Well I go by what I've seen. Of course it will be different for a lot of people, some more than others. What's fair for you may not be the case for someone else, and likewise for me. Golden retrievers are a great breed. They rarely have bad apples, that I have seen.
We rescued a dominant pup and got a handful. She was lab, german sheperd and pitbull. She was dog and human aggressive, fought readily, killed readily, bit family members and tried to kill the housecats. I trained out family biting, but the rest remained. She was also inbred on the mom's side, that we know of.
She took great care of my wife though. For that she was a great dog.
If I were to pick out a pup now, I would go middle ground. They are not likely to be fear biters and they are used to being next in line. Less training and that makes me happy
