R.I.P Leddy

[MOhogger]

I lost the heart and soul of my pack yesterday. We dropped the dogs yesterday morning and it didn't take 5 minutes till Leddy was working a track rolling out over 800 yds to the west then circling back . Garmin started beepin ,showing dogs treed almost 900 to the east so we head to them.Half way there I noticed Leddy was over 500yds to the north showing treed as well. I continued on to the first bay and the dogs have a lil shoat caught. The dogs roll out another 800 yds to the east and I headed back to Leddy. I could hear her baying when I started the Rhino to go to her. I drove up to within 100 yds ,shut off the Rhino and couldn't hear her baying. I knew something was bad wrong as I walk in closer. I walked up the hill and found her cut down. My heart stopped as tears boiled up and my gut started knotting up. As a hog hunter ,I KNOW that it happens all the time and I have lost several dogs this way. I always tell my kids not to get attached to the dogs because it could happen anytime we go, but its hard to not love a dog like Leddy. She had a personality of her own and was always trying to please. As a hog hunter I'm nothing without her. One of  the best dogs I've ever hunted behind. Im to the point I'm ready to quit hog hunting because I know Ill never be able to replace her. BUT.....I wont quit till I get the hog that got her. Im sure gonna miss my long legged Leddy dog. R.I.P Leddy

[CHRIS H.]

Sorry bout yalls loss and I hope y'all get that hog.


R.I.P Leddy

[LTcaughthog]

Sorry for you're loss, RIP

[jsh]

Very sorry for your loss. Felt the same way earlier this year but couldn't hang it up. Felt like I'd be letting the rest of my dogs down.

Good thing is your other dogs were able to hunt with her so they know what needs to be done.  One of them will step up.

[Muddogkennels]

Sorry for your loss i know how dang painful it is but try to looks at the good times with her an that she died doing what she like doing!  R.I.P LEDDY...

[BadBoar30]

Sorry about your loss man..  That's a tough one

[M Bennet]

Dan sorry to hear this.
RIP  leddy

[Mike]

I sure hate to hear that. Don't throw in the towel yet, I've been there a few times myself. You may not replace her, but you'll find one to fill her shoes.

Hopefully I'll have some pups soon out of Leddy's half sister and nephew... you're more than welcome to one.

[Bowhunter1994]

RIP

[KevinN]

Sorry for your loss....I know it's tough.

[justincorbell]

 I tend to be one that weighs on the side of my hunting dogs being tools and not pets and try to stay solid to that point because of the fact that I know that I could loose em at anytime but I would be a damn liar if I said that loosing a good one isn't the hardest part of hog hunting. I lost a walker dog named amos, at the time he was by far the best dog I had ever owned, I all but quit........ I don't think I hunted 6 times the year after I lost him, it is hard to replace a dog much less to replace the leader of your pack BUT there is always light at the end of the tunnel and another will eventually step up and fill her shoes for you. Remember her for what she was and stay after em, Hopefully one of the pups Mr. Mike has offered will make up for the loss somewhat. It still sucks but it is sure nice to know that you will still have access to her blood and a path forward, thats where good like minded people step in to help out!

[Lacy man]

Sorry to hear this man, keep ya head up and catch that basterd that did it!

[jpuckett]

RIP- sorry to hear that man

[Bryant]

Sorry to hear that.

Leddy was a product of Buck X Tweety, correct?

[SaltyhoggerJr]

Sorry to hear about your loss. Sure does suck. RIP Leddy.

[MrsLouisianaHogDog]

So sorry about your loss.

[Mike]

Sorry to hear that.

Leddy was a product of Buck X Tweety, correct?

Yes

[MOhogger]

Thanks guys.
Justincorbell, I hear ya man. Leddy was no family pet by no means, just a awesome hunting machine that lead my pack and myself for that matter. She was the backbone to my hog hunting adventures and showed me the real deal of what a hog dog should be.Like a tool for hunting, she stayed put up until time to hit the woods and get to work. No affection and petting till her job was done. I know its the life of a hog dog and the chance we take but its a hard thing to swallow when it does go bad. number 2ty part is , I just started running a vest on her. It was only a bay vest and I kick myself in the butt for not getting her a better vest but its what I had at the time and she has only been cut once out of hundreds of hogs. I just cant get the thought of all the things I could have done different out of my head.

 I have  had a lot of dogs thinking at the time they were the real deal and were great dogs, and I have hunted with a lot of people that had good dogs,but Leddy changed my opinion of what a good dog really was. I got Leddy from CircleC as a pup and trained her myself....well I put her in the woods and she figured it out pretty much on her own. I didn't hunt her behind other dogs to train her or hold her back while other dogs showed her the ropes. She didn't hunt well behind other dogs because other dogs around here just couldn't keep up. She would flat burn the woods up lookin for a hog and usually ranged out to 800yds in no time, making big loops and covering everything in between and would take a hog as far as needed to get it bayed and caught. Totally silent on track and only trashed once and it was on a deer that jumped up rt in front of her. I yelled at her and she tucked tail and went on and found a hog minutes later . Gritty as she needed to be to stop a hog and would catch only when other dogs caught. She was smart about catching when she did. Come in from behind, grab an ear and stay to the hogs side. She was the kind of dog that seemed like she knew what ya was saying to her and always tried to please u. The biggest thing of all , she did this consistently. I have only had two dry runs in the last two years and that is really something for where I hunt here in Missouri where there's not many hogs and plenty of mountains. The only dog I've ever had that could out do her was a pup I raised out of her littermate sister. He was a natural and found a hog first time to the woods and consistently every time after. He was basically the same as Leddy with more grit but I lost him on the last hunt this spring before it got to hot for me to hunt.

Mike, I really appreciate your offer and may have to come to Texas for one. I do still have Vega and although she has more GO than I do she has produced some great dogs. My main dogs now are a pup from Vega and a pup from Leddy. I'm also keeping four pups I have out of Vega and a male BMC I got from Monty Bennet as a pup from his line. They should be a lil shorter range and lil more gritty but I'm sure they'll be great dogs either way.