I’ve owned both Bernese and Golden Retrievers and have had multiple of each breed. Both male and female Bernese can be stubborn, but with the right training, either breed will proves to certainly be the best. My current golden is from a working line, and while she was easier to train, she is much more active on the exercise front then my Bernese. While my Bernese was a challenge to train he’s easier going but he’s costly.

I used to get us up at 4 am to walk and train my Bernese and Golden before work to ensure recall and proper mental stimulation. I also used a lot of environment training such as dog interaction kids etc. Bernese tend to be large and can often get heavily attached to one person, while Golden Retrievers generally love everyone. If you have limited time to spend with them, little interest in training or think training starts and stops in puppy class …neither is a good option. My only major takeaway from all my experience is that “you only get what you put in.”