i have two labs that are 13 months, same scenario - good luck. you pretty much can kiss your backyard goodbye unless you are willing to lock them in a pen most of the time

2 bands here, both woodies . . . its funny how bands come in streaks. one of my bands came from the same hole that my buddy killed a banded wood duck in the morning before, AND, a week before that, his brother killed a banded wood duck in the same hole! i was there for both of their bands also