One thing you will find out Blankety is that young Labbies are great chewers - of anything, so beware of going out and leaving it in the lounge, you may well find nothing left when you get back. Intelligent as they undoubtedly are they still need training and teaching who is the master do a good job of that whilst it is young and you will reap the benefit, bit like kids really.
Ignore Mr Roberts, he's a bit like Al Fayed, lost the plot.