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[quote=Anonymous]We had one dog from the Humane Society, a beagle mix, and she was wonderful and sweet with adults, but NOT good with kids (we didn't know this when we adopted her, obviously).  She snapped at a child who was a guest in our home and later growled and showed her teeth at a nieghborhood kid walking nearby.  She also had clearly been abused - would cower nand run at the sight of a broom and urinate in terror.  She was okay with small dogs but got really aggressive with big dogs, so we limited interaction with other dogs to some extent.  That said, she was very loyal and cuddly with DH and me.  We adopted her when she was three years old and she was part of our lives for almost 10 years until she passed away from kidney failure.

Our dog now is a purebred labrador retriever. She is very sweet and fantastic with kids and people, as well as other dogs.  She is very calm and relaxed, but not the most obedient dog in the world (though we are partly to blame for that).  I think that is her temperment and the fact that we socialized her very early (we got her as a puppy).  We also did training with her through the Capital Dog Club for a couple of years which was helpful to us.

The one thing about having a lab or any big dog is that they need a ton of exercise.  We give her two long walks a day, probably 30 minutes each, but it's probably not enough.  However, it's hard to do more than that during the week as DH and I work FT and also have a toddler.

Also, our lab sheds A TON.  I wish I'd really thought that through before we selected a lab.  We battle fur every day and it still piles up in corners, under beds, etc.  [/quote]

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