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Offline vandeman17

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Re: Hunting Dog Memorial
« Reply #75 on: July 28, 2020, 11:04:27 AM »
Whenever I see this thread pop back up my heart immediately sinks. Great looking dog! RIP
" I have hunted almost every day of my life, the rest have been wasted"

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Re: Hunting Dog Memorial
« Reply #76 on: July 28, 2020, 11:13:13 AM »
Coal Train looked to have had a good life, and a good owner.  Nothing worse than losing a dog.  I am sorry for your loss.

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Re: Hunting Dog Memorial
« Reply #77 on: November 27, 2020, 06:55:28 PM »
 :'(
The parts I read, but RIP all the dogs.
"When my bow falls, so shall the world. When me heart ceases to pump blood to my body, it will all come crashing down. As a hunter, we are bound by duty, nay, bound by our very soul to this world. When a hunter dies we feel it, we sense it, and the world trembles with sorrow. When I die, so shall the world, from the shock of loosing such a great part of ones soul." Ezekiel, Okeanos Hunter

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Re: Hunting Dog Memorial
« Reply #78 on: February 04, 2021, 06:53:29 PM »
Not a thread i ever want to post in, but it happens.

We had to make that call for the oldest of our 3 labs, Echo. She was just shy of 15 and one of the best Labs we have had. She had a full life mothering 9 pups, mentoring 2 other labs, swimming/fetching machine, ATV rides, camping, duck hunting, and just an overall AWESOME friend.
 :'( I miss ya sweet girl.  :'(
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Re: Hunting Dog Memorial
« Reply #79 on: February 04, 2021, 08:23:33 PM »
Never an easy thing, but looks like a great dog that lead an amazing life, 15 is old for any dog few labs make it that long. Clearly great home life. Love the pictures too!!

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Re: Hunting Dog Memorial
« Reply #80 on: February 04, 2021, 08:42:02 PM »
Not a thread i ever want to post in, but it happens.

We had to make that call for the oldest of our 3 labs, Echo. She was just shy of 15 and one of the best Labs we have had. She had a full life mothering 9 pups, mentoring 2 other labs, swimming/fetching machine, ATV rides, camping, duck hunting, and just an overall AWESOME friend.
 :'( I miss ya sweet girl.  :'(

Good dogs make the world a better place. So sorry for your loss.

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Re: Hunting Dog Memorial
« Reply #81 on: February 04, 2021, 09:43:33 PM »
No words...just prayers

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Re: Hunting Dog Memorial
« Reply #82 on: July 29, 2021, 07:54:46 PM »
Avery was 11 years old and went into heart failure last week. She was a great dog and will be missed tremendously.


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Re: Hunting Dog Memorial
« Reply #83 on: July 29, 2021, 08:04:59 PM »
Nope, nope, this thread no….
“In common with”..... not so much!!

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Re: Hunting Dog Memorial
« Reply #84 on: July 29, 2021, 08:46:52 PM »
Mans Best Friend. They teach us alot about life in their own way.  I've been through a few over my lifespan and am forever grateful to everyone of them.  Cherish the memories!  All dogs go to Heaven!

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Re: Hunting Dog Memorial
« Reply #85 on: July 29, 2021, 09:09:46 PM »
I am so sorry for all of your losses. We too had to have our 11 year old lab, Trigger, put down on Sunday. He fought cancer hard for a year, and it was time. Never cried so hard in my life. I may never have another dog. I don’t think I can go through this again.

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Re: Hunting Dog Memorial
« Reply #86 on: July 29, 2021, 09:12:15 PM »
Boyd...
  So sorry for your loss...such a devastating point in a wonderful ride. Reminds me of my last Chocolate...my latest one will get an extra hug and a treat tonight. Prayers to you and the family.
Mike and Cedar

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Re: Hunting Dog Memorial
« Reply #87 on: July 29, 2021, 09:16:42 PM »
Trigger...
  My condolences to you as well. The only way my family and I could make it through was to start over with another...they never replace, but life without a dog is just somehow less of a life for me.
Prayers,
Mike and Cedar

My old girl Abbey is somewhere on this sad thread...cant bring myself to find it.

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Re: Hunting Dog Memorial
« Reply #88 on: September 12, 2022, 07:59:18 PM »
This one hurts

Just got back from putting our girl down. Hard to put into words how much she meant but I’ll try. My fiancé is a veterinarian and while I was on my last deployment she got a breeder surrender that the breeder was going to euthanize. The poor thing was born with a cleft pallet and after it was repaired and sent home, the police found her in the ditch with a broken pelvis after being hit by a car. She survived and the breeder signed her over to my fiancé rather than pay the bill. I came home from deployment to a 8 month old overweight lab that had bad knees and limped after wrestling with our other dogs. We made a decision that we weren’t going to treat her like she was broken. I started training her to hunt and even took her out that first year. More heart than any dog I’ve ever seen. The type of dog that made you look good. All you had to do figure out how to show her what you wanted and she would do anything to make you happy. She lost almost 20 lbs and turned into a machine… it’s almost like the first time she got a bird in her mouth it unlocked 200 years of genetics. Almost immediately got over the knee issues and drive went through the roof. The crazy thing is that she never lost her personality of the sweetest dog you’ve ever seen. She just wanted to say hello to everyone, she was completely bombproof with everything from gunshots to kids. Breaks my heart that at 2 1/2 years old today we found out she has cancer and chose to put her down. Massive abscess in her abdomen and cancer in her liver. This year would have been her first full year in the duck blind. If there is any silver lining is that last month we put a deposit on a male lab that is from her fathers side. We are picking up her half brother on October first. I’m a little torn between sadness and bitterness. It’s not fair the good ones leave to soon.

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Re: Hunting Dog Memorial
« Reply #89 on: September 12, 2022, 08:02:58 PM »
More of paisley. Last photo is of her half brother coming home to us October 1st.

His name is Kirby

 


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