I have a 2 year old lab that I rescued last fall. It took me this summer just to build a good amount of trust with him and just getting down swimming since he had never done it before. The first time he hit the deap part of are pond I thought I was going to have to go in after him because he did not swim that well. Well anyways he is good a swimming and retreavng life size duck and geese dummys now that I have for him. I think he will make a good dog for just retreiving in are creek, pond, and swamp lands that we have.

Now I need a trainer. I have found out one by me that is $600 a month but he has to be kenneled there 24/7. I do not know if I like having him gone that long. I would only be able to get over by him on the weekends for limited times. The guy is a very strick and serius trainer.

This a page that i have setup with some older pics of him. The first ones are when we first got him and he was only about 75-80lbs. The latter ones he is around 105lbs. He is a very tall lab being about 36" tall at the head. He can lay his head on the kitchen counter with out a problem. When the streached out he is about 6 feet long.

Mongo

Thanks for any help you can help me with. Even if you know some good training books that would be great.