It was hard for me to read this. I know what you are going through. I lost my black lab, Bebe last year. 15 years is a long wonderful life, but I know it makes it that much harder to say goodbye. You have my condolences.
I had a 1/2 black lab and a half Golden too. Her name was Ginger, and she was a great hunter. Relentless even in icy water. I paid about the same money, and also found her in the newspaper.