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DoubleD
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Said good by to my Hunting partner
      #211856 - 02/07/12 01:43 AM

For 16 years my Rat Terrier, Karla was my faithful companion in the gopher patch.

I have never had a dog like her. She was runt of the litter and destined to be put down by the breeder.

She caught and killed her first animal, a red squirrel when she was less than a year old.

Over the years she took woodchucks, rock chucks, prairie dogs, possum, mice, rats and thousands of gophers. She also treed a raccoon, cornered a badger and blood trailed a wounded deer in deep grass. She loved to flush grouse for me.

When at home she was never more than a few feet from me at anytime. She even challenged the wife for the Alpha female role in our pack a few times.

This past winter her kidneys started failing and I finally had have her put to sleep, to end her suffering.
This week I scattered her ashes on a gopher mound and sat back and waited for a gopher. Here is a video of Karla's last gopher hunt. Watch for the gopher.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=T5mJEgbOPIQ






Good by my friend,

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DD, Ret.

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NitroXAdministrator
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Re: Said good by to my Hunting partner [Re: DoubleD]
      #211911 - 03/07/12 01:07 AM

Sad when one's friends pass. Their lives are way too short.

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DarylS
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Re: Said good by to my Hunting partner [Re: NitroX]
      #211939 - 03/07/12 02:38 AM

Yes

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cooch
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Re: Said good by to my Hunting partner [Re: DarylS]
      #211958 - 03/07/12 08:25 AM

I know the feeling....

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"The only logical response to an animal that lives obsessed with avoiding capture is to chase it." - Jose Ortega y Gassett

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FATBOY404
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Re: Said good by to my Hunting partner [Re: cooch]
      #211966 - 03/07/12 10:36 AM

Sorry to hear it mate.

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