Hard to put into words how it makes one feel watching his dog start to put it all together as the season progresses Dog isn't even a year old. We spent three days in the ice at the end and he never wanted to quit. He quickly learned how to break it and Plow through it like pro. He also learned to judge the thickness by sound and sight as he tip toed around thin areas and picked up multiple birds on top of the ice. When he did go through he would fight his way out or through it to continue the retrieve (Water was only thigh deep while he was on ice) A few hunts are missing but here are most of them. He ended up picking up over 170 birds