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Unread 04-17-2018, 10:11 PM   #41
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Jenny Willow is a fictional book written by Mike Gaddis. I found it a wonderful read and worth the time. It is about a setter and a man that loved to hunt grouse. I'll leave it at that lest I spoil the story.
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Unread 04-17-2018, 10:17 PM   #42
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"Pocono Shot" is also a fictional tale, written in the 1920's I believe, of a setter and his various owners by John Taintor Foote. A great story of fishing and hunting and mystery and intrigue with a real tear-jerker of an ending.






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Unread 04-17-2018, 10:50 PM   #43
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Tom,

Jenny Willow, written by Mike Gaddis. It's about a man and his setter. You need to read it; you won't put it down once you start. One of my all time favorites!
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Thanks for letting me know about the book guys. I'll make sure to get a copy.
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On the subject of wall space and Setters. Sometimes one might have to be creative with organization, (Up high or Down low) but there is always room for another Setter or Sporting related item on the wall...

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Right Chris... I may need to rearrange some of mine, or rotate some off the wall to make room for some more recent acquisitions.





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This one has a permanent spot at our house. It is a Rosseau..measures 50x30..and is above the downstairs fireplace. My note on the back..with only a partial gallery sticker says "________ Autumn". I bought it in Palm Beach in 1997..and as I recall it was $225..and we ended up at $175...
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Dean's story brought back an unfortunate memory. When I was in college I got a Springer pup. Took her home for the summer; my dad was unhappy, said how was I gonna take care of that dog at school? I said I'd figure it out. I named her Lucretia, but dad couldn't ever pronounce it right and he just called her Crissy. Dad was devoted to Nip, our family dog. That summer old Nip was run over and killed; it broke my dad's heart, and when fall came I just couldn't take Crissy away from him. They became inseparable; she'd ride beside him in the pickup with her front feet on the dash.

Shortly after I went back to school Dad looked out in the field near the house and saw something white; sure enough, it was Crissy. She'd been shot. I don't remember how dad found out who had done it, but it turned out to be a home town kid; someone said he drowned a whole litter of kittens the same day, just for fun. Dad confronted the kid's dad, and he said, "It's just a damned dog." All Dad asked was that the kid bury Chrissy, but he told the father, "That kid is gonna kill somebody some day."

A few years later a bunch of kids were at a party; the shooter was one of them, and sure enough, a kid ended up dead, shot. I really don't remember the rest of the details. I always wondered how the shooter's dad felt about that.

My dad never got over it. When he retired and he and Mom sold the house, he said the hardest thing for him was leaving when Nip and Crissy were buried there.

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Not a downer really - it all just shows how a dog can be devoted to a person but more, how a person can be so devoted to a dog.

I sobbed the whole time I was digging the hole and burying Rusty.





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Jerry - Did that wonderful frame come with that print?





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