Dean - Full disclosure - I am very prejudiced, but I would suggest you look hard at a "British Lab". My old girl was imprted from Scotland 12 1/2 years ago, and has taken me nice places. Probably about 1300 retrieves, and 80 visits to Detroit's Children's Hospital as a Therapy dog. The British style dogs are typically milder, and easier to train. If you look in the dog section of the DU magazine, you will see that an overwhelming number of the kennels advertising are promoting British dogs.
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