I have a beautiful gold retriever puppy!
OH i love dogs! We have a Boston Terrier and a Chihuahua.
We used to have a boston terrier but it died, now we have our golden retriever and our Alaskan Malamute. Retreivers love water so much.
My grandfather always had labs.  They would swim in the river with us.  My dogs do not like to go swimming though.
I am sorry for you. Both of my dogs are well suited to live in our house.
We've tried to get them to swim, but nope.  And our Boston is pretty old now, so his eyes don't work as well.
We had to put our boston down because it lost both eyes, they have really bad eyes. Our Retriever is such a nice dog I do not think it will ever be a good guard dog.
Our chihuahua is an amazing guard dog - LOL!!!  She barks at the slightest noise.