Lab Pup
jcs...Congratulations.
Right off the bat...You don't have a Lab. She has YOU.
Female Labs like pretty-girl names...human names...and they like being told that they're pretty...often. Do it not, and your girl will pout and chastise you by being hard-headed and obstinate.
Good names for female labs are:
Polly, Molly, Susie, Patsy, Dixie, Gracie, Bonnie, etc.
Avoid silly names. They have their dignity. Also, never EVER tell her that she's getting fat. She'll refuse to eat for days...and pout. Don't kid yourself into thinking that she doesn't understand exactly what you say. Dogs understand English perfectly, and it wouldn't surprise me if I were to catch
them speaking it fluently amongst themselves.
Choose a name that rolls off your tongue smoothly, because you'll be saying it a lot...often multiple times in rapid succession...for the first 6 months.
Reinforce the name during quiet times often so that she won't get confused
and think that her name is NODAMMITSTOP or some variation of that.
Keep her busy and don't let her get bored. Labs chew, and they've been known to reduce entire houses to splinters when they're bored.
She'll be a challenge and she'll make you wonder why in the name of hell that you wanted a Lab...and she'll steal your heart. Have fun!