The Day My Dog Appeared on Virgin River

March 12, 2026

If you had told me a year ago that my Labrador would audition for a television show, I probably would have laughed.Makena is many wonderful things.Loyal.Curious.Food-motivated in the way Labradors famously are.But “television actor” was never part of the plan.And yet somehow, my yellow Labrador Retriever Makena ended up appearing in three episodes of Season 7 of the Netflix series Virgin River.For anyone wondering, the dog you see in those scenes is a yellow Labrador Retriever, a ...