What dog breed is the most gentle?

@cherokeepatti Oh, no. I feel like you are speaking from experience. 😯

I have family members who own retrievers and they seem to be very gentle and willing to play.

@lauriethecolourful My grandpa had a Lab and he went to California for a month & we brought the dog to our farm to take care of him & he wouldn’t leave our chickens alone. He’d get inside the fenced chicken area & catch & kill them & chew on them. My aunt whipped him with a dead chicken to try to scare him & tied it to his neck, that didn’t work. So she brought him in the house. She was in the kitchen doing something & heard the bird cage fall over, went and found seeds and the cage scattered. No bird but a bunch of feathers. Cleaned up the cage & put it away & swept the floor. The dog sitting there looking guilty. Next day she got the vacuum cleaner out and vacuumed the living room & the parakeet came walking out from under neath the sofa, and he had a naked butt from where the dog had grabbed him by the feathers & pulled them out.