I 100 percent agree lab is probably the best hunter in strength cold and drive, but since this will be an inside dog mostly as well as well as a companion for my young boys 2 and 4 the lab will have to wait until my next dog. Im also looking at boykins. Anyone have any experience or know any breeders of those. I appreciate all the advice. Ive called and emailed about 12 breeders and most spring puppies are spoken for.
Not to continually go back to labs, when you're heart is clearly set on something else... But, I could not ask for a better family dog than my lab. My kids are 3.5 and 1.5 years old, our dog has been an absolute saint with them, both indoors and outdoors. she's very sweet and patient with them, when they're 'petting' her, climbing on her, etc. She's never been really good on a leash, always wanting to pull pretty hard on it, but when our little boy started walking her at 2 and a half, she was incredibly patient with him, and walked either right at heel or right in front of him, keeping plenty of slack in the leash.. It was pretty wild.
And man is she protective of the kids. We were walking a while back, and another dog came running out from behind a house, unleashed. Looked hell bent on starting a fight. As I was taking the leash out of my sons hands and picking him up, our dog got in between that dog and my son and squared up, let out a rumble that about shook the earth, and looked ready to absolutely kill the other dog.. Other dog got within about 5 feet, decided it didnt want to die, and ran away.
I'm sure whatever route you go, you'll be happy. Dogs are so wonderful!
