The happiest I ever seen my friends Black lab was when we would take the kids gold panning.
She was always excited to follow us up the mountain sniping for gold, or standing
on the shore up to her belly wondering why we were playing with mud in the middle
of the river. She had a good temperament for Chickens. They would sometimes stand
right on top of her and she wouldn't move until they were done.
You could give her a stick and she would break it into pieces to prove
she could protect us. She was a family member.