To be honest guys ,that's commonplace up here ...some place 's on the coast of Newfoundland they lower the dog over cliffs,that are too high to jump from with a long length of 3/8 rope ,he makes the retrieve and gets pulled back up ...if we waited for nice days to shoot ducks we wouldn't shoot many .
Up here this kind of dog was bred locally over generations,only the good ones made it ,in the winter years ago on the coast you either ate or starved ...so a good dog could make the difference between your family's life or death ...some guys up here used to cross Newfs with Labs to get a huge water dog that could better handle the rough water ...actually that's what the baymen call any retriever up here " water-dog " with the color beginning the title ...My "rusty color water-dog " (local chessie cross?) I had growing up was a awesome retriever,would swim under to pick up divers ,and tread water all day ... he had a mean streak for sure ,but loved me ...I left home for a year and came home late one Sunday night ,and first place I made for was the stable where lived with the cattle...poor old fella fair cried if that was possible for a dog ,he would've chewed the legs off anyone else!
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