A buddy and I took my girls out today on the shore in the North Sound. The old pup is 13, The young one is just over a 1 1/2. The pup is doing very good, even got in a 200 yard retrieve today. She is still learning the trade though when it comes to duck hunting. There were 3 birds today that the pup needed help on. At that time I sent in the old hunter and she got all three of those birds. There is no substitution for experience in a lab. Anyways, I had the birds piled up while we were picking up decoys and looked over. The girls were guarding the ducks and had pretty serious faces on. It made me smile. Makes me think they were proud of their work...