The young man is coming along great. He got to go to "the bar" a week ago, and sat in his stool just fine.



He sits, he sometimes stays, he lies down on command and most of all he retrieves and brings his bird to hand. He has no fear of water though I've done nothing to encourage him to swim. Being surrounded by a pond, a water-crazed lab is a pain in the neck when you can't get him from the house to the truck to go to work without him taking a swim.

He is still eating Purina One and as you can see he looks great. When this is gone I'm skipping the Science Diet and going to Diamond Advanced. There's a version of the same food at Costco but I can't remember the brand name. It has outrageously positive reviews and is very reasonable.