You are right. Sweet.
Rhodesian Ridgebacks are really sweet dogs. If I didn't have a lab, I think I would consider one, although they are even bigger than labs. We found one roaming a while back and I named him Big Foot.
Fortunately, we were able to return him to his owner.
I've not been able to choose a dog yet. We have some sort of homing device (similar to lojack) attached to us that homeless animals are tapped into.
We are on our 3rd dog that found us with a story and 9 cats later that have found us with a story.
No, we don't hold all those animals currently, that is just our tally card.
I would love, one day to be able to choose a dog. But we are stuck with the dumbest dog that ever lived. Fortunatley she is sweet enough to have earned her status as a family member.