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My younger dog is a very high-bred field Lab, and if she doesn't get her two mile walk EVERY day, she is a complete loon. And she really needs some heavy retrieving work to blow her pipes out every 2-3 days.

I had the stomach flu and then with all the Christmas stuff, we had a four-day period when all she got was a quick run in the back yard and maybe a 3-4 block walk.

It was Cabin Fever City. She was driving us all nuts - whining, stealing stuff out of the trash cans, running laps in the house. Just what everyone needs - a 55 pound Lab bouncing off the walls and the furniture.

We went down Tuesday to the farm and trained, and you never saw a dog so happy to be there. She behaved like a perfect princess ("When did you teach that dog to heel?") and retrieved everything, even 100-130 yard marks through heavy cover, heeling and delivering to hand every time.

("Maybe if I'm good, she won't leave me in the house all day . . . ")

Just what everyone needs - a 55 pound Lab bouncing off the walls and the furniture.

My yellow Lab weighs around 120 pounds.

He doesn't bounce off of the furniture, he MOVES it around.