We have some relatives with Pappies that they love.

I'm not as crazy about them, but it's because they aren't ours, and they really only seem smitten with their own people, ya know?

They are extremely, extremely devoted to the mom (my cousin's wife). Extremely. They follow her all over and whenever she sits down they are both up on her lap immediately.

One of them absolutely hates little boys... to the point that I wished they would shut the dog in the garage. They have a son who wasn't nearly as kind to the dog as he should have been. He's a boy they adopted as a preschooler who came to them with all sorts of behavioral problems, and his presence really upset the dog... and he was not kind towards the dog. As a result, the dog goes ballistic anytime a boy under... oh... probably 5'2"ish walks into the room.

Our youngest son is as sweet as can be with dogs but he has NO chance with THAT dog. None. At. All. The dog just barks and barks and snarls angrily as long as our little guy is in the room. Our son can't even walk by him without getting 'yelled at' by the dog. Fiercely.

As soon as our son leaves the room, though, the dog is absolutely calm and asleep on my cousin's wife's lap.

We don't live in the same town as these dogs and only encounter them 1-2 times a year over a 4-5 day period (holidays, etc.). They definitely do have opinions (the dogs) and I would not label them as easy-going or laid back... but if loyalty is what you want, and you and your DH and another older (as in HS kid or above) family member are the people with whom the puppy will have primary contact, you'll all probably bond really well!