Carolina Man Who Saved His Duck Dog from a Gator's Jaws Says He'd Do It Again in a Heartbeat

Carolina Man Who Saved His Duck Dog from a Gator's Jaws Says He'd Do It Again in a Heartbeat

Bonner Herring has loved black Labs since he was 14, when he got his first Labrador retriever: a field-trial dropout he named Jet. A native of coastal North Carolina, Herring grew up jump-shooting ducks with his dad, whose job as a riverboat pilot allowed him to scout for birds while working.  Herring has trained and hunted with many retrievers since then. But he says his four-year-old Lab, Strike, is the greatest dog he’s ever had. And in early…