Thanks for the great story! That story brought back memories of years back when we had a black lab. Ren was the most lovng type of dog but she had a habit of getting out of the fence. One Sunday she got out in the afternoon and we looked all over town for her - no dog. We were at home and it was just starting to get dark out - we thought Ren would be home on her own soon. A man knocked on our door and asked if are dog was home and when we said no he said that a black dog was out on the river ice barking but seemed like he was caught in something! We took off and sure enough Ren was on the ice with her foot stuck in a trap! We would never have found her as the river in lined with bush etc. She would have been a sitting duck for coyotes. I was so happy and thankful that this man was out taking one last run with his snowmobile before dark! I never found out who had the trap and that's probably good.