Aha!

A man at the Tower Grove farmers market today identified Lady's breeding! Tere's no question in my mind anymore, Lady is part black lab and part Croatian sheepdog. So many of her physical and temperment characteristics are explained:

• the curly fur
  
• the tail curled over top (though apparently they're often docked)
  
• the upright ears
  
• the long face
  
• the fox-like legs
  
• the intelligence and energy
  
• need for human companionship
• need for exercise