I posted before about my new lab pup and she is nothing but a dream. It took 1 1/2 days to get her house broken and right know (10 weeks) she already knows the commands sit, stay, and come. Mind you this is a "house dog" which in my opinion there is nothing wrong with. She will be a fairly large dog by our standards(75pounds) but she has not messed anything up in the house. I am all for you getting a dog, just make sure that the dog (as far as I'm concerned) makes freinds with you, and is comfotable in your suroundings, because they don't work good if you keep them penned up for 9 months and expect them to work good for 3 months of the season. Anyway I'm off my "soapbox" good luck