The Dogs You Miss

had a dog named duke. he was kind and real well mannered. he was just a help dog till he was about 4 yrs old. then something clicked in him and he was a hog finding son-of-a-gun. went huntin one night and got on a 150# boar with 1 1/2 in teeth. i got to the bay and duke was laying on the bank of the creek and the other dogs were baying. shot the boar. it had gotten under his cut collar and got his jugular. when i picked him up, he was light as a feather, he had bled out, but was still breathing. my wife stayed w/ him and tried to make him as comfortable as possible while i went to get my truck. by the time i got back, she was still holding him and said he had stopped breathing and was gone. it was hard for me to bury him, i got real choked up. i still talk about him. he was a great dog i will never forget. RIP Duke. :'(