She is a lab mix about 45lbs. She is mostly black with white fur on her chest, her feet and the tip of her tail. She is very cute and sweet. She loves to cuddle and play with toys. She is good at fetching, she will even sometimes jump and catch things mid-air. She LOVES walks. She smells everything and loves leaf piles. She does well with kids (my son is 8 and they play and do well together) I’m not sure if she would do well with toddlers or babies. She gets excited and barks when the neighbor is outside with their 1 year old in the front yard and she barks at moms with strollers when we see them on walks. She does not do well around other dogs. When we see them being walked on our walks she barks a lot and pulls toward them and jumps around. She’s not heavy enough to pull me around, so I usually ignore her and keep walking and she is pretty quick to follow. Lately, if I notice a dog on a walk, I will turn us around and head in the opposite direction so she doesn’t get a chance to get worked up. When we pass dogs in yards it is hit or miss on if she will pull and bark. Sometimes she just growls a little or whines and hustles by. I get the impression that she has trust issues with other dogs. I’m not sure how she would do with cats, the few times we have seen one on a walk, she barked but quickly moved on. She gets very excited about squirrels and rabbits. She wants to chase them very badly. She will pull quite hard sometimes when she sees one on a walk. She has recently been to a few training classes. We are using a clicker and treats to reinforce behaviors that we want. So far it is commands like sit, come, lay down, go to your bed. We also give her treats when she focuses on us instead of the treat in our hand or instead of all the external stimuli when we are on a walk. She does pretty well when there aren’t distractions. She also has been advised to have enrichment time daily. So we give her treats in a puzzle ball and use a maze food bowl and other thinking devices at meal times (muffin pan with balls over the food) she is on a special perscription food. It is for digestion. Her stools are very messy without it. She has 1-2 stools a day, usually when she is out on her walk in the morning. She is very smart so you can’t leave a plate on the coffee table or forget to put the trash back under the sink because she is quick to investigate and eat whatever she finds. If you want to be her best friend you just have to give her butt scratches. :)