There was a guy named Hoot Gibson in Arkansas (from TN I think) who hunted white standard bred Poodles for years in snow goose spreads. Them being white, they blended right in with a white spread. The standard bred Poodles are 1/2 of the genetics in those dogs and every one of them I have been around were great dogs.

Good luck with him. I have 2 slug chocolate labs laying at my feet right now. I'm sweeping up enough hair each day I could make another dog.