It has been relatively mild, but weather is changing as I write this, lol.....I like to think so to, me and wife never had children, I have been a very fortunate man when it comes to bird dogs, I have had quite a few GWP's growing up in Nebraska, I was introduced to LM's a while back and this is the second LM I have owned, both are pretty dang good in the field, just wish our bird numbers had not plummeted in the drought we had in 2107, very sad.