benze umthambo rhoqo ukuze baziphathe kakuhle. Olu luhlobo olubuthathaka, olusabela kakhulu kuqeqesho. Olona phawu lwazo lubalaseleyo kukushukuma komsila.