Another difficult goodbye

[William Woods]

I am aware that most on this site know how difficult it is to lose their canine partners. I had to have Woods' Flaming Gauge put down on 01/11/23. The issues were numerous, and it would not have been fair to put him through anymore. Gauge was the second partner I have lost in the last ten months after losing Woods' Ace High's Raymond on 03/18/22. I am down to two of my four legged friends and partners now. Woods' Buster Black is sixteen years, nine months and eight days old and was a littermate to Ray. Woods' Flaming Holly who turned eleven on 12/16/22. Holly is the daughter of Gauge, and they go back to my first litter in 1983. I will not bore you with my opinions of these partners, nor of their bloodlines, I ask that if you read this to think fondly of the times you have spent with your hunting companions and remember the ones I have mentioned here as having those glorious days afield.