Does the existing pond hold water well and is its depth comparable?... It has a leak in the back of the small dam (I've located it), but it will keep about 2 feet of water year round and fill up after a huge rain.

Are the soils the same over the entire area?... The area where the pond will potentially be dug is all PeC (Peridge soil).

Does your expanded site get runoff from the tract to the north with the apparent chicken houses. There's some minor run off behind the dam from the gravel road, but nothing from the Chicken House across the road.

What is the Plasticity Index for the soil type?... According to the Soil Survey from NRCS.... 0-9 inches = NP; 9-26 inches = 16; 26-42 inches = 16. What does this mean?

Who's doin the engineering and gonna push the dirt?... A very experience pond guy here locally.

Lastly, please indulge me....are they chicken shacks?... Tyson Chicken Houses

Welcome to the show...I'm pretty new here, too...this would be my first exposure to a puppy pond.

Thanks, here is what a Retriever Training concept pond looks like when complete...