I've had at least one Labrador or Lab mix for hunting for the last 41 years. If the one right now (a 3-year-old female chocolate) lasts as long as the others, I'll be at least 70 by the time she retires. If I get another hunting dog it will probably be another Lab, but if not will have a Shih-Tzu, believe it or not. We lost our first one last fall and couldn't stand not having one around, so picked up one from a shelter within a month. He's as big a blast as any small dog I've ever been around, and the Lab is even teaching him to retrieve!
“Montana seems to me to be what a small boy would think Texas is like from hearing Texans.” John Steinbeck
