Farewell to Ghillie

[Mike of the Mountain]

Tomorrow we say goodbye to our oldest Setter, Ghillie Rutledge. Ghillie came from the only litter from the GHR Consortium which was Ken Alexander and John Taylor. Ghillie was a gentle spirit, a fantastic house dog and was a heck of a bird dog. He checked all of the boxes for us. He turned 13 back in October. He has been going downhill for some time. Nothing drastic, just age related slowing down. Lately he has been having issues standing up/lying down, stumbling, falling over, tremors. We decided it's time to say goodbye and Monday morning Sam got an appointment at the vet to put him down. It's the end of an era. The new Setter we just picked up in Wisconsin last week should help ease the loss. Farewell Ghillie, you were a joy to have in our family.

Ghillie is the big white Setter. I'll get more pics up later.