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Other Hunting => Bird Dogs => Topic started by: vandeman17 on March 22, 2018, 08:37:45 AM

Title: Rest in Peace Cabo
Post by: vandeman17 on March 22, 2018, 08:37:45 AM: I knew the day would come but it doesn’t make it any easier. We are putting my parents chocolate lab down later today. She recently celebrated her 16th birthday and was able to live a full and happy life. I hunted over her for numerous years and had the privilege to share many amazing mornings in the duck blind with her. Her passion and enthusiasm for life and for hunting was infectious and her excitement when she knew we were going hunting is something I will never forget. Thank you Cabo for all the memories and I hope there are endless fields to run in and lakes to swim in when you reach the other side.
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Post by: Knocker of rocks on March 22, 2018, 08:40:29 AM: So sorry to hear this, she looks like the sweet queen of her cru.
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Post by: pianoman9701 on March 22, 2018, 08:44:03 AM: Sad to lose a dog like that. So sorry for your pain.
Title: Re: Rest in Peace Cabo
Post by: vandeman17 on March 22, 2018, 08:44:43 AM: Quote from: Knocker of rocks on March 22, 2018, 08:40:29 AM
So sorry to hear this, she looks like the sweet queen of her cru.

She really was. My two black labs loved her. The one on the right actually spent her first year or so around Cabo so they have a bond. It was awesome to see them when I would come to visit how excited my lab was and how she loved to go straight to Cabo's pillow and lay with her. Dogs are amazing creatures!
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Post by: Ironhead on March 22, 2018, 09:02:21 AM: Man's best friend!
Sorry about your buddy.
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Post by: trophyhunt on March 22, 2018, 09:17:52 AM: So tough to go through, dogs are just the best. Sorry man, hurts bad I know!! And there is a heaven for dogs, they’ll be with us in the end!
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Post by: Special T on March 22, 2018, 09:21:18 AM: Sucks, but 16 is a pretty good run.

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Title: Re: Rest in Peace Cabo
Post by: vandeman17 on March 22, 2018, 09:24:55 AM: Quote from: trophyhunt on March 22, 2018, 09:17:52 AM
So tough to go through, dogs are just the best. Sorry man, hurts bad I know!! And there is a heaven for dogs, they’ll be with us in the end!

Thanks. I was able to sit with her a bit this morning and just pet and talk to her. She was pretty out of it but I think she knew I was there and I am glad I got to tell her I will always love and cherish the memories of her.
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Post by: Rainier10 on March 22, 2018, 09:32:49 AM: Sorry for your loss.

16 years is a great run.

All dogs go to heaven.
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Post by: HaydenHunter on March 22, 2018, 09:41:18 AM: Sorry for both you and your parents for the loss.
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Post by: Timberstalker on March 22, 2018, 09:53:18 AM: Tough deal for sure, Vandy. Here's to all the memories with her. :tup:
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Post by: Goldeneye on March 22, 2018, 09:54:53 AM: Sorry about this. Been there, all you can do is try to comfort them to the end. Condolences...
Title: Re: Rest in Peace Cabo
Post by: gasman on March 22, 2018, 07:40:25 PM: Cabo was a great hunting companion..... And a good buddy....

Sorry to hear, but you got lots of great memories....
Title: Re: Rest in Peace Cabo
Post by: vandeman17 on March 23, 2018, 08:18:35 AM: Quote from: gasman on March 22, 2018, 07:40:25 PM
Cabo was a great hunting companion..... And a good buddy....

Sorry to hear, but you got lots of great memories....

I sure did. She was along for many memorable hunts and without her, I don't know if I would be as addicted to duck hunting as I am now.
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Post by: WAcoyotehunter on March 23, 2018, 09:17:50 AM: Sorry man. It's hard letting go of a good dog, you only get so many in a lifetime.
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Post by: jagermiester on March 23, 2018, 09:19:53 AM: I sure did. She was along for many memorable hunts and without her, I don't know if I would be as addicted to duck hunting as I am now.
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You owe a lot to her, so sorry for your loss!

A grown man walking in the rain with a sodden bird dog at his heel who can smile at you and say with the kind of conviction that brings the warmth out into the open, "Id rather be here, doing this, right now, than anything else in the world." Is the man who has discovered that the wealth of this world is not something that merely be bought and sold. Gene Hill