8/7 Boar-The good, the bad and the ugly....

Thanks everyone for the nice words. We are sure going to miss Annie. Last night when I fed the dogs, I almost expected her to bark her usual "feed me" bark. When it didn't happen, it really sunk in that she's gone. She was the best hunting dog ever to grace our pack, and I loved her as much as Chris did.

I almost expect lizzie to get cut because she is given to being a little gritty every now and then. Annie has not ever been cut with us because she bayed from 30 feet back. She had such respect for a hog she just never got close. That's what is really so hard about this is that it just should not have been her. All I can figure is that when the catch dogs got there he bolted and ran her over. There was a grunt, a break, a squawling dog, and then another bay further away.

It is just a bad deal altogether. I have three injured dogs in our only concrete kennel. Water up on top of the platform so they don't have to jump down to get a drink, and mineral oil on their food to ease the process of going potty. I think they will be fine in the long run, but this pack is shut down for a while.

Glad we got that sob. He killed meat head and tried to gut brandy last year. With Annie and all the other dogs he wrecked, I just feel like he needed to be shut down for good. He was a big dog smart boar, and I will sleep better at night knowing he won't get a chance to work over any more dogs.

Cheers
M