[BILLY D.]

hey del

welcome to the sucker club. i have a fish hook permanently embedded in my lower lip. but thats all right.

i'll bet that dog will be your most faithful companion. they seem to sense when someone takes them off the hook.

my dog, fritz, is that way. he won't run any farther than he can see me. when he's in the field and he happens to go over a little rise in about two seconds he'll run back and stand on the top of the rise and wait for me to catch up.

one bad thing about labs, they endear themselves to you in a hurry.

good luck.