My best advice is go with what you are comfortable with.
We got a chocolate lab puppy back in 2005 at 6 weeks old, he lived until he was 12.5 years old, we had to put him down, he was eaten up with cancer, really tore us up.
After 3-4 months we really missed having a dog around the house and decided to adopt, we got in touch with the local lab rescue organization, after a couple of weeks, my wife saw another chocolate lab that was 5 years old that needed a home, he was living at a local vets office because no one would foster or adopt him because earlier in his life he was shot by someone using birdshot which made him incontinent.
My wife said, we can help him, so two days later we went to the vets office and said we would foster him, he came home with us, 2 days later we told the lab rescue group he was never leaving our house, he’s been with us for 3 years now.
He has to wear a diaper in the house because he can’t control his peeing, but the diapers work fine and he’s been a real joy.
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The two of you are incredibly wonderful people.