Message #464928

[Rooster79]

You are absolutely correct that we are usually blessed with these kinds of dogs early in our careers. I've owned one that was super, one that was close to being super, and hunted with one for years that was beyond amazing, and she belonged to my father. All three came during my teens and early twenties. My two died way too young. One died giving birth and the other from West Nile. Dads gyp lived to a ripe old age. That's one reason I considered her to be a ghost because she had the brains to match her brawn. She only weighed 40 lbs but would find and catch every bad SOB we went after. I hunted her hard for many years and she only got cut bad once and that wasn't even serious. I miss that girl and imagine I will spend the rest of my life tryin to reproduce her. Even with all that said, you are right we should be happy with what we got and enjoy our short time.