Have never had a Lab so don't know how much fur there is from one!!!!!!!
IMO a well groomed cocker doesnt drop that much! But you have to keep ontop of the grooming.
My friend has 10 cockers and okay so she hoovers every day, but I swear I have never gone into her house and thought OH MY GOD......... HAIR! Infact I wonder how in gods name with that many long coated dogs their isnt hair everywhere!
My two cockers are groomed daily and they don't shed much hair TBH!
I do think the secret is keeping on top of the grooming, if you remove the dead hair then it wont drop!