My husband and I are retired, and we love dogs, especially Labs and Golden Retrievers. We both had dogs as children and since we were married 33 years ago, we always had a lab, until recently. After we had to say goodbye to our beloved Goose two years ago, we haven’t been able to have a dog of our own because we frequently travel to Europe for extended periods. Our first Lab after we were married was Tango, a yellow. When our first child was born, the babysitter we wanted told us she’d work for us if we got rid of her. Obviously a non-starter. She grew to love Tango and she’d go on long walks with our son Jack, with Tango at her side. After Tango died, we needed another dog. We went to a breeder and arranged to get Goose when she was old enough to leave her mother. While we were waiting, we got a call from a neighbor who knew we wanted a dog. A friend had taken in a dog, but couldn’t keep it because her old dog wouldn’t get along with it. I told my husband, “Let’s just go meet this dog.” Of course, we came home with her, a one year old black Lab, Raven. About two years later, I heard from a coworker that her neighbor had a dog they just kept chained outside and never played with. She had convinced them to let the dog go to another home. She asked if we were interested. Now we added a chocolate, Duck, to our group of “bird dogs.” We started dog sitting along with our daughter, Emma, about two years ago. She’s now off to college, so we’re taking over her “business.” Please consider us your go-to place for dog sitting! ---We love all dogs, but we’re really Lab and Golden specialists.---