save yourself the headache and get a cat, and before people knock me , I currently own a dog and always have, grew up at the dog show circuit, dog breeding , obedience training etc...Last dog i will ever get, no more for me..
And if your really thinking lab ,think 8-10 yrs from now how YOUR going to like the barking cause you went for a nap without him, the garbage he'll get into, hell I thought Id be nice take the dog for a car ride to my friends , had to run over there, got back into the car barffed all over,, now i have to shampoo the car too, dont forget the Bull awhile at the cottage , always yelling for the dog, were is the dog, anyone seen the dog, wet dog, stinky dog,barking dog, food stealing dog, he'll also need to sleep somewhere away from the bugs at night too all stinky from the swamp!. never leaves the water everytime I turn around he's back into the lake,tie him up he'll bark, leave him alone at home he'll pee on the kids bed,the corner of the fridge,always tips the garbage over and get into what ever he can, because you didnt bring big baby with you....mine started to pee in the garage if I left him at home alone, bring him out for a walk does pee 1000x goes for a number 2 put him in the garage and go out for dinner with wife come home to garage floor covered in pee, try the crate barks entire time we're gone, next door told me so. just so your aware it's not the big bundle of joy your thinking.
Oh and mine is going to me 10 yrs old now,, 10 fricken years of this crap. If your house work is always done you have no chores and your retired, nothing else to do for the next 12 yrs but work for the dog then giver hell, other wise get a cat.