RIP Merle, Gone Too Soon
Posted: Mon Mar 21, 2016 2:00 pm
RIP puppy boy. You were loved, you were a lot of fun and laughs, there's no doubt in my mind you were well on your way to becoming a phenomenal bird dog. In the short time we had you, you became apart of our family forever. Life just got a lot more dull, you were taken far too soon. We will miss you, Mama Tried Merle.
Hold your dogs a little bit tighter today, you don't know what could happen tomorrow and when they could be gone in the blink of an eye, no matter how young or old they are. He is gone at just 7 months old and it feels like I've had him forever. I shot over 2 dozen wild quail over his points this year. He was going to be a very good one and a dog that I had always dreamed of. He was like our kid, slept in between my wife and I every night. The house seems so quiet and empty without him.
It was a freak accident, I was at work yesterday and my wife had him on a leash bringing him inside from the storms, the leash clipped to part of the leather on his collar and slipped off when he pulled forward, he ran to the road and was hit before we could find him. It's horrible. It's devastating. It's not fair, and just flat out sucks. The day I picked him up from Ronnie Smith Kennels was one of the happiest days of my life, I was beyond excited, and only got more excited the longer the season went on. He found a lot birds this year and held them all great. Cherish the times you get with your dogs, even the puppies that are heck on wheels and chew up your favorite moccasins. Even when you hear barking at 10pm and see that they've gotten out and are swimming across your pond chasing ducks that for some reason won't fly off. Even when they wake you up by standing on your face at 3am because they want to play.
This group knows the pain more than any other group I could post on. I don't understand why it happened, it's heartbreaking. It flat out sucks.
RIP Merle, I hope there's plenty of birds and house shoes in heaven. I'll miss you more than you could know little buddy.
Hold your dogs a little bit tighter today, you don't know what could happen tomorrow and when they could be gone in the blink of an eye, no matter how young or old they are. He is gone at just 7 months old and it feels like I've had him forever. I shot over 2 dozen wild quail over his points this year. He was going to be a very good one and a dog that I had always dreamed of. He was like our kid, slept in between my wife and I every night. The house seems so quiet and empty without him.
It was a freak accident, I was at work yesterday and my wife had him on a leash bringing him inside from the storms, the leash clipped to part of the leather on his collar and slipped off when he pulled forward, he ran to the road and was hit before we could find him. It's horrible. It's devastating. It's not fair, and just flat out sucks. The day I picked him up from Ronnie Smith Kennels was one of the happiest days of my life, I was beyond excited, and only got more excited the longer the season went on. He found a lot birds this year and held them all great. Cherish the times you get with your dogs, even the puppies that are heck on wheels and chew up your favorite moccasins. Even when you hear barking at 10pm and see that they've gotten out and are swimming across your pond chasing ducks that for some reason won't fly off. Even when they wake you up by standing on your face at 3am because they want to play.
This group knows the pain more than any other group I could post on. I don't understand why it happened, it's heartbreaking. It flat out sucks.
RIP Merle, I hope there's plenty of birds and house shoes in heaven. I'll miss you more than you could know little buddy.
