Puppies have a tendency to make even a hardened hunter pull a Jekyll and Hyde transformation. They're just so darn cute. The same goes for watching a young dog age and mature into the perfect hunting ...

October of 1999 found my lab pup, Mercury, and I hidden on a small southern Minnesota slough awaiting the noon waterfowl opener. It was a blazing hot day, the temps hovering in the mid-80s under clear ...

America’s most popular gun dog, the Labrador retriever, is bred for the water, yet it’s also equally at home in the uplands and in the house. Labs make great all-purpose hunting and family dogs, and ...

He’s been around Labrador retrievers for a couple of decades now, and his kennel produces about 10 litters a year. Still, every once in a while, a puppy surprises Jeff Fuller. But no, not in the ...