Ran into Blaze in Santa Cruz. He’s 7, and just a giant goofy cuddly hyper puppy. Flat-coats apparently lean in that direction, maybe even more than goldens.
Spotty dog tongues sometimes look a little gross. They smooch just like the regular kind though.
Blaze is ideally suited for the gamboling on the beaches of Santa Cruz. And since he lives right near one, I bet he does a lot of that.