well, we have a nova scotia toller so we don't get clouds of hair, we get thunderstorms. My wife thought he was a good idea for a duck hunting dog, I didn't know what she got until she was half way home with the dog, we had just lost our 4 year old chessie to epilepsy and a broken back. She needed a new puppy and I wasn't ready for that yet. He won't even go into the yard if it's wet, but he is a good indicator when Amazon has delivered. We co own a black lab that my son and I got last fall for duck hunting.