I am so sorry to hear about the loss of your dog I respect the fact that you are doing research for your next breed of choice.

I vote for the Labrador Retriever as did Wildbill. I consider myself a Labrador addict I have had labs all my life. I have had several encounters where my dogs acted on behalf of my welfare & that of one of my boys. In my opinion they are not short fused & size people up with amazing accuracy.

Whatever breed you choose here's to a long healthy new companion / protector in your house soon !

 

Here is a picture of Sandy our Boxer. I will add photos of our new pup in this thread https://www.dieselbombers.com/off-to...tml#post192900. Thanks for all the advice, in the end we chose a German Shepherd.

Our Sandy