After 50+ years of hunting with labs I have found each to be different. My current female is a great pointing upland hunter. Have had others that could not sniff out an upland bird if it were on their nose. But, we’re excellent retrievers. As for expectations it is after some age has accumulated that their personalities matured. My expectations has always been a good family dog. Wise early warning element. Good buddy and above all lots of fun. I had two Chessies of which the last was a real lunkhead. No more chessies for me. I am sure that there are great ones. But, labs for me and my family. My opinion only! MTG
