been looking into dog breeds for months. I was brought up with a cavalier king charles, and then a cocker, plus my dad (who I didn;t live with) had labs. dh brought up with labs. so i know a lab ticks all the right boxes...but I find them a bit, erm, bland. they just lack a bit of omph. the only downside I can see with pointers and vizslas is that I;ve read they don;t like being left alone. now I have been brought up with dogs and I'm not going into this dog lark with my eyes half shut, but I would like a dog that could cope with a couple of days a week where she/he could be alone - with a dog walker coming in - maybe twice. at the moment it won't be necessary - I'm self-emplyed and work from home, but it might be at some stage in the future.