I love labs too although we've never owned one. Always wind up with a beagle somehow, Daisy's our third and she's been the best. The other two were boys and they were a couple of characters too.
Beagles, Bassetts, and cockers - for some reason I think they are really cool and absolutely wonderful pets.
My old girl, she's 11, is half Chesapeake Bay Retreiver (mom) and Black Lab (dad). My little girl (she was 1 in May) is Black Lab and Chow. Hubby fell in love with her when he saw her because she reminded him of the lab/chow mix we had lost last year.