Hi, I'm so excited!  I'm off to choose my lab bitch on Saturday and can't wait.  I'll then be taking her home in a couple of weeks and would like to buy some items for her in preparation, she'll be 8 weeks old.  What type of toys would you recommend for her?  She is from very good field trial lines, and therefore I intend to carry this on and work her in working tests/field trials etc.  For this reason I don't believe squeaky toys are a good idea, I believe they encourage hard mouths etc.?
I would be grateful for any advice, thanks, Jo.

As a young puppy Anna had a couple of rings and a ball. No squeakies of course. Early retrieve training was a stuffed sock which was never left around when I was not training. I never use a puppy size dummy, I find that by the time I need something larger than a stuffed sock the puppy is ready for a full size dummy. I find puppy dummies are too easy for a dog to pick up by the ends rather than properly in the middle.

Best wishes, John