Basic Training

As the sun slowly sinks below the horizon, it casts an amber glow across the land. Three generations gather on the end of the dock for one of many training sesions with their trusted hunting companions. As the young pup leaps off the dock to retrieve, the older dogs watch and wait their turn all but the oldest lab. He hears the robins squawking and is alerted to the geese flying overhead. This practice session is of no interest to him after years of retrieving with his master. Soon the gesse will disrupt this basic training and the controlled practice session will erupt into uncontrollable chaos.