Great post, love dogs I bred German Shepherds for 10 years in Australia, but only for fun, the problem I had is every litter I wanted to keep all of them so it was too hard for me in the end,lol..ended up with 4 you can see them here . Training is something I enjoyed and there are general things that work for every dog, but some dogs have personalities that require a bit more work,lol......anyway great post and love Labs and retrievers:)