Her good behavior is not our doing- she seems to innately know what is ok. She can watch me throw the remains of BBQ ribs in the trash, with a heartbroken expression in her eyes, but it would never occur to her to simply lean over and retrieve them from the trash- we never had to teach her that, she just knows. She is never destructive, unless it is one of her toys... with our stuff she shows exaggerated care. Even as a puppy her most destructive behavior was to somehow find the labels on towels and blankets and chew them off.

Her food and favorite treats are kept on a shelf within reach- she knows its there, and will gesture to it with her nose when she wants one, but never once has she attempted to get it herself- we never scolded her to teach her that, she just knows it would not be proper. She has a big personality, and isn't meek... and she is the smartest dog I have had (huge vocabulary), and if she wanted to, she could make a lot of trouble for us... but she can't seem to even conceive of causing trouble.

She travels well, we will be driving to colorado in less than 2 weeks with her- its easy to forget she is in the car... she lets us know when she needs to get out, and is THRILLED with any new place- doesn't matter if its a national park or a truck stop... its always the most exciting thing in the world to her.

I have never had a dog so attuned to people, so able to understand what we want and able to so clearly communicate what she wants to us. And she absolutely has a sense of humor - she is a big fan of slapstick humor, she doesn't seem to get puns... yet. If she finds it especially amusing she will give a very unladylike snorting laugh. We were very lucky to have gotten her.

An odd mix of breeds- the accidental result of a purebred Flatcoat retriever being left alone with a randy purebred Miniature American Eskimo too long... If you somehow stumble across that combination get it- all the dogs from that litter were great (we stayed in touch with many of the other folks that adopted her siblings).