Out of the dozens of dogs I have owned, one lab was the smartest dog I ever owned, and another was,,,well,,,he was,,well he had a good heart. Bless his dumb soul.
Apparently Labs come in two kinds:
Super smart or super stupid.
Mine was the latter...............
A: A Chilli Dog.
I have 3 Chocolate Lab brothers, never had smarter dogs. As pups they house trained themselves, they needed to go out they came and woke me up and all when out together and came in together. Today they are by my side every minute and someone they do not know shows up they let me know and them as well they better be coming in peace.
Our current guy has, I swear, a tennis ball for a brain. Not so smart, but fantastic water dog. Still a love.
So, I know what you are saying.
In a few weeks, we're going *chocolate*. Her eyes just opened the other day.