Got a yellow lab puppy in early December, it has been fun and exhausting. The old dog just turned 12 and her physical decline was very apparent this last duck season. So it was time to get a new dog for next season, I'm getting too old to hunt without one. Really interesting to see the stark differences in the personalities of these two, the old dog has a very mellow personality and was even that way as a puppy. The new puppy is totally different, a real "alpha-dog". She already pushes the old dog around, and the cat, and barks when she doesn't get her way. Training is going OK, keeping it simple, but I suspect she will be a handful as things get more serious.
