Got back a few weeks ago, took my young lab on a deer hunt. She got to retrieve about 20 grouse which was cool, speant a bunch of time walking old roads and cutblocks with me, sat and watched for deer for a pile of hours, and was with us when we walked up on a griz. She had a cozy place to rest in her kennel beside the stove in the tent.

All things considered, it went very well. I did leave her in camp in her kennel a couple afternoons so I could sneak in and sit a hard to get to spot.