Golden Retrievers are awesome dogs, I had one as a kid and I have one now (as well as a Chocolate Labrador).
As you may know they can be destructive (chewing) if they get bored, so make sure they have plenty of chewable toys, especially as puppies. And plenty of exercise, my dogs have two 40 - 60 min walks a day, longer on weekends.
Here's my GR Loki:
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Nice, these are my guys and they are quite the handful walking through DC. They're both pullers of course...