I love all the dog stories. We have two golden retrievers. Goldens are intelligent dogs and our one dog who looks like the typical golden that you see on the dog food bags is very intelligent. But our other dog who is show quality lacks a little in the brain department. He got more of the pretty stick and less of the brains. But they both make us laugh daily. As for noses ... my dogs could be drug dogs. It always amazes me how advanced their noses are.
But to bring this back on topic ... I couldn't imagine my 3 year old walking our monsters even at 10 and certainly not downtown. You definitely should be proud of your DD and yourself for giving her the chance.
