We just bought a black lab puppy to serve as my husbands companion---hubby has alzheimers'. Our puppy is Maverick and he is 8 weeks old and has already become the center of our household. My hubby absolutely adores him and is the most animated I have seen him in a long time. We found him through an ad in our local paper, also try Craigslist. Good luck------and plan on losing lots of sleep with a puppy----but, oh so worth it!!!!!!!!