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Question
Hi man,
I am brock lesnar. Well i am planning to buy a lab. Tell me on it.

Answer
What do you plan for the dog to do?  Labs began as waterfowl retrievers.  Many are bred for other things now, often the ones bred for one thing are unsuitable for another.  Try to find bloodlines that are successful at whatever you want.  then look for a good breeder.  

Lab personalities vary greatly.  Some are as soft and manageable as a Golden.  Others are very strong willed and can take hundreds of corrections for
problem behaviors.  Those same ones are very good at staying on task when they
have been trained.  Most Labs are friendly to both new people and dogs.
Sometimes they can be overwhelming.  Much of this depends on their early
socialization.  Going out in public and being petted is their way of life from
the time mine are 2 months old.   They never meet a stranger, only new
friends.  They love children.   Your dog will be like its parents and also be
the result of its early socialization.

Choosing a dog is a very personal thing.  You need to actually see a variety.
You could drop in on an obedience class.  Most of the people will be happy to
talk about their dog, and many will give honest answers about grooming and
nature.  Browse the archives here.  See the problems people are asking for
help on.  Dogs vary so much within a breed, even among litter mates.  Some
field Labs are as hyper as any pointer.  You want to look for a calm dog.

Maybe ask to visit the breeders home.  Field  and show champions can be bred
in kennels.  Dogs where the mother lives in the house have the best
personalities.  Some kids to fondle the puppies from birth are better yet.  If
the breeder doesn't want the parents in their house, do you want the offspring
in yours?  Spend as much time with the parents as you can.  Nice parents don't
guarantee nice puppies, but don't chance bad parents.  Of course ask about hip
and eye certification  or other genetic problems common to Labs too.

Consider the animal shelter.  There are many nice dogs, and you can see how
they look with little or no grooming.  You can also see how they behave.  Look
for dogs that want your attention, but are not going wild. Leave the ones that
retreat to the back of their cage.  Look at their teeth.  Look for ones that
still show a 3 lobed, clove like pattern on the front ones.  Leave the ones
that fight letting you look at their teeth too much.  If the points are worn
off the teeth, it is an older dog that may break your heart by dying too soon.
Pinch the web between its toes.  It hurts.  It is OK for the dog to pull away
or whine, but it shouldn't growl, snap or show its teeth.  Since the shelter likely will kill most of the dogs, you may as well pick out a nice one.

Finding a good breeder and purchasing a puppy that will make a good pet is very difficult.  Almost nobody is intentionally breeding dogs to be nice pets.  Most of your so called reputable breeders are breeding for show or something.  They may say the puppies they don't keep for their purpose make great pets, but the truth is that the parents were selected for other than health and temperament.  Often they keep the puppies in the kennel too long and they miss the important early socialization puppies need to live in the house with people.

Next are the disreputable breeders.  They breed any 2 registered dogs they can lay a hold of looking only at the money they can make selling them to pet stores.  Pet store puppies are easy to find, but difficult to socialize into nice pets, perhaps difficult to even keep alive.  You will not get what you pay for at a pet store.

One of the best sources for dogs with a predictable personality is the rescue
dogs.  These are dogs that lost their home, but were taken into a foster home
to be retrained as necessary and placed in the right home for them.   You may
find a rescue near you starting at
http://www.akc.org/breeds/rescue.cfm