We closed out a pure shit season waterfowl season this morning, but there was some light in the darkness today. Walked in the garage this AM with the e-collar and her neoprene vest and Lulu got excited when she saw them. No hesitation to put them on or hop in the truck. She legitimately acted excited to go today and that's a victory for her 5th hunt at 7 months old. The second thing that really made my day was watching her lock on to a group of ducks 200 yards out flying over the river today. Remi would never have seen them in his prime and she saw them before I did. Very intently, she stared them down as they flew through. Several times today she watched birds fly and that was fun to see. She's still water shy and we have all kinds of retrieving work to do, but she is showing signs of being a solid hunter.