Ducks are awesome ! Dogs also help me relax . It ' s actually impossible for me to be stressed in the company of a big happy dog you take one look at their enthusiasm for . everything lol , and all the stuff you ' ve been stressing about suddenly seem like trivial things with obvious solutions that somehow never occurred to you until you ' ve calmed down around a dog . <| sep |> McDonalds , Wendys and Del Taco are usually open , I think its on a store by store basis though . <| sep |> Of course there ' s exceptions and of the two Cocker Spaniels I had , one was the dumbest dog in the neighborhood while the other was . very intelligent in a strange way . She could tell if I was gonna go for a drive to get ice cream and this would excite her cause she knew she could ride in the car and come along . Thing was I didn ' t remember any cues to give this away , so I took special care not to say or do anything to give it away . She STILL always knew . To this day I have no idea how she knew . But yeah , on average Golden Retrievers are often praised for their intelligence , whereas Cockers . well , they ' re not . For every smart Cocker where the owner defends the intellect , you ' ve got another that has several stories about how amazingly stupid their Cocker was . Not complaining though . I love Cocker Spaniels . There ' s something about their happygolucky attitude where despite everything , they are crazy , CRAZY happy and friendly at all times . I mean both Cockers I owned would try to find something to bring me when I came home as a present or a means to get attention , which often meant they ' d grab LEGIT ANYTHING , whether it be a leaf or an empty piece of wrapping paper or a tax envelope . Seeing this stupid Cocker Spaniel coming towards you with a piece of garbage in it ' s mouth as it ' s tail wags so hard it ' s butt is wagging with it . ? It ' s hard not to love that . They just constantly desire to be happy and that alone is so charming and immediately cheers you up . My question about if they ' re similar was actually because I largely refuse to get anything but Cockers specifically English rather than American never had an American one and dunno if there ' s drastic changes to demeanor because I love them so much . If Golden Retrievers are similar I ' d absolutely consider owning one .