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To: Carolyn who wrote (5317)	10/11/1999 8:57:00 PM
From: faqsnlojiks	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 7442

Ok Techriders, here's part of an email I sent to a group of my hunting buddies, the relevant part about Lava is here: I'm back from opening weekend at Lower Klamath... ...Sunday we decided to hunt the same area, but more towards Unit 8. We went out with just the 747's, 8 dozen Johnson's, and the magnets. This was Lava's (my pup) first hunt. Before shooting time (while we were setting up), I let Lava off of her leash, and she was running those big circles full-speed that lab pups do. Constant energy! But once the dekes were out, I staked her on a leash near the blind, so she settled down. I was a little unsure how the gunfire would affect her, as she has only been exposed at the gun club where we train, and never had a shotgun fired directly next to her. Anyway, we had a duck come in early, and I let my dad take it. He fired and knocked the duck down. I looked over at the dog to see how she reacted, and she was lying down SNORING!! I called her name, and she looked up with a look on her face that said something like "Why are you bothering me.". So I get her off the leash, and send her to where the duck fell. She trots a few feet away, and looks at me again. I then get out of the blind and walk within 20 feet of the duck. Picked up a rock and threw it there, and then sent the dog to that spot. She ran to the duck...sniffed it for a few seconds (this was her first full duck...not just wing on a bumper) and picked it up and returned it to me. I loved it! So then we get back in the blind, and the ducks/geese quit flying. Later that morning, a lone teal flys by and I nail it. At about 11 am, we are getting ready to pick-up again, and all of a sudden 4 specks come out of nowhere into the dekes. We knock down 2 of them, and the dog sees them fall, and is pretty excited. I let her off of her leash, and she runs to the first goose and returns it, and then the second. I was very proud. I think shes catching on, and by the end of the season will be doing great. 909's, -Joe