[markjohnson]

Oh Dan, that's terrible to hear and my heart really does go out to you. My last dog loss was so bad that I'm not even sure of when I would even want another one. Buy I'll tell 'ya . . . . I've personally never had a Black Lab in particular but I know several people that only had just simply awesome things to say about them. I'll leave you with this . . . . . I have one friend that was so close to his Black Lab before it passed that he named his first-born child after that dog! His wife, whom he met after the dog's passing, still has no idea that her child is named after a dog and I'm not gonna be the one to ever tell her!