TCP I had a Lab-Springer cross!!! We named him Curly and docked his tail,,what a great dog!!
He was a hunting machine on land or in the water, we live on a lake and he would swim for miles when the salmon were in or just harrassing the sticklebacks.
He weighed about 45-50 lbs and was built like a beefier springer.
I'd do it again if we weren't so wrapped up in Karelian Bear dogs now.
Jim