 The Golden Retriever is popular as a disability assistance dog, such as being a guide dog for the blind and a hearing dog for the deaf.In addition, they are trained to be a hunting dog, a detection dog, and a search and rescue participant.The breed's friendly, gentle temperament means it is unsuited to being a professional guard dog, but its temperament has also made it the third-most popular family dog breed (by registration) in the United States,
the fifth-most popular in Brazil and Australia,
and the eighth-most popular in the United Kingdom.