I would have to say the Golden Retriever as the "classic" dog. I noticed that most of you are putting older dogs more as "antique" dogs. I don't know which one TollSettFK wanted us to do but I think the Golden Retriever (which originated in England in the 1800s) makes the most "classic". Because every time you think of a dog you automaticaly think of something like a Golden Retriever, and that's the kind of dog you always see in movies or commercials as family dogs and such.