Killing time after turning in a huge assignment...wondering if any Pet owners on the board?

I don't have any of my own due to my landlord but would get a dog if I could. My parents have a (our) black lab, a cat that I don't claim, and a badass cat (he hunts and beats up the other cats in the neighborhood, what's not to like). We had a chocolate lab before that. As a kid we had a walker...wild ass dog. I don't really remember her.

If I were to get one today I'd probably adopt because there's a lot of good dogs in the local shelters. If I were to get a puppy I'd have a hard time choosing between a Chessie, Lab, Malinois or Golden. All of the other breeds I like are too hard to find in this part of the state. I've always thought wirehaired pointing griffons were pretty cool.