Originally Posted by PR_Glen

mastiffs are the biggest dogs there are so do some reading up on them before jumping into that one ;)

Labs can be a handful because they can be quite clever, but they are one of the easiest to train because they love attention and they are extremely food motivated. So may be safe bet with that one..

they do shed, lots of people say they don't.. they do.. and a lot, but short hair so not as bad as some i guess.