For The Love of Flatcoats is for everyone who is passionate about flatcoated retrievers - and was set up with two aims: to be a source of sound advice and to encourage lively, stimulating conversation on any f/c related subject. If there's an agenda, it's to help steer an intelligent course through the mass of contradictory information out there for dog owners about diet, health, behaviour and breeding. All opinions, views, ideas and suggestions are welcome, so hello, welcome and feel free to pitch in...

The wonderful picture on the right is the winner of our Winter 2008 Dog of the Season competition and features flatcoats owned by Diane and Jerry Constable in Michigan.