If you can not walk a dog, please don't get a Lab or a Golden or a Husky or any dog that is : a herding dog or a retriever. These dogs NEEDS LOTS OF EXERCISE and walks.

Labs and Goldens stay "puppyish" until they are 6-8 years old. Then they calm down. But they are very, very active dogs.

Do some research into a breed that fits your lifestyle. Dogs in the Working Group, Sporting Group, and Hound Group usually need alot of exercise. If you can't walk the dog, think about a dog in the Toy Group.

If you are going to adopt a dog from a shelter, find out what "breed-mix" it is. Again, stay away from breed-mixes in the Working, Sporting, and Hound Groups.

PLEASE, more dogs get returned to shelters and killed because people do not do enough research about the type of dog that would be best for their LIFESTYLE.