out of curiosity, where was the breeder? he looks strikingly similar in the face to my now 8 year old when she was that age... they have the same squint!
ours came from a farm in the bottom of a little valley in coedpoeth and i'm kind of hoping he is still breeding from the same lines when we need / want another! (the lab my missus (vet nurse) picked without supervision to our 3rd pet & 1st proper gundog was having op's on both elbows before he was 1 year old and as such can't work. good job though because he is a complete berk!)