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That's a great post and what a great dog. We got a rescue dog about 3 years ago, thinking we were getting a "mostly" chocolate lab. It turned out we got mostly pit bull. She' a good dog but definitely not like our two previous lab-springer spaniel mixes. Her only interest in fetching is to run after something, never to bring it back or grab it and run with it to get another dog to chase her. I never dreamed that I'd have a dog that doesn't like to swim or go in the car but Tilly isn't partial to either. She's wierd in other ways too - she doesn't experience pain like most dogs (she'd play with huge Great Danes when she was a little puppy and getting slammed around didn't bother her) but little things get her trembling (the neighbor's smoke alarm was chirping - we couldn't hear it - and got her shaking so badly that I took her to the vet). The next dog is definitely going to have more lab in it.