theyre all awesome dogs, depending on the size dog you want. black labs are really playful but they'll get huge when theyre full grown. my aunt has a black lab and hes like 3 or 4 and he weighs about 150lbs hes a huge ass dog! when he plays with you he doesnt realize how big he is and will damn near knock you over or when he throws a paw at you it'll damn near knock you out. i dont know anyone that has an akita or golden lab, but golden labs are soo cute when theyre puppies and are great dogs when theyre full grown. my dog is part golden lab along with like 20 other different things
as for pit bulls they arent really mean unless you make them mean. my brother has a english pit bull (largets breed of pitbull) and american bulldog mix. hes soo cute but hes a little bastard! hes not mean hes just an evil lil ****, hes like a bad kid. when hes full of energy he'll play with you and bite the **** outta you, he's made me, my brother, my dad and my mom draw blood just while we're playing with him. he doesnt mean to its just he doesnt know how stong he is. theyre really hard headed too, with a usual do it takes maybe 1-2 weeks to get them paper trained, with a pitbull dont even bother, theyll just rip up the paper and piss on the rug while lookin at you. it took my brother about a month to get him trained to go to the door when he wants to go out. before that he would literally look at you, then take a piss on the carpet. another thing they dont respond at all to hitting, it doesnt phase them since theyre so beefy/hardheaded. we have a whiffle ball bat that we have to hit him with and it doesnt even phase him. my brother was outside one day playing with him and hank (the dog) would run at my brother, jump up and bite him. when hank would do this my brother would punch the dog and he'd fall to the ground, then do the same thing over again! i think my brother said they did this a total of 9 times and my brother was like "i cant do this anymore hank im gonna make you retarded or something!" pitbulls can be great dogs, that is if you have the patience for them...