The Dogs You Miss

Dogs I miss?

There's a lot of them but one stands out just a little from the rest of my fallen warriors.

"Rico" was a dog alot like Lil Abby that "Bryant" describes above. He was probably the best dog I ever owned and I was fortunate enough have him in my earlier years of hog hunting. I still hunt the same family of dogs and relatives of his 20 plus years later now.
Hunting buddies would get aggravated and ask me to leave him in particular at the trailer occasionally just so they could be sure their dogs could still find a hog! He was literally a one dog show but hunted the same no matter how many dogs were on the ground with him. The most trainable dog I've ever owned by far.
He was all heart, no quit, fast and smart as they get. I swear this dog could read my mind and he would catch anything but only after I commanded him to.
The only complaint I had about that dog was that he would load up with a perfect stranger and go find him a hog as quick as he would do it for me. He didn't discriminate against who was hunting him thats for sure! lol
He was and still is the best of everything I look for in a hog dog. I still miss ole Rico and he's been dead around 18 years now.
This is a great thread and I sure am enjoying the reading...............Thanks