I have one. He's called Alfie and he's 4. He's a lovely dog, brilliant with the children. He's so cuddly too. We also have a gorgeous black Labrador too, Alfie's much more laid back than the Lab though, and more cuddley. She's very hyper and attention seeking. He's so laid back he's almost horizontal. He has funny habits, he alsways makes us laugh. He makes these noises that week call wookieing. They're like squeaks and hums and whinnying noises. He does it when he wants something, he'll look at you really intensely and 'wookie' as if he's trying to talk to you. He does it when he's asleep too, when he's dreaming, and then they're more high pitched and urgent. He has his own bed downstairs but insists on sleeping on the floor in mine and DH's room. He was making those dreaming noises last night and it sounded like he was laughing. It was funny. He loves yoghurt pots too. If you're eating a yougurt he'll sit beside you and really stare at you until you give him the empty pot to lick.
Things that drive me nuts about him - the endless moulting, I have never hoovered so much as since we've had him. And his desire to be dirty all the time and roll in anything that might turn his lovely coat from gold to black. Wouldn't be without him though.
He was a terrible chewer when he was younger, he ate the kitchen walls, bottom of kitchen units, the mattress on my bed, countless magazines and soft toys, skirting boards, nothing was really safe! Luckily he grew out of it! They are a lovely breed. I'm always a bit surprised when I hear of one that's not good with kids, but I guess there's exceptions to every breed.