Donna Nisbett:  

Life Thought I better update what's going on in my life.... So much has changed.. I'm happier then I've ever been!! I'm retired from public work & no longer train field dogs. I miss it but not really. Texas is way to hot & humid any more for me!! For the past 17 years, I have lived with the greatest guy on world. We were finally married on 9/15/2018. We have 14 grandkids, 7 great grandbabies and 1 chocolate & 4 black labs.. Since I started this we have lost 9 chocolate labs & 6 new born pups. So heart breaking. Out oldest was 17 yrs old. Now we only have 4 black labs, 1 yellow pup & 2 black pups 2 mons old. Sure was hoping for more chocolates but I love them all. Nothing else has changed. My husband has a few serious health problems but he's doing pretty good. My health is great!! Nothing serious thank God!! We own a kennel and Wildlife Management Ranch in Central Texas. Thankfully we are retired from training hunt/retrieving dogs but this is what My days were like the last 10 years..... My days were so busy, starting before the sun comes up, with "kennel duty". Feeding and cleaning up after 5 four-legged "kids" takes just about the whole morning. We exercise and train 4 dogs for hunt and retrieving. It's so much fun but can be very exhausting and I love every minute out in the field. Not doing good this any more either!! When Clint comes home in the evenings, we are back out in the field again, training. It's so rewarding to take our dogs to their first field trials and they walks away with their heads up high, knowing they did great, even if they didn't place. Believe it or not, I get to throw dead ducks and pigeons for the dogs to find. We have one female that love to throw the pigeon up in the air and catch it. We have tired countless times to make her stop but she will do it every time. It's so funny and so far she has not dropped one. I've even seen the judges laugh at her. I can't think of a better way to spend the day. Working with my "kids" in the fresh air every day is great. We have lost Jackson, Tiny & Molly plus 3 other labs & 2 puppies in the last 6 years. Three of our dogs were search and rescue. Jackson did Human remains and narcotics, Tiny, live & wilderness finds and narcotics and Molly did disasters. All of ours dogs are AKC and UKC registered. Our ranch has 104 acres. We have deer, dove, turkey, hogs and quail. Every year we have day leases during hunt season. For deer there is B...Expand for more