Quote Originally Posted by zoomer
-I like to swim, and would like a dog to swim with
-I want a friendly dog but a dog that will like me the most.
-I have a 1/4 of an acre, but we're moving and will have 2 acres
-Don't have much time for grooming... so short haired dogs are best.
If you're not planning on showing the dog, so wouldn't need a purebred, I'd go to the shelter and get yourself the rarely adopted Big Black Dog - a young Lab mix would fit all of those criteria, except for the rare individual. And no one can tell you whether any breed, never mind even any individual dog, is going to bond with you more than your other dogs, that is completely up to how you raise it.