RE: GSP or Lab
My opinion get a lab. They are great family dogs and they are very versatile. You would have to spend a lot of time to get them to hunt rabbit and squirrels but I trained one to retrieve cottontails and they can take the ice and cold water associated with waterfowling up here in the colder climes. There are good dogs in any breed and fanatical followers of the various breeds but a lab would be my recommendation.