Shelley......I love the picture of your yellow lab.
We had a female yellow lab for 13 years before we were married. She was with me through most of my labor with my first born. She and I walked around the perimeter of the house for hours in a heat wave in the middle of the night to try to move the stalled labor along. She wouldn't leave my side.
She left us 18 years ago and I still miss her. I could never bring myself to get another dog.
How old is your baby??