I think I mentioned before that my daughter wants a White Shepherd simply so she can name it "Silas" . . . (she's just kidding of course, she does want a dog, but only when she has settled down in a house so that said dog has room to exercise and she has time to devote attention to him.)
If I hadn't gotten into Labs I would have had GSDs, but for a first dog and with small children I thought a Lab would be more bombproof. And now of course I think Labs are the best in the world . . . ;-)